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Preparation:

Circle True or False for these sentences.

1. You should divide your story into clear paragraphs. True False

2. In English, we normally write stories using present tenses. True False

. It!s a good idea to use direct speech "!#o away$!% to ma&eyour story more interesting. True False

'. (hen characters in the story spea&, you should use invertedcommas "!......!%. True False

). You shouldn!t use humour in a story. True False

*. The reader of your story will en+oy a surprising or funnyending. True False

Example story:

imitri wo&e up at -am. e had /een chatting with a friend

until nearly midnight the previous night so he was feeling 0uite

tired /ut also rather nervous /ecause this was the day of an

important English e am at school. imitri had /een studying

very hard for this e am for the previous two wee&s so he

thought he had a good chance of passing it.

(hile imitri was travelling to school on the /us, he

remem/ered that he had forgotten to ta&e his wallet with him

so he didn t have any money to /uy lunch. 3ust after this, this

friend 4ucas got on the /us.

5Can I /orrow some money, 4ucas67 as&ed imitri.

58ure, no pro/lem,7 replied 4ucas. 5 ere you go.7

The two /oys did the English e am. (hile they were having

lunch, imitra as&ed 4ucas if he thought the e am had /een

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di9cult. 4ucas smiled and pic&ed up a piece of chocolate ca&e

that he was eating.

5It was so easy$ It was a piece of ca&e7, said 4ucas, smiling.