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    Story for B1 Writing

    Parts of a Story
    A story can roughly be divided into the following parts:
    • Title: The title should either summarise the whole story (without spoilers!) or
    have something to do with the main theme.
    • Exposition: This is the beginning of the story, where the characters and setting
    are established. It serves as the introduction to the next part, the action, and the
    so-called conflict of our story.
    • Action: In this part, the characters deal with conflict and do things to solve it.
    • Resolution: This is where the conflict is resolved and the story concludes with
    an ending, normally without any loose ends.

    • Write your title in capital letters.


    • Leave a clear space between paragraphs.
    Expressions to use in your story
    In this section, we are going to focus on different expressions you can use in the different
    parts of a story. While the vocabulary used in the story will vary completely, depending on
    the topic, there is a set of expressions which you can make use of quite frequently if you
    memorise them beforehand. Let’s take a look:
    How to begin a story
    When you start a story, if the first sentence isn’t given to you, you can use phrases like these:
    • It all began… • It was a hot/cold
    • When I first… summer/winter day.
    • At the beginning…
    Time phrases
    One of the great differences between writing a letter, essay, article and so on, and writing a
    story is the need to pay careful attention to the time over which the story develops. In
    order to define the order of the events in the story, we must use time expressions or time
    phrases. So let’s see a few:
    • Then • A little later
    • After that • ____ minutes later
    • Not long aftewards • a moment later
    • As soon as • Later (that
    • While morning/afternoon/day/night
    • Meanwhile …)
    • As • Just then
    • Some time later
    Creating suspense

    • Suddenly • Out of the blue


    • All of a sudden • Out of nowhere
    • Without warning • Right away
    • Just at that moment • Straight away
    • Unexpectedly
    Direct speech
    • «I’m coming with you,» she • «Do you like it?» he asked.
    said. • «Don’t do it!» he screamed.
    • She said, «I’m coming with
    you.»
    Pay close attention at where the comma (,) or other punctuation marks go (?, !). Also, don’t
    forget to use inverted commas («…») to enclose the direct speech. In British English we
    normally use single inverted commas (‘…’), but it’s not important so choose the one that
    suits you best.
    Finishing your story
    • In the end • Eventually
    • Finally • After everything that happened
    • When it was all over • Luckily
    Again, these are just a few examples. There’s no right or wrong way to conclude a story, as
    long as it makes sense with the rest of the piece of writing.
    Verb tenses
    • Past simple and continuous:
    It was midnight and I was trying to sleep.
    • Past perfect and simple:
    I had completely forgotten it was my birthday.
    • Past simple:
    This time I picked up the phone quickly and shouted, «Hello?!».

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