Writing an incident report

Your report on your wallet being stolen from your bag in your classroom is to the Form Teacher. What should you start with -who is it from or who is it to?

• Start with whom it is from

• Start with whom it is to.

• Start with Dear Cher.

• Thank you for reading this.

Your report on your wallet being stolen from your bag in your classroom is to the Form Teacher. What do you put next after stating who you are and your designation?

• Your age at your last birthday.

• Who you are writing to and their designation

  (position of importance)

• Where you are going after finishing the incident report.

• The date.

Your report on your wallet being stolen from your bag in your classroom is to the Form Teacher. You have written your name and designation, the recipient's name and designation now you have to write something else after leaving an empty line. What is it?

• A Subject Header.

• The date.

• Your religion.

• How much you earn.

Your report on your wallet being stolen from your bag in your classroom is to the Form Teacher. After writing the date what do you put down next?

• A Subject Header

• Dear .....

• Yours sincerely

• Yours faithfully

When you write 'Dear' the name that follows in a formal external incident report should include the .......................... name only, it should not also include the personal name. For example: Dear Mr. Bond rather than Dear Mr. James Bond.

You get virtually 100% of your marks in an incident report for your successful writing of the...

• Salutation

• To, From and Subject Header

• Making the dates sequential for incidents occurring.

• The body of the report, the paragraphs of prose.

You will usually get more marks in your English examination if you include in your incident report ...

• Direct speech

• Extra relevant details you invent that are believable.

• A large number of descriptive words and figures of speech in every sentence.

• A bribe of $50 stapled to the examination paper.

In an incident report to the police your tone should be ...d

• humorous and joke filled.

• As few facts as possible to save time for the police.

• informal and chatty.

• Polite, respectful and humble.

In your incident report you should make a big effort to include

• Connectors such as Finally, Also, Then, After that and so on.

• Lots of violence.

• Accusations that tell the police who is guilty.

• Details of what punishments you feel should be give to the criminal.

Your incident report length should be in NA and in Express

• NA 140 to 7,000 words

• NA 180 - 250 words

  Exp 250 to 350 words.

• NA 190 to 260 words

  Exp 260 to 360 words

• NA 200 to 300 words

  Exp 300 to 400 words