Our Advice on Writing

Five Key points

- read the question very carefully and identify necessary functions to perform

- list language to achieve functions identified above (in the appropriate formality)

- work out the vocab topic(s) and list expressions/words you know you are going to use

- decide how many paragraphs and sum up their contents in two or three words (eg - what function does each one perform?)

- have a checklist for error correction and proofreading

- allocate 5 minutes to this

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Our Advice on Writing

Five Key points

- read the question very carefully and identify necessary functions to perform

- list language to achieve functions identified above (in the appropriate formality)

- work out the vocab topic(s) and list expressions/words you know you are going to use

- decide how many paragraphs and sum up their contents in two or three words (eg - what function does each one perform?)

- have a checklist for error correction and proofreading

- allocate 5 minutes to this

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FCE & CAE Weekly Task 2.5 Study a Review

If you go to our download page here, you'll find a link to a Word document of a review called "CAE Question 0."

This is around CAE level and length, but is an FCE-style question.

On page 1 you'll find some work to do and the question. On page 2, our answer. One thing we want you to do is check it for basic spelling and grammar errors. How many can you find in 5 minutes? (There are a lot, maybe more than we intended!)

FInd a highlighted version and answers on page 3.

CAE A Review for you to review

Go to the download site here to take a look at an example of a pass-level review from an A8 student written this month.

Thanks to the kind individual who was happy to share their work!

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Link: CAE Practice

Use of English (and Listening) practice here.

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Link: CAE Practice

Use of English (and Listening) practice here.

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Writing Activity 2.4: Mock Exam Preparation

Use the labels on the right if you need help answering these questions.

Can you list the types of part 2 questions for the exam you've practised up to now?
Can you explain in two or three sentences what is typical of each type of question?

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