Writing Task 2: Please add quality action VERBS to 'Show, not tell!'

I desperately needed to pee. I didn't want anyone to know. I walked out to the loo quietly. I shut the door and looked at the toilet seat. Someone had peed on it! I wiped it away carefully and sat down. Finally! I had been busting.

 

I began my business. But what was that? The warmth on my leg! I looked down. I had missed the bowl! Not again! I thought. I remembered everyone sitting back in class. They'd tease me forever. 

 
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Writing Task 1- Add/Remove/Replace/Rearrange

You will be reworking one of the pieces of writing to make it more interesting for your reader.

Copy the text below. Click to add a comment. Paste text into comment box. Rework the text. Save/Publish.

 

Add action verbs and descriptive adjectives.

Remove any unnecessary words. 

Replace boring words with more interesting ones.

Rearrange your ideas for a better effect. 

 

Use the 'strike through' function above to show words you have deleted. To do this highlight the text and click on the  ABC  .

Choose one-

 a) The building was on fire. Black smoke was coming out of the windows. People stood around watching. A fire truck was coming down the road. It was night time.

 

b) On the farm there was a farm truck. There were big cows. There were sheep. The grass was green. There were fences made from wire. The sun was hot.

 

c) The moon was in the sky. The stars were bright. The meteor flew past. The rocket was shiny. The universe was black and went on forever.  

 

 
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This photo is surely worth writing a short story about!

The Guiness Book of World Records 2009 was launched in Trafalgar Square in London yesterday. The world's shortest man and the woman with the longest legs appeared to help promote the book.defaultdefault
 
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