WRITING Part 2: B1 - The Story

In Part 2, you can choose to write a STORY or an ARTICLE.  You must write ca.100 words.  As in all stories, you need a beginning, a development (main events), and an ending. The first sentence of your story will be given to you. Add another sentence or two to this beginning and then move on. 

• Be organized: THINK before you write!
• Be careful about punctuation;
• Use interesting adjectives and adverbs to set the scene and describe characters;
• Give background information (any information the reader needs to know that helps explain the character or the context);
• Use direct speech to express the character's mood and feelings ("Stop following me!" )
• Use past tenses: 
• past simple to describe the main events
• past continuous to describe something that is happening at the same time as another event  (I was studying while my brother was playing video games.) OR interrupted (I was getting into bed when the doorbell rang.)
• past perfect to describe an event that came before another (I was very tired because I hadn't slept at all.
• time expressions:

Expressions such as these below can give higher marks.

Here is an example from a past exam. Think about what you would change or do to make this a better story.