⏱️ Estimated time to do this exercise: 45 minutes
🔊Your writing should have between 100 words. No more, no less.
It’s important that you keep in mind how the examiners will grade your writing. It will be based on 4 things:
Content – Did you write what you were asked to write?
Communicative achievement – Did you use the right tone and level of formality? Is it good to read? Can the reader understand you?
Organisation – Did you link paragraphs together? Is there a logical flow?
Language – Did you show off your sparkling C1 vocabulary or did you merely use B1/B2 words? Did you make lots of grammar mistakes?
In this part of the test, you are given an extract of a letter or email from an English friend or relative, and you are asked to respond to it in about 100 words. The topics are usually not very difficult, as you’re expected to write at an intermediate level, about topics you are familiar with: sports, hobbies, TV programmes, the weather, your town/city, etc.