Explanation
Exercises
B2 Pre-Advanced Writing · Lesson 6

Tell a Story from Two Different Perspectives

Telling one event from two viewpoints reveals how limited information can produce completely different interpretations.

B2 Pre-AdvancedDual-perspective narrative35 min180–190 words
Lesson progress
Explanation · 1 / 4
Study the model carefully: both practice exercises ask questions about this exact text.
Learning objective

You will learn to keep two perspectives distinct, select details each person notices differently, and use the ending to compare perception with fact.

Model text

We were travelling to a wedding, and she arrived at the station just as the doors closed. From my point of view, the situation was simple: I had reminded her twice about the departure time, yet she was still late, and we had to buy expensive new tickets. I was angry for most of the journey. Elena remembered the same morning differently. She had left home early, but on the way she saw a cyclist fall at a busy junction. Elena called an ambulance, waited until it arrived, and then ran to the station because her phone battery had died. When she finally told me the full story, my embarrassment was almost as strong as my earlier anger. The facts of the missed train had not changed, but their meaning had. From my perspective, lateness looked like carelessness; from hers, it was the consequence of choosing not to walk away from someone who needed help. I had judged her before knowing why she was late at all. Since then, I have been slower to judge a story before asking what the other person saw.

How to write

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Present the event from the first person’s perspective
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Make the first interpretation believable with concrete details
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Retell the same event using the second person’s missing information
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Show how the new perspective changes the meaning of the facts
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End with a reflection about judgement and incomplete information

Useful language

From my point of view,...The situation seemed simple...Elena remembered the same morning differently.From her perspective,...The facts had not changed, but...Since then,...

B2 Pre-Advanced focus: Develop ideas with specific evidence, varied linking, precise vocabulary, and a register appropriate to the text type.

Exercises:
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Exercise 1 · Language in the model text

Tell a Story from Two Different Perspectives

Read the model text closely. Analyse the exact grammar, vocabulary, linking, stance, and register choices.

Answer questions about this lesson’s unique model text.
Exercise 1 · 2 / 4
You need at least 5 correct answers out of 6.
Why does the writer say “From my point of view” before describing the missed train?
What is the effect of “yet” in “I had reminded her twice..., yet she was still late”?
Why is “Elena remembered the same morning differently” an important sentence?
Which detail most strongly changes the reader’s judgement of Elena?
What does “The facts of the missed train had not changed, but their meaning had” express?
Why does the final sentence use “before asking what the other person saw”?
Exercise 2 · Structure and development

Tell a Story from Two Different Perspectives

Read the model text closely. Analyse how its ideas are ordered, developed, connected, and concluded.

Answer questions about this lesson’s unique model text.
Exercise 2 · 3 / 4
You need at least 5 correct answers out of 6.
Why does the model spend enough time making the narrator’s anger understandable?
What is the function of the paragraph explaining Elena’s journey to the station?
Why does the writer keep the missed train and expensive tickets in both interpretations?
Where does the emotional reversal occur?
Why is the reflection placed after both perspectives have been developed?
Which sequence best represents the structure?
Exercise 3 · Independent writing

Tell a Story from Two Different Perspectives

Apply the writing skills you analysed in this lesson’s model text.

Complete the writing task independently.
Exercise 3 · 4 / 4
Write 180–190 words. Up to 200 words is accepted.
Your task

Tell one event through two perspectives and show how missing information changes interpretation. Use your own ideas and examples; do not copy the model text.

  • Establish the past situation and your starting view clearly
  • Develop several connected past events or actions
  • Use varied sequence, contrast, or cause-and-effect linking
  • Include specific details that develop the turning point or problem
  • Show reflection, reinterpretation, or a change in understanding
  • Connect the experience to a lesson, later behaviour, or broader meaning
From my point of view,...The situation seemed simple...Elena remembered the same morning differently.From her perspective,...The facts had not changed, but...Since then,...
Your writing
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Quick check
•Write about 180–190 words
•Establish the past situation and your starting view clearly
•Develop several connected past events or actions
•Use varied sequence, contrast, or cause-and-effect linking
•Include specific details that develop the turning point or problem
•Show reflection, reinterpretation, or a change in understanding
•Connect the experience to a lesson, later behaviour, or broader meaning
•Use at least 8 clear sentences
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