IELTS writing task 1 life cycle diagram model with two diagrams. This lesson focuses on the use of plural and singular nouns as well as using the correct verb form. You will also see how to write an introduction and overview for a diagram report.
IELTS Life Cycle Diagram with Two Diagrams
Source: Each diagram above was sourced from google and compiled to create this diagram for IELTS practice.
IELTS Diagram Model Answer & Practice
This gap fill gives the first two paragraphs of the above IELTS practice diagram.
Use the words listed to fill in the gaps. You may need to alter the form of the word to ensure the sentence is grammatically correct, for example singular or plural nouns or verb form. Not all words are used.
wing fix spot remain hatch end behind stage emerge eggs lay structure elytra finish curl over
The first diagram illustrates the (1)……………. in the life of a lady bird, while the second diagram shows its body (2)……………………………
Overall, there are four stages in the life cycle of a lady bird from (3)………………….. to adult insect. The lady bird’s anatomy is characterised by colourful (4)………………. of red with black dots that cover its abdomen.
Initially, eggs are (5)…………………. on the underside of a leaf and (6) …………………. there for between two to five days. After this, larvae (7)……………… from the eggs and continue in that form for 21 days. At the end of the three weeks, the pupa stage begins where the larvae pupate by (8)……………… into a pupa on the backside of a leaf and this lasts for 7 days. At the (9)…………… of this stage, an adult lady bird emerges and the life cycle starts again.
The second diagram shows that the lady bird has bright red elytra with black (10)…………….. that cover both the wings and the abdomen. It also has six legs in total, three on each side. On its head, it has eyes and antennae, while just (11)……………. the head there is the pronotum.
ANSWERS
Answers- stages
- structure
- egg
- elytra
- laid
- remain
- emerge
- curling
- end
- spots
- behind
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The diagram shows the different stage a lady bird goes through in its life, the 2nd diagram show the lady bird anatomy
Overall, a ladybird has to go through 4 different stages (egg, larval, pupa and adult) during her lifetime. Its start its cycle from being an egg and completes it until it reaches adulthood and the cycle goes on like this. The anatomy of a lady bird is similar to other arthropods.
The lady birds lays its eggs on a leaf and it stays as an egg for around 2 – 5 days. The next is to develop into a larva where it remains in this stage for exactly 21 days. Then its forms into a pupa by attaching it self underneath a leaf for 7 days. After which it emerges out as an adult lady bird.
The anatomy of lady bird consists of 8 major parts(head, antenna, eyes, pronotum, red elytra, abdomen, wings, and legs) . It has 6 legs 6 legs, a pair of wings , a beautiful bright red elytra with red dots above its abdomen. While behind its head there is a structure called pronotum.
My website isn’t aimed at providing feedback but I do have time today for a few much needed comments. Your writing is good but the issues relate specifically to IELTS writing skills and fulfilling the requirements of a higher band score.
1) avoid lists. Your aim is to present stages in sentences, not in list form. So, the word “egg, larva, pupa and adult” should be written as “The ladybird goes through various stages from emerging from an egg as a larva, then forming a pupa and finally becoming an adult.”.
2) don’t add any information that doesn’t exist in the diagram – this again specifically relates to IELTS. This diagram does not compare the lady bird to other arthropods so you shouldn’t say it and this description doesn’t highlight the key features of the adult lady bird which are its colourful wings. This is about looking specifically at the diagram like a picture and seeing the main thing that stands out.
3) write numbers from ten and under as words. Don’t write “2nd” but write “second”. All such mistakes will lower your score.
After reading this feedback, return to the model answer to compare.
Hi, Liz! Thank you for the sample! I recall that I saw “growth cycle” being used to describe the growth of an apple tree from the BBC, and I wonder if it can also be applied here as a synonym for “life cycle”?
I definitely wouldn’t use it for all life cycles. Some life cycles involve a period of hibernation, which is not about growth, or a period of transformation. Some life cycles involve pollination, which also could be considered outside a growth cycle. So, the words life cycle are cycles of life rather than just of growth.
Got it, thank you!
The diagrams depict the stages a lady bird undergoes during its development and the anatomy of it.
Overall, the ladybird passes through 3 stages (egg, larva and pupa stages) to finally become an adult ladybug. Whereas, the parts of the ladybug is similar to many athropods having 6 legs, wings and antenna.
Firstly, the adult ladybug lays many eggs on a leaf which last about 2 to 5 days. After that, the eggs hatch to release larva. It remains in the larval stage for 21 days before developing into a pupa which relies on leaves for it’s nutrition. Finally, after a week, an adult ladybug is formed. This lays eggs and the cycle continues.
The parts of the ladybird is similar to other insects. It has a head, 2 antenna, 2 eyes in the cephalic end. Then there is a pronotum and abdomen. Covering the body of the ladybird is it’s 2 wings and 2 red elytra. It is equipped with 6 legs, 3 on each side. One proximally and 2 distally.
Strong writing, but don’t forget to write small numbers as words (2 = two) and also mention the colour and pattern of the wings. IELTS writing tasks are usually in black and white, but colours would be labelled if relevant.
Thanks a lot for your words. Will keep that in mind.
The diagrams illustrate the stages of development and anatomy of a lady bird respectively. Overall, a lady bird undergoes four stages of life: the egg stage, the larval stage, the pupa stage, and adult stage. Additionally, the lady bird is composed of several parts on its body: head, legs, and abdomen, which are the main ones, and other auxiliary parts that enables its function as an insect.
The initial stage of development begins with laying eggs on leaves which transform into a larva between two and five days. The Larva takes 21 days to complete development into a pupa. The pupa resembles a worm-like feature that has a sliding movement, and this stage lasts for 7 days, after which a full adult lady bird ensues.
A fully developed lady bird has a head that houses two antenna, eyes, and a pronotum. Directly below the head is its body with wings: red elytra with black spots, legs beneath the body, and an abdomen at the other end. The anatomy of the lady bird develops as it undergoes life phases.
The two diagrams depict the lady bird’s life cycle as well as its anatomy.
Overall, the life cycle of lady birds consists of four main stages: egg, larvae, pupae and adult. Meanwhile, the body structure of a lady bird can be divided into head, pronotum and abdomen.
Regarding the first diagram, the average lifespan of the lady bird is around 30 to 33 days. Their life cycle begins as multiple rows of eggs deposited into a leaf, whereupon it takes two to three days for them to hatch. The resultant stage is called the larval stage, during which larvae spend around 21 days to transform into pupa. After the pupa have consumed the leaves for the next seven days, they eventually emerge as adult ladybirds only to repeat the entire cycle.
As for the second diagram, the head of the lady bird comprises two antennas and a pair of eyes. The thoracic plate (pronotum) connects the head and the abdomen. On top of the body, a pair of red elytra with black polka dots can be found overlying the clear transparent wings. Lastly, lady birds have six legs on their ventral sides.
Hey Liz is it compulsory to write overview as the second para ?
Can’t we just start By an introduction and then write the body paragraphs containing all the major features and then end with the overview of the pie chart?
Yes, you can put the overview at the end. However, I recommend to put it after the introduction because this is a report, not an essay. The overview contains the key features which the reader needs to know, while the body paragraphs contain all the finer details. Reading the overview first, helps the reader to understand the body paragraphs. Also the overview is the most important paragraph in task 1 and carries the most weight.
Liz , Is any dramatically change in nowadays as compare to couple of years ago , such as incredible difficult or other, in ielts.
No. There have been no major changes at all, unless you consider the test is now available online and at home. There have been smaller changes, such as there is no example played at the beginning of the listening test. So, nothing to worry about.
Hi, I will write the answer can you see it and correct it.
These diagrams depict stages of the life cycle of the ladybird and the anatomical structure.
It’s clear from the graph the ladybird has four stages in the life cycle starting from eggs ended with the adult stage.
According to what is shown in the first diagram the eggs laid on the underside of the leave and remain there for two to five days , then hatched into the larva stage after three weeks the pupa stage appear . In the end of the life cycle the adult lady bird started life again.
the second diagram shown the anatomical characteristic of the lady bird which is started from head contain eyes and anetnna behind it has pronotum. it has six legs three on each side and black spot on bright red wings
Hi Liz, do we still have Life Cycle Diagram for Task 1 in the recent years?
I don’t remember seeing them in newer practice books.
Thank you very much as always!
Sure. Life cycle diagrams are certainly still used. Processes showing how something is made are also very common.
The diagram discribes the different stages in life cycle as well as body parts of lady bird.
Overall, it can be seen that life cycle of lady bird consist four major stages(egg stage , larval stage, pupa stage and adult ladybug) where egg stage and adult ladybug are the begining and end of life cycle respectivelly.In addition, second figure shows that an adult lady bird has got total 8 external body parts.
The first figure shows that life of lady bird begins from egg stage , at which egg of bird lay down on leaf for 2-5 days. The second stage is larvel stage which lasts for 21 days. The body parts of larva can be easily visible at this stage. After that, it enters into pupa stage which remains for 7 days. Finally, an adult lady bird forms in last stage named as adult ladybug . Collectivelly, it can be seen that life cycle of lady bird lasts for around 30 days.
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The second figure shows the anatomy of lady bird . After complete observation, it can be concluded that the overall body part of this bird can be divided into three major parts(front parts, middle parts and back parts) . The front parts consist head, two antenna, two eye and two proriotum where as back part has got two legs, two wings and a abdomen. Also the middle part has got bright red elgtra with black spot coveting whole of the body.
The diagram illustrates the life cycle of a lady bird, while the second diagram shows its anatomy. Overall, there is 3 developmental stages for the lady bird before it turned into adult lady bird with 8 functioning organs. The life cycle span is taking around 30 days.
According to the first diagram, the cycle starts with adult lady bug lay its eggs on a plant leaf and this stage called the “egg stage” which lasts around 2 to 5 days.After this stage the eggs developed to larvas and it takes 21 days in this “larval” stage to turn to the next stage of Pupa stage, At this point the pupa lives under the leaf for 7 days until turning to the adult ladybug.
The second diagram shows the anatomy of the adult ladybug starting with the head which contains 2 eyes, 2 pronotum and 2 antennas, then a body covered with 2 wings which have black spotted red elytra on them. Lastly it has a total number of 6 legs, 3 legs on each side.
Mam ,can we write overall in diagrams or not?
All writing task 1 for the academic test must have an overview.
I do not get number 7 why it is (emerge). I presume that i would be “larvae emerged” or “Larvae emerges”.
The task was to write the missing word. The word “larvae” is not missing – it is already given.
Hi Liz,
Thank you for your lesson.
I have a question about the 5th blank. I notice that your answer is ‘laid’. But I checked the Oxford dictionary, which says that ‘lay’ means a bird, insect etc lays eggs, it produces them from its body, while ‘hatch’ means if an egg hatches, it breaks, letting the young bird, insect etc come out. It seems to be the same. Could I use ‘hatch’ in this blank?
“lay” means to produce the egg. “hatch” is the verb for the young chick (or in this case, the larva) coming out of the egg. They are completely different verbs with different meanings. A bird will lay 10 eggs and sit on them for 1 month. After 1 month, some of the eggs will hatch. Hope that helps.
Liz
Could you show the difference btween “hatch” and “emerge”,
Many thanks,
Nga
Please look in the dictionary. Don’t look in an English Vietnamese dictionary. Look in a big English English dictionary which explains the meaning of each word in English.
Dear Liz
I have two questions, if you don’t mind. First, can we write lady bug instead of lady bird? (I know it sounds dumb but I need to know if I can replace it?) Second, I have noticed, sometimes, you write introduction and overview as one paragraph, is it because the introduction is too short to be count as one separate paragraph?
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Hi Liz;
I noticed that the wings of the lady bird are actually shown as a transparent structure different from the elytra. I believe it is covered by the elytra. However, in your sentence “… that cover both the wings and the abdomen.”, it seems to me that the black spots and not the elytra is being referred to. Would “and” be more appropriate than “that” here?
Thanks.
Both ways can be used.
All the best
Liz
Dear Mam,
I had read many of your tutorial .They were really enriching.Please can u tell me how to enhance vocab and also how to prevent redundancy in my writing skills .
Thank,
Pooja
Sorry, I don’t understand “redundancy in writing”. This is not correct English. Please write your comment again so I can understand.
Thanks
Liz
thank you liz ! your lessons are helping me alot. My exam is on 31st oct. I hope I’ll score 7.
Hi Liz,
Can we use the short forms of some words like “i.e.,=that is, viz.,=namely, eg.=example”
in our writing test..
reply back as soon as possible because on 8th oct I have my writing exam…
Thank you..
No. You should use no contractions in IELTS writing.
Liz
Hi Liz
Thank you so much for your wonderful website. I just have a request. Could you please upload a model answer of any flow chart?
Kind Regards
Dear Liz
Thanks lot for your great teaching.
I have faced so many problems in reading section. When I practice at home I just get 18 or some time 19 kinds of score. I need over 6 band. My exam is next month on 24 October. Please mam give me some tips specially for reading section.
See my tips on this page: https://ieltsliz.com/ielts-reading-lessons-information-and-tips/
Liz
hello mam,
thanx a lot for ur reply. i have one more query that if there is any difference between the questions,do you agree or disagree and to what extent do you agree? I mean that in both type of statements ,we can partially or fully agree? In the question agree or disagree, we have to choose one or we can sit on the fence for it?
gurwinder
They are the same question.
Liz
hi mam,
If it is mandatory to write overview in process chart,diagrams and maps?
gurwinder
All writing task 1 academic tasks MUST have an overview.
Liz
Whoa. Thanks so much Liz for that wonderful tip that the verb “emerge” is used for frog eggs, worm eggs etc and that you can’t use hatch because it’s for chickens.. Thank you for this wonderful website. Plus, I also found your YouTube videos helpful especially with your tips on true,false,not given question. Before watching that, I could barely have a passing mark but now, I find that type of test in reading the easiest. Now, I’m enjoying learning writing from your website. I’m positive that I’ll get my target band score. More power to you.
That’s really good news! I’m glad you are beginning to enjoy learning and you are developing. I always hope students can enjoy IELTS as well as improve their score. Thanks for your support 🙂
Liz
Hi miss Liz, my ielts test was on 13th of August and it was my first attempt essay was government should spend money on international aid and when they disadvantaged people such as; unemployment and homeless. So I couldn’t understand disadvantaged people even I couldn’t write conclusion due to less time in addition I didn’t complete questions of reading passeges.
Thank you Liz for your interesting lessons!
Hello liz
First of all, thank you for today’s lesson. I have a question regarding the 7th gap. Can we use ‘are hatched’ or ‘hatch’ instead of ’emerge’
No, hatch is used with chicken eggs, not worm eggs or frogs eggs. Diagrams are really testing your understanding on collocations.
All the best
Liz
I m a student of GT..pls send me the topics or tips for writing test related to this…
Hello Liz,
First off all, thanks for this useful site.
I’m just wondering about the answer of the item 5, why don’t we use passive form of “remain” ?
When I’ve filled the by myself, I thought the answer was “remained”
Thank you,
Chompoo
Oh! sorry, It was my mistake. I should have checked it more carefully.
The answer of the item 5 is “laid”
🙂
Really your way in teaching so amazing !!
Thank you from the bottom of my heart 🙂
You’re welcome 🙂
Thanks. We need more help especially in academic writing. The fill in gaps practice is very fruitful.
Good to know. I’ll do more in the future.
Liz
thanks. It’s really improving my level in ilets.
Dear Liz,
Initially,I would like to thank you very much for your efforts and time.
And I’ve noticed that the word ( antenna ) in the second-to-last line in your answer is supposed to be ( antennae ), isn’t it ?
Thanks
Thanks. Well spotted!
Liz
Hi Liz,
why does the answer of no 7 is not “emerges”?
Because “larvae” is plural. The singular is “larva”.
All the best
Liz
Dear Eizabeth,
I am grateful to have someone like you and this page help me a lot. But still I have problems with writing. So please what will you advise me to enhance my writing skills.
Thanks.
My only advice is to review your writing for structure and linking devices, check my model essays for content of each paragraph and how to write topic sentences, learn the techniques for each type of question in writing and lastly check that your language is accurate and you are avoiding errors.
All the best
Liz
Hi liz. .this post is very helpful. .hope to see more from you. .i am having difficulty with diagram and processes . .hope you include that in yoir next post. .thank you.
Wow~! It is really helpful practice for a diagram. I really appreciate your efforts~!
Thank you very much~!
Thanks. I’m really pleased you found this lesson useful 🙂
Liz