UNIT 1_WRITING A SHORT STORY IN CLASS

YOUR WRITING TASK: A SHORT STORY

Check some words and expressions you have tried to use in your short story.

ADJECTIVES

EXCITING

“I FOUND IT REALLY EXCITING”

 EXCITED

“WHEN WE GOT HOME, THE DOGS WERE EXCITED TO SEE US”

BORING

“THE MOVIE WAS SO BORING THAT I FELL ASLEEP

 BORED

SHOCKING

“SHE SAID THE NEWS WAS SHOCKING”

 SHOCKED

“I WAS SHOCKED WHEN I HEARD WHAT HAD HAPPENED”

TIRING

“WE HAD A LONG TIRING DAY”

TIRED

VERY TIRED=EXHAUSTED

“WE HAD BEEN WALKING FOR THREE HOURS AND WE WERE

COMPLETELY EXHAUSTED”

SO

SO NERVOUS / SO INTERESTING

“IT WAS SO EMBARRASSING!”

“HE WAS SO WEAK THAT HE COULDN’T EVEN SPEAK”

THE WEATHER

IT WAS POURING

THE SUN WAS SHINING BRIGHTLY

THE SUN WAS SETTING

THE SUN WAS RISING

THERE WAS A BEAUTIFUL SUNRISE/SUNSET.

HEAVY SNOW WAS FALLING

THICK SNOW WAS FALLING

LIGHT SNOW WAS FALLING

FINE SNOW WAS FALLING

AGE:  I WAS ABOUT 17 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME

IRREGULAR VERBS:STUDY THE PAST SIMPLE AND PAST PARTICIPLE, PLEASE:

 LEAVE, TAKE, DRINK, TEACH, BUY, THINK…

SPELLING: INITIALLY/APPROACHING/(DIS)APPEARED/(UN)FORTUNATELY/DIFFICULT/

ENOUGH/ IMMEDIATELY

EXCLAMATIONS: “WHAT A RELIEF!”  “HOW AMAZING!”

GRAMMAR: “THERE WASN’T ANYBODY THERE”

SUPERLATIVE: “IT WAS THE MOST EXCITING EXPERIENCE”

ALL NIGHT/ALL DAY/ALL MORNING/ ALL AFTERNOON/

 ALL EVENING

THE WHOLE NIGHT/ THE WHOLE DAY…

PANIC:

 “I GOT INTO A PANIC”/

 “I STARTED TO PANIC WHEN I REALISED

THAT I HAD LOST MY PASSPORT”

EVERYTHING/EVERYONE/EVERYBODY

“I FELT THAT EVERYTHING WAS GOING WRONG”

EXPRESSION:

SAFE AND SOUND

“THE MISSING CHILDREN WERE FOUND SAFE AND SOUND”

TIME LINKERS: WHEN, AS, JUST AS, BY THE TIME, AS SOON AS…

BE ABOUT TO

“I WAS ABOUT TO GET UNDRESSED WHEN THERE WAS A KNOCK ON THE DOOR”

“WE ARRIVED JUST AS THE CONCERT WAS ABOUT TO BEGIN”

I hope it helps.