How to write a decent piece of essay with time constraint?

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My English exam are around the corner, and till today, i am still struggling to complete my essays on time.

During the exam, i am given one hour and thirty minutes to complete a piece of situational writing and an essay.
I will have difficulty in writing if i lack the vocabulary and ideas, which happens almost every time.
So i might spend about thirty minutes on the situational writing and an hour on the essay. With the anxiety and stress that i will face during the exam, i just can not produce a decent piece of writing.
I realise that i take a very long time to think, resulting in loss of valuable time.

I will be sitting for my GCE O level examinations this year :/

Any tips or guidance?

Thanks alot!

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

Get a good night's sleep before the exam.

Anonymous · Answer

Hey

You could try looking at your plan and giving yourself a time constraint for each parts. E.g 15 minutes to write your first point. Giving yourself a structure to follow in the exam will help you to get everything in.
Remember to stay calm during the exam, the more you panic the more time you'll waste. Just breathe and focus on getting all the important points down.
Try and go into there with a positive attitude. You said that you always have difficulty in writing if you lack the vocab and ideas, if you go into the exam with that thought clanging around your head it's going to put you in a bad mind set. I know it sounds silly, but simply going into the exam with a positive attitude will help to you feel better during the exam.
Give yourself a strict amount of time to plan before you make yourself start writing, a good plan will set you up for a good essay. On the situational writing give yourself 10 minutes to plan everything and then 20 minutes to write it, and then for the essay give yourself 15 minutes to plan all your points down and then write the essay. If you write a plan then it'll stop you freaking out during the exam and panicking that you havent included something and trying to throw everything in to it.

Timed essays are always difficult but it is something you'll get better at so just keep on doing practice ones and stay positive before the exam. Get a goodnights sleep and before you go in take a few deep breaths to calm yourself down.
I'm doing my english literature as level exam tomorrow so I know how you feel, but just try and remain calm and positive and get in that practice!

Good luck!

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