LPAT writing 閱卷員日理萬機，還要用電子形式評改數以百計，題目一式一樣的文章。怎樣突圍而出？關鍵是寫好首段（first paragraph/introduction）。以下介紹7種LPAT作文開頭方式。
快速導覽
說好故事
潮流興說好故事。要談「港孩」問題 ，你也許可以這樣開頭：Some 20 years ago, I was proudly (or unproudly) branded ‘Kong kid ‘ by those closest to me – a nanny-sheltered spoiled child waiting to be spoonfed and dressed from head to toe. Today, I wouldn’t go that far to say I am very successful, but a professorship from a top medical school paired with a Nobel nomination is usually what I am associated with.
例子！例子！例子！
在談論香港環保和經濟發展的爭議，你可以考慮舉例說明。As one of the leaders in international financial trade and a proud owner of conserved land of the size of 7o% of the territory, Hong Kong achieves a fine balance between economic demands and environmental needs.
提問
作文，不一定只寫句子。你可以善用各式提問，包括設問，吸引考官注意。談性別平等 ，你可以這樣開頭：Can more be done to strive for gender equality? Absolutely. However, do not overlook the fact that we, as a city….
引名言
要談環保問題 ，你可以這樣開頭：’Hope only comes with actions’, the world-celebrated environmentalist Greta Thunberg’s powerful words say it all.
撻人名
要談環保問題 ，你也可以這樣開頭：After retirement, Bill Gates, CEO of Microsoft who once frequently topped the Forbes list, devoted himself to financing and developing waterless toilets which turn solid waste into ashes.
用數字說話
各位同工可考慮記一些重要數據，以備不時之需。要談高等教育 ，你也可以這樣開頭：In 2020, over 80% of Hong Kong people received some form of post-secondary or tertiary education.
不妨誇張一點點
稍為誇張一點的開頭，可讓考官留下深刻印象。談改善學校行政，減省會議，你可以這樣開頭：There’s always somebody in your school who thinks they are very important and happens to own a loudspeaker and lectures and preaches and yells into it in their favourite ‘weekly get-togethers’, while honest hard-working teachers and others cannot help but snore through the entire session.
