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Sample Test, Section E: Question

Short Writing Task (answer in full and corretly written sentences.)

Task: Write a news report based on the headline and picture below. You will have to make up the facts and information, answering some or all of the following questions: Who? What? Where? When? Why? How? (Tips on how to write a news report)
Purpose and Audience: to report on an event for the readers of a newspaper
Length: No more than one hand-written page. The lined space provided for your written work indicates the approximate length of the writing expected.

 

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Rough Notes
Use the space below for rough notes. Nothing you write in the space will be scored.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Write your news report on the lines provided on the following page. (You have one whole page)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

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