1. FCE WRITING TEST TIPS
1. INTRODUCTION
- 80 minutes to write two texts,
140-190 words long.
- Examiners will grade based on:
Content, Communicative
Achievement, Organization, and
Language.
2. TIME MANAGEMENT
- The two texts would take you
40 minutes each.
- Planning is important for
example:
* planning 10 minutes
*Writing 25 minutes
* Checking 5 minutes
3. - THE IMPORTANCE OF
PLANNING
- Think about what you have
to write, what you want to
write and how you can write it
-Follow the plan to get success
4. - CONTENT
-Write exactly about
you were asked for.
-Include all the notes
and clues people from
Cambridge give in your
essay.
5. - COMMUNICATIVE
ACHIEVEMENT
-Identify the tone of the writing
required.
-Not too formal, not too informal,
just the way Cambridge people ask.
- Identify the person you are
writing to.
6. - ORGANISATION
- To link sentences with words
like “whereas” or “however”,
and paragraphs with phrases
like “Firstly” and “secondly”, it
will be well seen by Cambridge
people.
7. LANGUAGE
-Use a variety of language,
a high level of vocabulary,
do not repeat the same
word too many times.
-Use phrasal verbs,
collocations, idioms
8. - FCE ESSAYS
-Essays are about giving
information, your opinions
and comparing and
contrasting.
-Use a provocative title and
follow the structure, make
paragraphs be linked each
other and have coherence.
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9. - FCE REPORTS
- Take in mind the public
who is going to read your
report.
- In the report you should:
Describe the topic, say
what to do there and
expose your ideas in favor
or not about the topic
10. - FCE REVIEWS
- This is a good choice to write,
due to in your language you
have read a lot of them, from
hotels to movies.
- Skills you will need are:
describe things, explaining and
giving your opinions.
11. - FCE ARTICLES
-In FCE exams, articles are written from magazines or
newsletters.
-You have to make an interesting piece to read, by
giving your opinions to the topic.