Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-11-03

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 diagram illustrates the production process of instant noodles.

Overall, the procedure consists of eight different stages. It begins with storing flour into big silos, and after passing through several phases, ultimately labelling and sealing them.

Initially, the flour is stored into substantial silos and it passed to mixer process where water and oil have been added in flour. After that, they send to next step by rollers where they prepare dough sheets. In fourth stage, the process or creating dough strips has been completed.

Furthermore, the noodles discs have been manfactured in fifth step of process. Subsequently, the procedure of cooking these noodles has been accomplished as well as they add oil and dry these noodles in this step. In seventh stage, the prodedure of integrating vegetables and spices have been accomplished. In the final step, they label these cups and after labelling them the noodles cups become ready to eat.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the process as having eight stages and give a clear start and finish, from flour storage to labelling and sealing. Several central stages are also mentioned, including mixing, forming sheets and strips, cooking and adding vegetables and spices. However, some stages are reported less fully or inaccurately: the account does not clearly explain that the dough strips are formed into noodle discs, and it omits the cups being filled and the finished cups moving along the conveyor. The overview also says the process ends with labelling and sealing, but does not summarise the main transformation from flour into packaged noodles. A more complete overview and clearer reporting of the later stages would make the response more fully informative.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall sequence, supported by time markers such as “Initially,” “After that,” “Furthermore,” and “In the final step.” The separate overview and chronological account help the reader follow the process, and the stages are generally presented in the correct order. This provides a coherent structure, though some links feel mechanical because nearly every sentence begins with a sequencing expression. There are also unclear references: in “they send to next step,” it is not clear what “they” refers to, and “them” in the overview could refer to the flour or the noodles. Use more precise references and vary the way stages are connected, for example by linking related actions within a sentence.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant process vocabulary, including “silos,” “mixer,” “rollers,” “dough sheets,” “noodles discs,” and “vegetables and spices,” so the reader can recognise many stages. There are also attempts at more formal wording, such as “substantial” and “accomplished,” but these are not always natural in context: “substantial silos” is less suitable than “large silos,” while a process is more naturally said to “take place” than to be “accomplished.” Spelling errors such as “manfactured” and “prodedure” also reduce accuracy. Build a more precise range of process verbs—such as “pass,” “form,” “cook,” “dry,” and “package”—and check spelling and collocations carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including the overview sentence beginning “It begins with…” and the sequence “After that… where…”. The main stages remain understandable, but some grammatical errors recur. For example, “it passed to mixer process” shifts tense and lacks a clear passive construction; “water and oil have been added in flour” has an unsuitable tense and preposition; and “the procedure … have been accomplished” has subject–verb disagreement. Passive forms are particularly useful for describing a manufacturing process, so practise consistent forms such as “the flour is mixed with water and oil” and “the noodles are dried.” More accurate articles, verb forms and agreement would improve control.

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