Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-10-28

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 of manufactured of instant noodles.

Overall, there are eight main stages in the production of instant noodles,begnining with storage flour in soil and ending with labelling and sealing the finished cups.

First, the flour is store in large storage soil and before being transformed into a rollers. Water and Oil are accumulated to the roller, and ingredients are mixed together thoroughly.After that, mixture passed throw roller which flatten it into thin sheets of dough.

In the following stages,the dough sheets cut it strips to produce noddles.the noodles strips are then formed into disus and placed the container. Subsequently, noodles are cooking in oil and dried to prepare them for packing.

Once the noodles have been cooked and dried, are placed into individuals cups.Vegetables and spices are subsequently added into each cups to improve the flavour.Finally,the cups are labeled and sealing the instant noodles ready for retailers.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the process as a sequence and provide an overview that it begins with flour storage and ends with labelling and sealing. Most major stages are included, including mixing, forming dough, cooking and drying, and adding vegetables and spices. However, some details are unclear or inaccurate: flour is stored in silos, not “soil”; water and oil enter the mixer rather than being accumulated at the rollers; and the noodles are formed into discs before cooking, not placed in a container at that point. The account also says cups are filled after cooking, whereas the diagram shows the noodles entering the cup-filling column where vegetables and spices are added. More precise reporting of these stages would make the process fully clear.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction and overview are followed by stages in sequence, with transitions such as “First,” “After that,” “In the following stages,” and “Finally.” This gives the reader a generally coherent account. However, some links between stages are difficult to follow because the description is compressed or the references are unclear—for example, “transformed into a rollers” and “the dough sheets cut it strips.” The transition from cooking and drying to cup filling is also not clearly expressed. Use paragraphing to separate the overview from the detailed sequence, and make each sentence describe one clear stage, using consistent references such as “the dough,” “the strips,” and “the discs.”

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant process vocabulary, including “storage,” “mixture,” “thin sheets,” “dried,” and “labelling and sealing,” and the reader can generally identify the stages you mean. However, several word-choice, word-form, and spelling errors reduce precision: “storage soil” for “storage silos,” “noddles” for “noodles,” and “disus” for “discs.” Some combinations are also unnatural, such as “manufactured of instant noodles” and “improve the flavour” when describing the addition of ingredients. Aim for accurate technical nouns and natural process collocations; this will help you describe the diagram without ambiguity. Proofreading spelling and choosing standard terms for each stage would strengthen the vocabulary.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more extended sentences, and the sequence is usually understandable. However, errors in verb forms, sentence construction, agreement, and articles occur across the response. For example, “the flour is store” needs a past participle, while “the dough sheets cut it strips” lacks a correctly formed passive clause. In “Once the noodles have been cooked and dried, are placed,” the subject is missing, and “each cups” has a singular–plural mismatch. Some sentences also join clauses without clear punctuation, as in “thoroughly.After that.” Practise passive forms for process descriptions (“is mixed,” “are cut,” “are added”) and check that every clause has a subject and a correctly inflected verb.

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