Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-10-18

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 5.5)

The Diagram illustrates the manufacturing of instant noodles in several stages.

Overall, it consists of eight stages. The first stage is flour is stored at silos and at end the nuddles inside cup are labeled and distributed in market.

Firstly, the flour is stored in silors. After that flour is put inside the mixer and mixe turned the flour into Dough sheets. dough is cut into strips and the strips are further change into noodles discs.

Furthermore, they add same cooking oil in noodles dics and then dry the discs.the naddles discs are put inside the cups and also add some vegetables. Afterwards the cups are labeled by machine and further send to market for distribution.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify the process as having several stages and give a basic overview from flour storage to the finished cups. However, the account is only partial and some key details are missing or inaccurate: the mixer receives water and oil, rollers form the dough sheets, and the noodles are cooked in oil and dried before vegetables and spices are added. The response says the flour is turned directly into sheets in the mixer, and it omits the addition of spices and the sealing stage. It also claims the cups are distributed to market, which is not shown in the diagram. The response is below the required 150 words, limiting the detail you can provide. Describe each stage more fully and report only information shown.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview, and two paragraphs that move through the process in sequence. Connectors such as “Firstly,” “After that,” and “Afterwards” help the reader follow the general order. However, progression is not always clear because several stages are compressed into long, loosely connected statements, and the overview’s “first stage” and “at end” phrasing does not clearly distinguish the start from the final packaging stage. Some links are mechanical, and references such as “they” in “they add” have no clear antecedent. Use separate sentences for each major stage and link them with precise sequencing language, while keeping the process order explicit.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant process vocabulary, including “manufacturing,” “mixer,” “strips,” “noodles discs,” and “labeled,” so the reader can identify the general subject. However, the range is limited and several noticeable spelling and word-choice errors make parts harder to understand, such as “silors,” “nuddles,” “mixe,” and “dics.” Some expressions are also imprecise: “same cooking oil” does not clearly describe the cooking stage, while “further change into” is an awkward way to describe the noodles’ formation. Build a more accurate set of process verbs and nouns, and check spelling carefully. Terms such as “are shaped into,” “are dried,” and “are sealed” would make the sequence clearer and more appropriate for a process description.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple sentences and longer sequences, and the overall meaning is usually recoverable. However, the range is limited, and errors occur frequently in sentence construction, verb forms, articles, and punctuation. For example, “The first stage is flour is stored at silos” contains an incomplete or incorrectly joined structure; “flour is put inside the mixer and mixe turned” lacks a correctly formed passive verb; and “the strips are further change” has faulty agreement and verb form. Several sentences also run together, as in “dry the discs.the naddles discs,” where punctuation is missing. Practise accurate passive forms for processes—such as “the flour is mixed” and “the strips are cut”—and use full stops to separate stages.

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