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Basic Writing
(Model Essays)

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DATE: ___________________________________
 Myself

Practice 1 Read this composition

My name is Emir. I am ten years old. I

Paragraph 1
Introduce yourself – will be eleven in October. I have very
give your name and
age and describe short, brown hair and black eyes. I am
your appearance
quite tall and extremely thin. I look like
my father.

I live in a small town call Ipoh. I live with

Paragraph 2 my father and mother in a large
Say where you live
and with whom apartment. I am their only child. I
sometimes wish that I had a brother or
sister.

Paragraph 3
I go to a primary school. I walk to
Talk about your
school, friends and school every morning with my friend
favourite subjects
as well as the Dave. I get a lot of homework. I like
subjects you dislike
English and Science but I hate History.

My favourite meal is fried noodle and

Paragraph 4
Describe your ice cream. My mother says this is not
favourite food and
drink healthy so she makes me eat a lot of
fruit and vegetables.

Paragraph 5 I like to go cycling with Dave. We usually

Describe your
hobbies and activities ride our bikes in the park. We never
with friends cycle on busy roads.

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 Myself

Your turn to write.

Myself

How old are you?

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How do you look?

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Where do you live?

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How many people are there in your family? Who are they?
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What school do you go to?

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What subjects do you like best?

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What is your favourite food?

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What do you in your leisure time?

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 My Family

Practice 2 Read this composition

Paragraph 1 My name is Zika. There are six people in

Introduce yourself –
give your name and
introduce the people
in your family.
my family. They are my father, my
mother, my sister Zila, my brother Zain,
my younger brother, Zaidi and myself.

Paragraph 2 My father is called Suwaidi. He is a

Introduce your
parents: what are lawyer. My mother’s name is Indah. She
their names and
what are their jobs? is a teacher at a secondary school.

My sister Zila is 15 years old. She is a

Paragraph 3 student at a secondary school. She is
Give details about
your sister; her age very intelligent. She plans to go to
and her ambition
university when she finishes school.

Zain is eleven but he is not very

Paragraph 4 interested in schoolwork. He often gets
Talk about your
brother: what he trouble for not paying attention in
enjoys doing and his
ambition for the classroom. But Zain likes to play hockey.
future
He hopes to be a professional hockey
player one day.

Paragraph 5 I like my family very much. The people in

Conclusion: how you
feel about your my family are very interesting and life
family.
at home is never boring.

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 My Family

Your turn to write.

My Family

How many people are there in your family?

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What is your father’s name? What does he do?

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What is your mother’s name? What does she do?

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Have you got any sisters? What are their names? How old are
they?
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Have you got any brothers? What are their names? How old are
they?
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What are their hobbies?

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What are their ambitions?

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 My Father

Practice 3 Read this composition

Paragraph 1 I am Jamil. I live with my parents and

Introduce yourself
and your family two brothers Jan and Jon.

My father is called Daud. He is forty

Paragraph 2 years old. He is quite a big man and he is
Introduce your
father, his name, age very strong. He is now rather bald and
and what he looks
like. is embarrassed about that. He was
very proud if thick black hair.

He is a builder. He used to work for a

large local firm but now he owns his
Paragraph 3
Give details about his own business. Just now, he and his
job
workers are building a new house in our
street. He spends a lot of time in the
building site.

My father likes to play futsal. He plays

Paragraph 4 at the local turf with his friends. He
Talk about his
hobbies: what he just bout a new set of boots. He also like
enjoys doing
to take photo. He takes sunset and
sunrise photo during weekends.

Paragraph 5
Conclusion: how you
He is a very good father. We all love him
feel about your very much.
father

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 My Father

Your turn to write.

My Father

What is your father’s name?

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How old is he?

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What does he look like?

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What kind of person is he?

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What does he do for a living?

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What are his hobbies?

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How do you feel about your father?

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 My Mother

Practice 4 Read this composition

Paragraph 1
Introduce your My mother’s first name is Aminah. She is
mother: her name
very pretty and very kind. She wears
and what she looks
like nice clothes.

Before I was born, my mother was a

teacher at the primary school. Now she
Paragraph 2 stays at home to look after me and my
Her job: before and
after sister Nyla. Why Nyla goes to school, my
mother might go back to work part-
time.

She walks with me to school every day.

Paragraph 3 She also comes to meet me after
What she does
every day school. She usually takes my baby sister
with her in her stroller.

My mother bakes very good cakes. She

is also bakes good scones. My friends all
Paragraph 4
like to come to my place for tea. My
The things she does
well. mother likes to garden too, and grows
beautiful flowers. She also grows
vegetables for our meals.

Paragraph 5 She is a lovely person. I am glad that

How you feel about
your mother she is my mother.

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 My Mother

Your turn to write.

My Mother

What is your mother’s name?

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What does she look like?

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What kind or person is she?

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What kind of person is he?

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What does she do every day?

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Name two things that she does well.

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How do you feel about your mother?

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 My Brothers

Practice 5 Read this composition

I am Siva and I am ten years old. I live

Paragraph 1 with my parents and my brothers. I
Introduce yourself
and your family have three brothers, Chandra, Arjun and
Aryan. I have no sisters.

Chandra is the eldest. He is fourteen

years old. He works hard at school. He
Paragraph 2
Describe your eldest wants to do well in his exams. He would
brother
like to be a dentist. Sometimes, Chandra
and I argue about out football teams.

Arjun is eighteen months older than me.

Paragraph 3 He and I get on very well. We play
Describe brother
number 2 together a lot. We both like playing and
watching football.

Aryan is the youngest of the family. He

will be four next week. He does not go

Paragraph 4 to school yet. He goes to nursery in the

Describe brother
number 3
mornings. He often wants to play with
Arjun and me but he is too small to play
football properly. Mother says we have
to let him play sometimes.
Paragraph 5
Describe how you
feel about your It is good to have brothers. I always
brothers.
have someone to play with.

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 My Brothers

Your turn to write.

My Brothers

My name is ______________________ and I have _____________________

brothers.

Their names are ___________________________________________________

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My eldest brother is __________ years old .

His hobbies are ____________________________________________________

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My youngest brother is __________________________ years old.

His hobbies are ____________________________________________________

My favourite brother is ___________________________________________

I like him very much because ______________________________________

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 My Brothers

Practice 6 Read this composition

My name is Sakinah. I am eight. I have

Paragraph 1
Introduce yourself four sisters. My sisters are all older
and you sisters.
than me.

Lina is three years older than I am. We

Paragraph 2 share a room. Lina is very messy.
Describe sister
number 1. Sometimes she snores. I would like a
room to myself.

Nia is twelve years old. She loves

Paragraph 3 dancing. She goes to traditional dance
Describe sister
number 2 lesson every week. She has beautiful
legs.

Mina is fifteen. She wants to be a chef.

Paragraph 4
Describe sister She is an excellent cook. She often helps
number 3
our mother in the kitchen.

Jenna is eighteen. She works in the local

Paragraph 5 bookstore. She has always liked books.

Describe sister
number 4
She reads a lot. She gets books from
the store for me. She is going to college
next year.

Paragraph 5
Describe how you I love my sisters but it would be nice to
feel about your
sisters have a brother.

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 My Sisters

Your turn to write.

My Sisters

1. How many sisters have you got? What are their names?
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2. Which ones are older than you? How old are they?
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3. Are they still at school?

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4. Which ones are younger than you? How old are they?
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5. What do they want to do when they leave school?

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6. Which is sister the youngest? How old is she?

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7. Which is your favourite sister? Why?

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8. How do you feel about your sisters?

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 My Best Friend

Practice 7 Read this composition

Paragraph 1 My best friend is called Suzy. She is nine

Introduce your best
friend. What things years old, the same age as I am. We go
do you have in
common to the same school, too.

She sometimes comes to my house

Paragraph 2 after school. I sometimes go to hers.
Describe the things
you do together.. Then we have tea together. We do our
homework together. We are allowed to
play outside or to watch television for
a short time. We like to play with our
dolls together. Suzy has a doll called
Mimi. Mimi has blonde hair and blue eyes.
She is very pretty. Suzy sometimes lets
me borrow her.

Paragraph 3 Suzy has an older brother, James, and

Describe you best an older sister, Anita. She is a lot
friend’s family
younger than they are. Suzy’s birthday
was last month. She a party at the
swimming pool. She invited all her
friends.

Paragraph 4
Describe how you Suzy is a kind person. I am happy to
feel about your best
friend have her as a friend.

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 My Best Friend

Your turn to write.

My Best Friend

My best friend is called __________________________

She / He is _______________________ years old.

We do lots of things together such as

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We both enjoy ______________________________________________________

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My best friend lives _______________________________________________

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There are ____________ people in her / his family .

I like her / him very much because ________________________________

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 My Favourite Teacher

Practice 8 Read this composition

Paragraph 1 There are some very good teachers in

Introduce your
favourite teacher at
my school. My favourite teacher is Miss
school Naz. She came to teach at my school
last year.

Paragraph 2 I like her because she explains things

Say why you like this
teacher so much
very well. I find my schoolwork easier
now. I understand it better. Miss Naz
makes schoolwork seem more
interesting. She does not get cross very
often. She does not shout. She smiles a
lot and looks happy.

Paragraph 3 She has been overseas a lot. She often

Describe some of
the nice things the tells us about the lives of people in
teacher does in
school other countries. She describes what
they eat and wear. She also tells us
about their houses. I like to hear about
their sports and hobbies. Sometimes
she shows us photographs of foreign
places. Last week she showed us a
video of her holiday in Vietnam.
Paragraph 4
How you will feel
when this teacher
leaves your school. We only have Miss Naz for one year. I
will be sad when we another teacher.

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 My Favourite Teacher

Your turn to write.

My Favourite Teacher

The teacher I like best is called ___________________________________

She / He teaches us _______________________________________________

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She / He has been at our school ___________________________________

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She / Has is a good teacher because _____________________________

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The lesson are very interesting because _________________________

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I like this teacher very much because ____________________________

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 My Class

Practice 9 Read this composition

Paragraph 1 I am Year 4 pupils at Sekolah

Introduce your
school Kebangsaan Seri Damai.

There are twenty-five pupils in my

Paragraph 2
class. There are twelve girls and
Describe your class
and your teacher thirteen boys. Our teacher is called Mr.
Anas. He is quite strict. Most pupils
behave well because we want to learn.
We sit at our desks and work hard.

Paragraph 3
Describe some of
Two of the pupils sometimes behave
the pupils who badly. They do not like school. Abdul is
behave badly and the
action taken by the sometimes noisy. He talks to his friends
teacher
in class and disturbs the rest of us. The
teacher tells him not to. Layla also
sometimes behaves badly. She is
sometimes late for school and does not
always do her homework. Her parents
had to come to the school because the
teacher complained about Layla’s
behaviour.

Paragraph 4
How you feel about I like most of the people in my class. We
your class. often play together in the playground.

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 My Favourite Teacher

Your turn to write.

My Class

How many people are there in your class?

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What is your teacher called?

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Why kind of person is he / she?

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Do most pupils in the class behave well?

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Are there any pupils who sometimes behave badly?

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What does the teacher do when pupils behave badly?

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Do you like your classmates?

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 My House

Practice 10 Read this composition

Paragraph 1 I live with my parents and brother and

Introduce your
school sister. We live in an apartment near the
city center. The apartment is in a large,
modern block called Vista Angkasa.
Paragraph 2
There are six floors in the block. We live
Describe your class
and your teacher on the third floor. We got good view of
the city from out apartment. We
usually take the elevator to get to our
apartment.

Paragraph 3
Describe some of
Our apartment has two large bedrooms
the pupils who and one small one. My parents sleep in
behave badly and the
action taken by the one of the large rooms. My brother and
teacher
I share the other large bedroom. The
small room is my sister’s.

The apartment also has a large sitting

room. There is a large kitchen with a
dining table at one end. At the other end
there is a large bathroom with a
shower and a bath.

Paragraph 4
How you feel about I really like living here. I hope we never
your class. move.

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 My House

Your turn to write.

My House

I live in a ___________________________________________________________

It is located _______________________________________________________

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My house has __________________________________________ bedrooms.

In my bedroom I have ____________________________________________

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My parents’ bedroom is ___________________________________________

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My brothers / sister sleep ________________________________________

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The other rooms in my home are __________________________________

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I like living here because __________________________________________

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