Examples of Narrative Questions (IGCSE First Language English) 0990

Types of Narrative Question

 Title

 June 2021 (Paper 22)

Write a story with the title, ‘The invitation’.

 

June 2020 (Paper 22)

Write a narrative with the title, ‘The Moon’.

 

Nov 2019 (Paper 31)

Write a story with the title, ‘Under suspicion’.

 

June 2019 (Paper 31)

Write a story with the title, ‘Moving On’.

 

Nov 2017 (Paper 32)

Write a story with the title, ‘The Rescue’.

 

June 2017 (Paper 32)

Write a story with the title, ‘A Second Chance’.

 

…include the words…

 June 2021 (Paper 21)

Write a story which includes the words, ‘… there was no signal at all …’.

 

June 2021 (Paper 22)

Write a story which includes the words, ‘… nothing seemed to go right …’

 

Nov 20202 (Paper 22)

Write a story which includes the words, ‘… this could not be the present …’.

 

Sample paper 2020 (Paper 2)

Write a story that includes the words, ‘… nothing could have prepared him for what he saw …’.

 

June 2019 (Paper 32)

Write a story which includes the words, ‘I smiled when I recalled the events of the day.’

 

Write a story/narrative which starts with the words…

June 2020 (Paper 22)

Write a narrative which starts with the words, ‘I was too late …’.

 

Nov 2019 (Paper 31)

Write a story that begins with an important announcement.

 

Nov 2018 (Paper 32)

Write a story that begins, ‘I thought the road would never end … ’

 

Nov 2017 (Paper 32)

Write a story that begins, ‘It started late one night with a noise outside…’.

 

June 2017 (Paper 32)

Write a story which begins, ‘It sounded like a straightforward request…’

 

Write a story/narrative which involves…

 June 2021 (Paper 21)

Write a story which involves getting help from an unusual source

  

June 2020 (Paper 21)

Write a narrative which includes the words, ‘I was so focused’.

  

Nov 2020 (Paper 22)

Write a story that involves solving a problem.

 

Sample paper 2020 (Paper 2)

Write a story that involves a character new to the area.


Write a story/narrative about/where …

June 2020 (Paper 21)

Write a narrative about a time you had an important responsibility.

 

Nov 2018 (paper 32)

Write a story where a character decides to live a new life.

 


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