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✍️ Creative Writing

The 11+ writing task, finally with answers

Grammar and independent schools test creative writing — but most practice papers give a child a blank page and no idea what “good” looks like. Ours is different: every paper comes with a full model answer and an examiner techniques guide.

20 papers · story & description tasks · works for every region.

What every paper includes

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A real exam task
A fresh story or description title, with a planning box and lined writing pages — just like the real thing.
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A full model answer
A top-band example a strong Year 5/6 child could write in the time — so your child sees what to aim for.
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Examiner techniques
A 6-part guide — plan, show-don't-tell, language, sentences, accuracy, checking — plus what earns the top marks.
See the quality — sample task
Write a story called "The Locked Door".
Model answer (opening)

At the top of Grandad's crooked staircase there was a door that never opened. Its handle was cold, its paint the colour of old milk, and a single brass keyhole stared out like a watchful eye. "Leave it be," Grandad always said, and I always did, until the afternoon I found the key.…

The full model answer, “why it works” notes and the techniques guide are on the paper itself — plus 19 more tasks in the pack.
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The 20 papers — pick one to explore (£3 each)
Paper 1Story
Write a story called "The Locked Door".
Paper 2Story
Write a story called "The Gift". It does not have to be a happy one.
Paper 3Story
Write a story about a journey you will never forget.
Paper 4Story
Write a story called "The Secret in the Woods".
Paper 5Continue
Continue this opening: "The last train had gone. Priya stood alone on the empty platform as the lights began, one by one, to go out. Somewhere down the tunnel, she heard a sound she could not explain…"
Paper 6Continue
Continue this opening: "Nobody at school believed me about what I had found in the attic. So that evening, when the house was quiet, I climbed the ladder to prove it — and stopped halfway…"
Paper 7Continue
Continue this opening: "The old house at the end of the lane had been empty for years. This morning, on my way to school, I noticed the front door was wide open…"
Paper 8Description
Describe a busy market on a hot afternoon so that your reader can see, hear and smell it.
Paper 9Description
Describe a storm at sea, as if you are standing on the deck of a small boat.
Paper 10Description
Describe an old, abandoned fairground at dusk, when the last of the light is fading.
Paper 11Story
Write a story called "The Warning".
Paper 12Story
Write a story called "Lost".
Paper 13Story
Write a story that begins with a character finding a mysterious key.
Paper 14Story
Write a story called "The Best Day of the Holidays".
Paper 15Continue
Continue this opening: "I had promised myself I would never go back. But the letter on the doormat left me no choice…"
Paper 16Description
Describe a forest early in the morning, when mist still hangs between the trees.
Paper 17Story
Write a story called "The Visitor".
Paper 18Story
Write a story about a time when everything went wrong — and then, unexpectedly, right.
Paper 19Description
Describe a city street at night, seen from a high window.
Paper 20Story
Write a story called "The Discovery".
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