Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-10-19

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 6.5)

The diagram illustrates the manufacturing process of instant noodles.

Overall, the process consist of eight steps, beginning with storing of flour in storage silos and ending with labelling and sealing. During the process, flour undergoes several stages before being transformed into instant noodle.

Initially, flour are transferred by track and stored inside storage silos. Following this, flour are mixed with water and oil mechanically by mixer. The dough is then rolled using rollers machine to produce dough sheets. Subsequently, dough sheets are cut to form dough strips.

In the next stage, dough strips are transferred into noodle disc mechanically. After this, it is cooked and dried by using special drying and cooking equipment. Additionally, oil , vegetables and spices are added into the cups. cups are covered with label by using labelling machine. Then the final products are sealed mechanically to remove any extra material . Then noodles are produced and ready for consuming.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You give a clear overview of the process, identifying flour storage as the starting point and labelling and sealing as the final stage, and you report the main sequence from mixing through shaping and cooking. This covers the task well. Some details, however, are unclear or not fully faithful to the diagram: the flour is transported by truck, not “track,” and the diagram shows vegetables and spices being added to the cups after cooking, but does not show oil being added at that point. The account also compresses the stages where dough strips become noodle discs and where the cups are filled and sealed, so these steps are less fully explained. More precise reporting of these final stages would strengthen the response further.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The response is organised into an introduction, an overview and two chronological paragraphs, making the process easy to follow. Sequencing expressions such as “Initially,” “Following this,” “Subsequently” and “In the next stage” help guide the reader through the stages. The progression is generally clear, though the final paragraph becomes less precise: “Additionally” does not clearly signal the next step, and the repeated “Then” makes the ending feel somewhat list-like. The relationship between cooking and drying, adding ingredients to cups, and labelling and sealing could be linked more explicitly. Overall, the organisation is logical and cohesive, with some room to use transitions more flexibly and clarify how the final stages connect.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use a suitable range of process vocabulary, including “transferred,” “mixed,” “rolled,” “dough sheets,” “dough strips” and “labelling and sealing.” These terms help communicate the manufacturing sequence. However, some word choices and collocations are inaccurate or awkward, such as “transferred into noodle disc mechanically,” “special drying and cooking equipment,” and “ready for consuming.” “Track” is also the wrong word for the vehicle shown, and “covered with label” is not a natural description of the packaging stage. These choices do not prevent the reader from understanding the general process, but greater precision with manufacturing and packaging vocabulary would improve clarity and naturalness.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of simple and more complex sentences, including sequencing clauses such as “Following this” and “After this,” and most stages remain understandable. Some grammatical errors recur, particularly with subject–verb agreement: “the process consist,” “flour are transferred” and “flour are mixed” should use singular agreement or an appropriate passive construction. Articles and plurals are also inconsistent, as in “using rollers machine,” “into noodle disc” and “cups are covered.” The passive voice is appropriate for describing a process, but it is not controlled consistently across the response. Check agreement, articles and singular/plural forms, and proofread punctuation and spacing to make the sentences more accurate.

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