Preliminary for Schools Writing

Worksheet

Task 1 Read through the question and the candidate’s answer and decide the following:

Organisation

• Is the text coherent and connected?

• Does the writer use basic linking words and a number of cohesive devices?

Content

• Is all the content relevant to the task?

• Is the target reader fully informed?

Materials

• Writing Part 3 question (letter)

• Writing Part 3 candidate’s answer

• B1 Assessment Scale (from Cambridge English: Preliminary for Schools

Handbook)

Writing Part 3 question (letter)

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Writing Part 3 candidate’s answer

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Task 2

Read through the question and the candidate’s answer and decide the following:

Communicative achievement

• Does the writer use the conventions of the task in generally appropriate

ways?

• Does the writer communicate straightforward ideas?

Language

• Does the writer use everyday vocabulary generally appropriately?

• Does the writer use simple grammatical forms with a good degree of control?

• How far can meaning be determined despite errors?

Materials

• Writing Part 3 question (story)

• Writing Part 3 candidate’s answer

• B1 Assessment Scale (from Cambridge English: Preliminary for Schools

Handbook)

Writing Part 3 question (story)

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Writing Part 3 candidate’s answer

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B1 Assessment Scale

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