Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-10-21

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 process used to manufacture the instant noodles.

Overall, the process consists on eight steps to manufacture the instant noodles. Begining with,the flour stored in containers, endining on labelling and sealing the cups of instant noodle to create a marketable product.

First, contain the flour in storage silos before transferring to mixer. On second stage, the flour tranferred to mixer with water and oil to make the dough soft. Next,a soft dough moved through rollers which converted the dough into dough sheets after that the dough strips trasformed. On fifth stage, Dough strips became noodles discs. Furthermore,these discs contained in cups after that drying the extra moisture from these noodles discs. At final stage, add specific vegetables and spices to the taste of instant noodles then labelling and sealing the finished good to attract the customes. Finally,the containers of instant noodles ready for sale in market.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the diagram as a manufacturing process and give a general start-to-finish overview, including flour storage and the final packaging stage. However, the overview says there are eight steps without clearly summarising the main transformation, and several stages are misreported or unclear. For example, the noodles are not put into cups before drying: the discs are cooked in oil and dried first, then vegetables and spices are added as they enter cups. The account also omits the important progression from dough sheets to strips and then discs, and does not clearly describe labelling and sealing. The response is also one word below the required minimum. Cover each stage accurately and make the overview more informative.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable overall sequence, supported by markers such as “First,” “Next,” “On fifth stage,” and “Finally,” so the reader can follow the broad direction of the process. The opening overview also helps establish the topic. However, the stages are crowded into one body paragraph, and several transitions are awkward or unclear, particularly “after that the dough strips trasformed” and “Furthermore, these discs contained in cups after that drying.” This makes the order of events difficult to follow. Use separate paragraphs for the overview and the detailed stages, and connect each step with clear, accurate sequencing rather than stacking several actions in one sentence.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use some relevant process vocabulary, including “storage silos,” “mixer,” “rollers,” “dough sheets,” “noodles discs,” and “labelling and sealing.” This gives the response a basic range suited to the diagram. However, word choice and spelling errors are noticeable: “contain the flour” is not a natural way to describe storage, “soft dough” adds an unsupported detail, and “customes” and “Begining” are misspelled. Phrases such as “finished good” and “attract the customes” are also imprecise for a neutral process description. Aim for accurate process verbs and standard collocations, such as “is transferred,” “is shaped into,” and “finished product,” while avoiding claims about taste or marketing that the diagram does not show.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more extended sentences, and the use of sequencing clauses shows some effort to describe a multi-stage process. However, grammatical errors are frequent and sometimes make the sequence hard to interpret. Examples include “the process consists on eight steps,” “Begining with…the flour stored,” and “the flour tranferred to mixer,” where verb forms and sentence construction are incomplete or incorrect. The sentence beginning “Next, a soft dough moved through rollers” also needs a passive verb form, and “these discs contained in cups” lacks the required auxiliary. Punctuation is inconsistent, with missing spaces after commas and sentence boundaries. Practise consistent present-simple passive forms, which are especially useful for describing processes.

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