Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-10-08

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The diagram below shows how instant noodles are manufactured.

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

Student answer (Band 6.0)

The diagram illustrates the process of manufacturing instant noodles.

Overall, the process consists of several stages beginning with storing flour and mixing with water and oil, including forming dough sheets, cutting strips, making discs, cooking, drying the noodles and ending with noodles being placed in cups, labelled and sealed.

Firstly, visual representation show factories have storage silos that contain flour, store the flour, after which the process of mixing starts and mixers are composed of three ingredients: flour, water and oil. Then the mixer provides us with dough, the dough is passed through rollers, producing thin sheets. Then the dough is cut into thin strips.The strips are then formed into circular discs.

After that the noodles are cooked in oil and subsequently dried.The cups are filled with vegetables and spices and in the final stage, the cups are labelled and sealed before being packaged.

In conclusion, the manufacture of instant noodles involves a series of stages from preparing to packaging.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You cover the main sequence from flour storage and mixing through shaping, cooking, and cup preparation, and your opening overview identifies the process as a series of stages. Most details are relevant and broadly accurate. However, some stages are less fully reported: the diagram shows the noodles entering cups as vegetables and spices are added, followed by labelling and sealing, whereas “The cups are filled with vegetables and spices” makes the order and contents less precise. The final product is also described as “packaged,” which is not explicitly shown; the diagram instead shows finished cups emerging on a conveyor. To strengthen the response, report the cup-filling stage accurately and make the overview capture the complete progression from flour to finished cups.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction and overview are followed by stages in sequence, with “Firstly,” “Then,” and “After that” guiding the reader. This makes the process easy to follow overall. However, the progression becomes somewhat mechanical because several consecutive sentences begin with “Then,” and the final “In conclusion” repeats the overview rather than adding a useful closing point. Some connections between stages could also be clearer, particularly the transition from cooking and drying to adding vegetables and spices to the cups. Grouping related stages into more balanced paragraphs and varying linking methods would make the cohesion smoother and the progression more controlled.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant process vocabulary, including “storage silos,” “rollers,” “thin sheets,” “strips,” and “labelled and sealed,” so the reader can understand the manufacturing stages. There is some useful variation in verbs such as “passed,” “producing,” and “formed.” However, several choices are imprecise or repetitive: “visual representation show factories” is awkward, “the mixer provides us with dough” is conversational, and “making discs” is less exact than describing the noodles as being shaped into discs. “Packaged” also adds a stage not clearly shown. Aim for precise, neutral process language and avoid unnecessary phrases such as “provides us with.” This would improve accuracy and range without making the description less clear.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex forms, including the overview’s sequence of stages and the clause “after which the process of mixing starts.” Most of the process remains understandable, but some grammatical errors and punctuation problems are noticeable. For example, “visual representation show” has subject–verb disagreement, while “factories have storage silos that contain flour, store the flour” is an awkwardly constructed clause. There are also missing spaces after full stops in “strips.The” and “dried.The.” Work on agreement, sentence construction, and consistent punctuation. More controlled use of passive forms—such as “the flour is mixed” and “the strips are shaped”—would suit a process description and help you express the sequence accurately.

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