Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-10-27

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 illustrate the production process of instant noodles in 8 concisive stages

Overall, the process starts with the collection of the flour in storage silos and finishes with the production of packed noodles. the ingredients are added in some steps. the mixed are cooked, dryied, and put into cups before sealed and packaged

After the flour entered the storage silos, it entered the mixer and mixed with water and oil. the mixer exits it over rollers as a dough sheets that moves until reach the strip stage whereas it cutted into strips and moved towards the next phase. in this phase the strips converted into discs and followed by cooking after adding the oil to it and then dried.

The cooked discs are transformed into cups and moved to the process of ingredients addition of vegetables and spices before reach the final stage which is the labelling it and sealing it in packages.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You describe the main sequence from flour storage through mixing, shaping, cooking and drying, then adding vegetables and spices before labelling and sealing. The overview also identifies the start and finish, which helps address the task. However, some stages are not fully or clearly reported: the diagram shows noodles discs being placed into cups as ingredients are added, rather than the discs themselves being “transformed into cups.” The final product is finished cups on a conveyor, not simply packages. The overview’s statement that ingredients are added “in some steps” is also vague. To strengthen the response, report the key transitions precisely and make the overview distinguish the preparation of the noodles from their later packaging.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction and overview are followed by two paragraphs tracing the process in sequence. Connectors such as “After,” “whereas,” and “before” help show the order of events. However, some links are awkward or unclear, particularly “the mixer exits it over rollers” and “The cooked discs are transformed into cups,” which make it harder to follow what moves between stages. The overview also repeats information that is developed in the body without clearly grouping the process into preparation and packaging. Use more precise references to the materials and products at each stage, and ensure each sentence links one stage to the next without ambiguity.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant process vocabulary, including “storage silos,” “rollers,” “strips,” “discs,” “cooked,” and “sealed,” so the reader can identify most stages. There are also attempts at more specific wording, such as “production process” and “ingredients addition.” However, several word choices or forms are inaccurate or unnatural: “concisive stages,” “the mixer exits it,” and “transformed into cups” do not express the intended process clearly. Spelling errors such as “dryied” and “cutted” also reduce accuracy. Aim for standard process collocations and check spelling and word forms; for example, describe dough as being “fed through rollers” and noodles as being “placed into cups.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including a sequence linked with “after” and a clause beginning “whereas.” The overall meaning is usually recoverable, but errors in verb forms, agreement, articles and sentence boundaries are noticeable. For example, “The diagram illustrate” needs subject–verb agreement, while “it cutted into strips” requires a passive construction and the correct past participle. In “the mixed are cooked,” the subject and verb do not agree, and the sentence beginning “the ingredients…” has inconsistent capitalisation and punctuation. Practise accurate passive forms for process descriptions, such as “the dough is cut into strips,” and check each sentence for a clear subject, verb and appropriate tense.

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