Writing Part 2 ‘Do you write one or two texts in Part 2? ‘What kinds of text will you write? MAR: PAST TENSES £1 Preliminary candidates often make mistakes when using past tenses. Match the sentences to their descriptions. 1. went there last Saturday. a Something that was happening in she past. 2. She was playing volleyball all day. b_ Apast event which happened before another past event. 3 Afterhe had watched the film he went outside. ¢ Asingle event in the past. ‘Complete the sentence with the past simple or past continuous form of the verb in brackets. He wee an apple when the teacher. into the classroom. (eat, come) Doyyou know what Henry... all evening? There was a lot of noise! (do) My Mum eo whien she saw my exam result. (smile) My Brother nnn GLASS While He or nnnnnnethe washing Up. (break, do) 508 vennvsnne intl 10 o'clock yesterday morning, (not wake up) We to the cixema last weekend and We snnonnmnm a great film. (go, see) Ieee police ca” while |......-home from school. (saw, walk) Dad nnn Me to school this morning beCaUSe I onnnmnmlate. (drive, be) Circle the correct tense in each sentence. After! was going / went outside, | realised / was realising that | forgot /had forgotten my keys. ‘Clare was standing /stood at the bus stop when Martin arrived had arrived there. After | had eaten /was eating all the chips, mum told /had told me they were for my dad. Sue had spent/ was spending all morning in the park before she had come /came to my house. My brother played /had played football yesterday until it started / was starting to rain, ‘While Tom was waiting / had waited at the station, he saw /had seen a poster for a band that he hadn't heard /didn’t hear belore. ‘Complete the story with the correct past tense of these verbs. watch look get happen start decide be begin lose tell sit By the time | (0).92%. to the cinema, the fil (1) nnn My friends (2)......... et the back of the cinema and (3) they. the film. | asked them What (4) sane at the beginning of the film, but as soon as they (5) to explain, other people (6) at them to be quiet! After the film, We (7) n--w-to go to a café to get an ice 8AM. 1 (8) enn -nms for my phone to call my parents, but it (9) ceerennnems in my pocket. | (10) it!a FOCUS: UNDERSTANDING THE TASK 5 Lookat the exam task below and answer these questions. 1 What must you write? 2. Whois yourreader? 3. What must you include in your answer? Where? Write your answer in about 100 words on the answer sheet. Your English teacher has asked you to write a story. Your story must begin with this sentence: Before | could answer my phone, itstopped ringing. write your story. FOCUS: STUDYING A SAMPLE ANSWER 6 Read this sample answer to the exam question above and answer questions 1-4. ‘You must use the sente 1 Does the answer ince the sentence gen? naa a 2 Isitthe right length? 3 Does it describe how the character feels? A bowttareatapet ae tanita @ cercivioninenan Before | could answer my phone, it: stopped ringing. | was ae feels during the 43) riding along a busy road and by the time | was able to stop safely, Id missed the cal. | didn't recognise the number and when | rang back it was engaged, sol wondered who'd called me. Had something happened at home? Was my school trying to contact me, and if So, why? Worried, | got back on my bike. ‘As 800n as | was moving, my phone rang again and | answered Tagg Justin time. A friendly voice told me fd won a prize in a writing ‘competition Id entered a month earlier.| was delighted! 7 Lookat the sample answer more carefully and answer these questions. 1 What time links does the writer use? e.g, Before, 2. Find examples ofthe past simple, the past continuous and the past perfect.am Practice Test 2 Biititehs-lag4 ‘one of these questions. .your answer in about 100 words on the answer sheet. this notice on an international English website for young people. PLAYING GAMES ‘an article telling us which kind of games think are more interesting to play: board ‘games or video games. ‘can people learn from playing games? article answering these questions will bbe published next month. 3 English teacher has asked you to write a story. Your story must begin with sentence: ds found a strange old map under the bed. ‘yourstory.