Cách viết một Story thi FCE

A short story

Useful expressions

 

Background and atmosphere

It was raining with flashes of lightning outside …

The house was quiet and I sat all alone …

It all began on a day when I had been …

We were very tired and had been traveling all day …

 

Contrasting events and time

After …

As soon as I …

By the time …

At the same time …

While I was … -ing, they were …

Meanwhile …

A second later …

 

The climax / ending

Just then …

In the end …

Eventually …

Finally, I realized …

That was the last time I’d ever …                                  

 

Carl’s  family had an important reason for leaving the house at two in the morning, and so everyone had gone to bed early. In fact Carl had been so excited about flying for the first time he could hardly sleep. When he managed to, he dreamt he saw his mother, the twins and himself all running down the airport runway chasing the plane as it took off. He was screaming, “Wait! Wait!” Suddenly, he woke to a voice saying, “Wake up Carl. Get dressed! We’re late!”

 

After a one-hour journey down the motorway they finally arrived at the airport. “Your flight is boarding now,” said the person at check-in. “If you run you might catch it”. As they ran through the airport and reached the gate the plane was moving off. Carl shouted to his family, “Quick, follow me!” he raced ahead out onto the runway. “Wait! Wait!” he shouted.

 

Just then, he woke. Carl’s alarm clock was ringing and his mother smiled at him. “It’s time to get up Carl. We don’t want to miss the plane.”