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#SHORT STORIES TO WRITE IN EXAM HOW TO#
#SHORT STORIES TO WRITE IN EXAM UPDATE#

Some of this will come from the rubric, of course, especially the “what” and the “who”, though you will clearly need to elaborate (give more detail) on them in the story as part of your “Content” score, which assesses you on how well you cover the information in the question.

Why? (give reasons for the characters’ actions).

What? (what happened/how did it happen?).

When? (order of events, use of different past tenses, etc.).

Where? (places – are there multiple locations/what are they like?).

Who? (protagonist(s), any “incidental characters”).

…and what you need to think about when writing a story:

How will you structure (organise) it? (paragraphs, logical “flow” of the text, linking words/phrases, etc).

What do you need to include? (check the rubric/instructions and ensure you use all the information they tell you to).

What style/register do you need to use? (affected by the first question, of course, for a story it will be informal).

age, publication remember the examiner, of course, and how many exams they have to read!) So this post is for both those of you who love or “hate” stories.įirst of all let’s remember the basics of all First Certificate writing task types…

On the other hand, many people love stories but – or and so – do not plan well enough and, as I discovered, run into difficulties with things like cohesion and word count.

#SHORT STORIES TO WRITE IN EXAM HOW TO#

But as I always stress, it is important to learn how to do all the task types in the Cambridge exams so you can choose the question that is suited to the vocabulary you know best, on a topic you know most about. It has been an eye opener.įor many people the idea of writing a story scares them. But I had never really sat down in the same way as I teach, so I thought it was time I did, since I am preparing a number of students at the moment. Being a creative sort, I have been teaching the basics for years, and even written the odd example.

#SHORT STORIES TO WRITE IN EXAM UPDATE#

The story was removed from the main Cambridge FCE exam in the last update but, given the need to adjust content for younger people, it still features in the First for Schools exam.