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Writing a story for beginners


By Mubarak Abdessalami

I want to write a story


What happened?


Click the difficult words for explanation
         On a stormy chilly night, we were all at home. While my mother was in the kitchen preparing dinner, and my father was upstairs trying to install the new wireless mouse on his computer, my elder brother, Kim, and I were in the living room. I was watching Tom and Jerry cartoon on my tablet whereas Kim was listening to his favourite reggae band, UB40.

          All of a sudden, a deafening scream shook the house. Kim and I immediately rushed to the kitchen. We got there in almost no time to find our mother standing on a stool with a broom in her trembling hand.

- "Mom! What's wrong with you?" Kim kept repeating trying to get an answer, but in vain. Our poor mother was so pale and thunderstruck that she couldn’t utter a word. She was just gazing and pointing to the sink.

         At Kim's anxious insistence, and in a dim husky voice, our terrified mother replied,
      - "There's a rat in my kitchen!"
Instantaneously Kim started singing,
      - "There's a rat in mi kitchen, what am I gonna do?
        I'm gonna fix that rat, that's what I'm gonna do.
        I'm gonna fix that rat
" (1)

            And we both burst into a hysteric laughter, but our unlucky mother was still shaking. That was just one of those unpleasant dreadful dreams I frequently have.


(1) UB40 (British band) - Song - 1987

COMPREHENSION

Answer the following questions about the story.
  1. When does the story take place?

  2. Where does it take place?

  3. Who is there?

  4. What happened?

  5. What is the most critical moment in the story?

  6. How does the story end?


Personal touch

            There are some words in the story which look weird at the beginning, but by the end of the story we understand why they are there

            They are not used at random. They are there on purpose. Together, they prepare us to meet the "rat" which frightened the mother.


Write a story like a pro.