UNIVERSIDAD MARIANA 

English II 
Writing about past experiences 
Part 1. 
 
1. Think back to a moment of your life when you did not feel so good (​sad, scared, angry, stressed,
run-down​).
2. Read the following questions and think about the things you will talk about to tell your anecdote.

● Where were you? At home? In a car? At a party? At university?

● How old were you? Did it happen recently?
● Who were you with?
● What were you doing?
● What happened?
● What were the consequences?
● How did you feel?
Part 2.
● Write your anecdote following these five stages: ​Introduction, Background, Problem, Resolution ​and
Comment​.
● Use the language expressions and phrases in the box to present your ideas in each stage.
● Give as much detail as possible to make your story sound more interesting.

WRITING STAGES

1. INTRODUCTION
- I’m going to talk about the day…
- One of my worst days ever was when…
4. RESOLUTION
- My story is about the last time I…
- Then I had an idea…
2. BACKGROUND
- Finally, …
- I was on vacation with…
- In the end, …
- It was my birthday and I was…
- Fortunately, …
- My family and I were…
5. FINAL COMMENT
3. PROBLEM
- That was the worst day of my life!
- Suddenly, …
- I’ve never been so scared in my life!
- While I was…
- I’ll never forget such a terrible experience!
- I was beginning to get nervous…
- It was definitely a bad day! I was really…