Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-10-11

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 5.0)

The diagram shows the process of instant noodles.

From an overall perspective it starts from storage silos to dough strips till labelling sealing.

To begin with, the trucks brings the flour to storage silos after adding water and oil the next process is mixer which converts into rollers and dough sheets make dough strips which makes noodles discs.

Furthermore, after noodles it goes for cooking and drying and after it makes cups in which vegetables and spices labels the cups.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0

You identify the diagram as a manufacturing process and mention several relevant stages, including storage, mixing, dough strips, cooking and drying, and packaging. However, the account is very brief and only minimally reports the process: important steps such as forming dough sheets and noodle discs, adding vegetables and spices, and the final labelling and sealing stage are omitted or unclear. Some details are inaccurate: the truck delivers flour to the silos, while water and oil are added at the mixer; the cups are not made at that point, but are filled with noodles and ingredients. The response is also 70 words below the required minimum. To improve, give a clear overview and describe the stages in order, including the key inputs and finished product.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

There is a basic attempt to organise the response, with an opening, an overview, and a sequence introduced by “To begin with” and “Furthermore.” The stages are generally presented in process order, so the reader can recognise that this is a manufacturing sequence. However, the progression is difficult to follow because several steps are compressed into long, loosely connected sentences, especially the sentence beginning “after adding water and oil.” The final sentence also joins cooking, cup formation, and ingredient addition without clear relationships. Use separate sentences for distinct stages and connect them with precise sequencing language such as “Next,” “After this,” and “Finally.” Clearer paragraphing would also help distinguish the overview from the detailed account.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

Your vocabulary is sufficient to identify the general topic and several process stages, using terms such as “storage silos,” “dough strips,” “noodles discs,” and “cooking and drying.” These task-specific words help communicate the basic sequence. However, the range is limited, and some expressions are imprecise or awkward, including “the process of instant noodles,” “converts into rollers,” and “makes cups.” The latter wording obscures what happens to the noodles and ingredients. Use more precise process verbs and collocations, for example, “manufactures instant noodles,” “passes through rollers,” “is shaped into discs,” and “is placed into cups.” This would make the description clearer and more appropriate for an academic process report.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more extended sentence forms, and the basic meaning of the process can be understood. However, the range is limited, and errors in sentence construction and agreement occur frequently enough to make some relationships unclear. For example, “the trucks brings” has a subject–verb agreement error, while “after adding water and oil the next process is mixer” lacks clear sentence boundaries and does not form a well-controlled clause. In “after it makes cups,” the pronoun reference and verb structure are also unclear. Use accurate passive forms suited to a process, such as “The flour is transported to the silos” and “Water and oil are added to the mixer,” and check agreement, articles, and punctuation when joining stages.

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