IELTS Writing Task 1: life cycle of a salmon

The diagram illustrates various stages in the development of a salmon.

Overall, there are eight stages in the life cycle of the salmon, starting with eggs and continuing
until they become fully-grown adults.

At the first stage in the life cycle, the female salmon chooses the best spot in rivers and lays a
massive number of eggs, which are then incubated before developing into tiny fish. At this point,
the fish have a long tail and do not yet have the appearance of a normal fish. In the next stage, the
fish grow quickly in size and move downstream to freshwater areas, which are suitable for
rearing, before migrating to estuaries where they continue to be reared.
At the following stage in the life cycle, the young fish become much bigger and begin their
journey to the ocean where they develop into mature adult salmon. The adult fish migrate
upstream to spawning areas of rivers where they will mate and spawn, and the life cycle starts
again.

The diagram illustrates the different stages of development of a frog during its life cycle.
Overall, there are seven stages shown in the process, beginning with mating and ending with the
development of an adult frog.
To begin with, a male and female adult frog mate. The female frog then lays a large number of
eggs in the water, shown as frogspawn. In the third stage, the frogspawn hatches and small
tadpoles emerge.  Over a period of time, these small tadpoles grow bigger and their limbs begin
to form.x
By the fifth stage, the tadpoles start to grow into young frogs. Although they still live in the
water, their tails are shorter than before and their limbs develop significantly.  When this young
frog becomes mature, it has no tail and its four limbs are fully developed. It is then ready to leave
the water and it continues to grow in size. In the final stage, the frog is fully adult and is ready to
mate.  The cycle will then continue again.