Questions 5 and 6: Imaginative Writing Practice Questions

Answer one question. You should spend about 45 minutes on this section.

Question 5. Write about a time when you, or someone you know, got lost.

Your response could be real or imagined.

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Question 6. Look at the images provided.

Image 1: a bench heaped with snow beside a still winter lake in pale morning light

Image 2: a snowy street at night, lit by streetlamps, with cars buried under snow

Write about a time when you saw snow or ice that changed a familiar place.

Your response could be real or imagined. You may wish to base your response on one of the images.

(40 marks: 24 for content and organisation, 16 for vocabulary, sentence structure, spelling and punctuation)

Answer one question. You should spend about 45 minutes on this section.

Question 5. Write about a time when you got to know a neighbour.

Your response could be real or imagined.

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Question 6. Look at the images provided.

Image 1: a misty autumn park at dawn, with a man walking a small dog beneath the trees

Image 2: a weathered wooden cottage behind a low garden fence, ivy creeping over its walls

Write about a time when you noticed that something had changed.

Your response could be real or imagined. You may wish to base your response on one of the images.

(40 marks: 24 for content and organisation, 16 for vocabulary, sentence structure, spelling and punctuation)

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Question 5. Write about a time when you, or someone you know, missed something important.

Your response could be real or imagined.

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Question 6. Look at the images provided.

Image 1: an empty railway platform at dawn, with lamp posts and the sky turning gold

Image 2: a crowded airport terminal hall seen from above, with travellers waiting at rows of seats

Write about a time when you, or someone you know, set off on a journey.

Your response could be real or imagined. You may wish to base your response on one of the images.

(40 marks: 24 for content and organisation, 16 for vocabulary, sentence structure, spelling and punctuation)

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Question 5. Write about a time when a secret was finally told.

Your response could be real or imagined.

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Question 6. Look at the images provided.

Image 1: an indoor fish market, with traders behind the counter beneath hanging lamps

Image 2: a narrow cobbled lane between old London buildings, with lanterns above the doorways

Write about a time when you, or someone you know, discovered a place you had never noticed before.

Your response could be real or imagined. You may wish to base your response on one of the images.

(40 marks: 24 for content and organisation, 16 for vocabulary, sentence structure, spelling and punctuation)

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Question 5. Write about a time when you had to wait for news.

Your response could be real or imagined.

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Question 6. Look at the images provided.

Image 1: a long, empty school corridor, with classroom doors standing open

Image 2: a quiet hospital corridor, with a row of chairs waiting outside closed doors

Write about a time when you were somewhere that made you nervous.

Your response could be real or imagined. You may wish to base your response on one of the images.

(40 marks: 24 for content and organisation, 16 for vocabulary, sentence structure, spelling and punctuation)

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Question 5. Write about a time when a letter or message changed something.

Your response could be real or imagined.

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Question 6. Look at the images provided.

Image 1: a second-hand bookshop crammed with shelves and stacks of old books

Image 2: a close view of an old wooden box piled high with faded photographs

Write about a time when you found something that had belonged to someone else.

Your response could be real or imagined. You may wish to base your response on one of the images.

(40 marks: 24 for content and organisation, 16 for vocabulary, sentence structure, spelling and punctuation)

Answer one question. You should spend about 45 minutes on this section.

Question 5. Write about a time when something changed overnight.

Your response could be real or imagined.

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Question 6. Look at the images provided.

Image 1: the dim inside of a city bus, with passengers sitting quietly and standing in the aisle

Image 2: a narrow cobbled lane at night, with a lantern and a few warmly lit windows

Write about a time when you, or someone you know, were out late at night.

Your response could be real or imagined. You may wish to base your response on one of the images.

(40 marks: 24 for content and organisation, 16 for vocabulary, sentence structure, spelling and punctuation)

Answer one question. You should spend about 45 minutes on this section.

Question 5. Write about a time when you saw someone you didn't expect to see.

Your response could be real or imagined.

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Question 6. Look at the images provided.

Image 1: a busy outdoor market with traders behind vegetable stalls under red awnings

Image 2: shoppers and families crossing a cobbled market square below a grand old town hall

Write about a time when someone in your community helped you.

Your response could be real or imagined. You may wish to base your response on one of the images.

(40 marks: 24 for content and organisation, 16 for vocabulary, sentence structure, spelling and punctuation)

Answer one question. You should spend about 45 minutes on this section.

Question 5. Write about a time when the power went out.

Your response could be real or imagined.

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Question 6. Look at the images provided.

Image 1: a sun-baked street, with a woman sheltering in a shaded doorway

Image 2: friends on a beach scrambling away from a crashing wave on a wild day

Write about a time when the weather changed your plans.

Your response could be real or imagined. You may wish to base your response on one of the images.

(40 marks: 24 for content and organisation, 16 for vocabulary, sentence structure, spelling and punctuation)

Answer one question. You should spend about 45 minutes on this section.

Question 5. Write about a time when you went back to a place you knew as a child.

Your response could be real or imagined.

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Question 6. Look at the images provided.

Image 1: an empty indoor swimming pool at night, a diving board jutting over still blue water

Image 2: a gravel path through a green wood that splits in two around a huge tree

Write about a time when you, or someone you know, had to make a decision in a few seconds.

Your response could be real or imagined. You may wish to base your response on one of the images.

(40 marks: 24 for content and organisation, 16 for vocabulary, sentence structure, spelling and punctuation)

Answer one question. You should spend about 45 minutes on this section.

Question 5. Write about a time when you, or someone you know, faced a rival.

Your response could be real or imagined.

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Question 6. Look at the images provided.

Image 1: a line of sprinters exploding off their starting blocks as the race begins

Image 2: rows of empty plastic chairs with fold-out desks in an exam hall, sunlight on the floor

Write about a time when you felt under pressure.

Your response could be real or imagined. You may wish to base your response on one of the images.

(40 marks: 24 for content and organisation, 16 for vocabulary, sentence structure, spelling and punctuation)