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English SPM Part 3 – Story

Model
104 A First Timer’s Nerves

Write your answer in 200 – 250 words in an appropriate style.
Your teacher has asked you to write a story about a friend’s first stage appearance. The
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story must have the title:
A First Timer’s Nerves

Your story should include:
• the performance
• feelings and emotions before, during and after event
Write your story.

Model Answer

A First Timer’s Nerves

Introduction My aunt secretly entered me for a Talent Contest.
• Event She wanted me to prove I was a born nightingale. She
• Talent Contest
had even enrolled me in vocal music classes.
It was the momentous day of the Songbird
Contest. Backstage, while waiting for my name to be
Body announced, I had rushed for the fifth time to the ladies
• Pre-stage
• Nervousness because of the butterflies in the stomach, cold feet and
• Explanation hands. My heart was beating very fast. Fortunately, my
• Examples
best friend was in the audience and so were my siblings.
They were rooting for me.
I heard the MC calling out my name “Mandy
Song”. Somehow, despite my shaking knees and trembling
feet, I walked confidently onto the centre of the stage. I
• On stage emotions gasped inwardly as I saw a sea of strange faces. I was an
and feelings unseen bundle of nerves. As I recalled my best friend’s
• Explanation
• Performance encouraging words, a calming inner voice removed my
nervousness. Magically, a surge of confidence filled me
as I sang the first line. Effortlessly I sailed through the
lyrics without missing a beat or dropping a word, keeping

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