My name is _______________________ Today’s date is ____________ The day is ____________ The time is ____________

MY STORY, with the Title, “THE PASTIME I LIKE BEST”

First, write your name, and the date, etc. at the top of the page.
Then, please, write a story in English, with the title, “The pastime I like
best”.
I want you to write this story, telling me all about your pastime. I want to
know everything! You MUST write in the PAST TENSE.
When you write, make it interesting! DON’T FORGET, I want to know:

Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?

did it he/she did he/she did it he/she did it he/she did it he/she did it
person action time place reason method

BEFORE you write, THINK and PLAN, then write — CAREFULLY.

When you are writing, remember — GOOD writing (on the line), GOOD
spelling, GOOD capital letters, full stops, commas, question marks, etc.
EVERY SENTENCE begins with a CAPITAL LETTER and ends with a
FULL STOP . or a question mark ? or an exclamation mark !
When you are writing, think of ‘walking a path’ through your story. “First,
this happened — next, that happened — then at 3 o’clock, this happened —
then at 5 o’clock, something else happened — finally, at 8 o’clock, it all ended.”
Your story MUST have a BEGINNING, a MIDDLE, and an END.
Your story MUST be divided into PARAGRAPHS, like the small page
below. (This story is just an example)
Date
Your name Name Sylvia Smith Date: 29/10/2025
“The pastime I like best”
TITLE
Continued
First paragraph The pastime I like best is blaa blaa. It is good, because overleaf,
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Page 2, for blaa blaa blaa. Blaa blaa blaa blaa blaa blaa blaa. words to
The first time I saw this activity was blaa blaa. Blaa blaa
help you.
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2 paragraph blaa blaa blaa blaa. Blaa blaa blaa blaa blaa blaa (PTO) Please
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I liked it because it was /fun/easy/interesting/inexpensive third; thirdly;
3Middle
rd
paragraph
and blaa blaa. Blaa blaa blaa blaa blaa blaa blaa blaa. after;
The good thing is blaa blaa blaa. Blaa blaa afterwards;
blaa blaa blaa blaa. Blaa blaa blaa blaa blaa blaa blaa
4th paragraph blaa blaa. Blaa blaa blaa blaa blaa blaa blaa blaa.
Sometimes, it is difficult, because blaa blaa blaa blaa blaa.
Beginning the story
Last paragraph
End The best thing is, …………. makes me happy.
first; firstly; at first; first of all;
at the beginning; at first
sight; first and foremost; initially; to begin; to start subsequently; at a later date
with; at the outset in the first place; in the second place; in the third place
second; secondly; following this; then; next; moreover; it’s a topic which interests me/which worries me/which
also concerns me/which has been on my mind, a lot/lots
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let’s examine the topic in more detail; let us consider …; simply; purely; only; merely
partly; partially
Telling the story is like ...; is similar to ...
and; also; plus; moreover; besides; is the same as ...
but
however; yet Why?
so; consequently; therefore since; because; as
as a result; thus that explains why ...; this is the reason
besides; moreover why ...
on the one hand; on the one side; the main reason is because ...
on the other hand; on the other side; by contrast;
in fact; whereas, in fact; in reality; When?
in other words; that is to say; by that I mean; which always
means; today; now; nowadays
recently; in recent days
Points of view sometimes; occasionally; never;
of course in the last few days; in the last few
from my point of view months; in the last few years
in my opinion in the next few days; in the next few
I think that ...; I don’t think that ... months; in the next few years
I believe that ...; I don’t believe that ... as soon as possible
I am in agreement with …; I am in in the future
disagreement with …
in reality Where?
in spite of this; nevertheless here … there
on the contrary everywhere nowhere somewhere
it is certain that ...; it is unlikely that ... in my country; in the UK; in the USA; in Europe; In
fortunately; unfortunately Asia; in the world; in France; in Italy; in Japan
I must admit that
Who?
For example I; you; he; she; it; we; they; one
for instance; such as the person (singular)
with regard to ...; regarding ... the people (plural)
to illustrate the problem everyone; no-one; someone; everybody; nobody;
let us consider the topic of somebody; everything; nothing; something
Finishing the story
How? finally; at last; lastly, to end; in conclusion; in the
very; very much end
hardly; rarely to sum up; to summarise
extremely I think that …: I definitely believe that …
completely; utterly; entirely; absolutely
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“The pastime I like best.”

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