Composition Topics and Pointers

For each of the following topics, write a composition of about 150 words. You may use some or all of the following points in your compositions.

1. A visit to a sick friend in hospital
- When your friend was warded in the hospital
- In which hospital he was warded
- With whom you visited your sick friend
- Describe the hospital: the wards, the visitors, the patients
- What you felt about the visit

2. A bus-ride
- At which bus-stop you waited
- Where you were going to
- Describe the bus, the driver, the conductor, the passengers
- Describe any interesting incident which happened to make the ride a pleasant/unpleasant one
- What you felt about the ride

3. My neighbourhood
- What sort of a neighbourhood you live in
- Describe the houses in your neighbourhood, the people living in the neighbourhood
- What are the things you like/do not like in your neighbourhood
- What your neighbourhood is like at different times of the day
- How you feel about living in your neighbourhood
- What are the changes you would like to see done, or if you are satisfied living in the neighbourhood, give reasons why.

4. A road accident
- Where you were when the accident happened
- What were the vehicles involved in the accident
- Whether anyone was hurt in the accident
- Who witnessed the accident – what the witnesses did
- Who helped the injured whilst waiting for the arrival of the police and the ambulance
- What the police /ambulance attendants did
- What evidence the witnesses gave
- Where the injured people were taken to
- How the crowd was dispersed
- What you felt about the accident
- The lesson you learnt from the accident

5. The time when I fell sick
- How you fell ill
- Whether anyone accompanied you to the clinic
- Which clinic you went to
- Describe the scene at the waiting room and some of the patients
- What the doctor said/did when you were in the consultation room
- What advice the doctor gave you
- What you did when you went home
- How you felt during the days you were ill
- The lesson you learnt after you recovered from your illness

6. how my family and I celebrated a festival
- what festival it was
- the preparations you/your family made before the day of the festival
- describe the day of the festival
- describe how you and members of your family felt during the festival
- state whether you went to any special places such as the Jurong Bird Park
- say how you felt after the festival had come to an end