Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-10-20

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 image illustrates the making of instant noodles from scratch.

Overall, the process has to follow eight procedural steps. It starts with storing a flour, and ends with the labelling on cups. this process needs raw materials like flour, oil, vegetables and most important is flavours. Although the process goes through systematic machines, and follows path.

At the beginning, flour will be stored into controlled temperature rooms or silos. Then, flour will be mixed with the water and oil in mixer machine. Afterwards, whole chained process of conveyor belt will do all the neccessary steps. A dough will be made out of mixer, and rollers before the conveyor belt, will make dough sheets. In the next step, sheets turns into strips after going through a cutter machine (makes strips).

Furthermore, a small weight machine will convert strips in perfectly shaped noodle disc. However, after giving them a shape, it will go into untensil which frys the noodles at settled degree, and dries them at the end. Now, the most important part of the process will come, and its adding the spices and vegetables in each cups with accurate measuring ml.

In summary, cups will go through approved packaging on every cup with the information of making process, and other noticeable labelled data on it.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the process as a sequence and give a clear start and finish, while covering the main stages from flour storage through mixing, shaping, cooking, adding ingredients and packaging. This addresses the task, and the overview shows an understanding of the overall flow. However, some details are inaccurate or unsupported: the diagram does not show temperature-controlled rooms, a cutter, a weighing machine, measured millilitres, or packaging information about the manufacturing process. The overview also says there are eight steps, but the sequence includes several distinct stages that are not clearly counted. To strengthen the response, describe only visible features and make the overview more precise—for example, note that the dough is formed into sheets and strips, then cooked and dried before ingredients are added and the cups are sealed.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response is arranged in a generally logical order, with an introduction, an overview and paragraphs that follow the production sequence. Sequencing expressions such as “At the beginning,” “Afterwards,” and “Furthermore” help the reader track the stages. This gives the report a coherent overall structure. Some linking is mechanical or unclear, however: “However” does not express a contrast before the cooking stage, and “In summary” introduces another process detail rather than a concluding overview. The sentence about a “whole chained process” is also difficult to follow, and the final paragraph does not clearly connect the cups, labels and finished product. Use fewer, more precise transitions and group related stages into clear sentences to make progression smoother.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use a reasonable range of process vocabulary, including “silos,” “conveyor belt,” “dough sheets,” “strips,” and “labelling,” so the reader can follow the general subject. There are also attempts at more specific wording, such as “systematic machines” and “accurate measuring,” but several choices are inaccurate or unnatural for this diagram. For example, “frys” and “untensil” do not describe the equipment appropriately, while “approved packaging” and “noticeable labelled data” are unclear. Spelling errors such as “neccessary” and “frys” also reduce precision. Prefer standard process terms and collocations, such as “cooking tank,” “seasoning,” and “sealed cups,” and avoid adding technical details that are not shown.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including clauses beginning “Although” and “after,” and the main sequence is usually understandable. However, errors in sentence structure, agreement, articles and verb forms are frequent enough to make some passages awkward. Examples include “this process needs raw materials,” where the sentence begins with an uncapitalised word, “sheets turns into strips,” and “it will go into untensil,” which has unclear agreement and article use. The shifts between present and future forms (“will be stored,” “will do,” “will come”) are also inconsistent for describing a diagram. Use the present simple consistently for process descriptions, check singular/plural agreement, and revise sentence boundaries—especially the fragment-like “Although…” sentence.

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