WRITING TASK 1
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
The diagram below shows the stages in the life cycle of a butterfly.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Write at least 150 words.
- 1Eggs laidThe female lays eggs on a host plant
- 2Eggs hatchTiny larvae emerge after about a week
- 3Caterpillar feedsThe larva eats leaves and grows rapidly
- 4MoultingThe caterpillar sheds its skin several times
- 5Pupa formsIt attaches to a twig and forms a chrysalis
- 6MetamorphosisThe body is transformed inside the chrysalis
- 7Adult emergesThe butterfly breaks out and dries its wings
- 8MatingAdults mate and the female lays new eggs
The cycle then repeats from stage 1.