Every problem regarding ‘the’ environment and pollution can be solved. Science is always working on new solutions , ‘and’ new suggestions for alternative means of production are frequently put on the table (good language) . The most difficult issue in this scenario is the interest s of different social groups in the world society (this is okay to mention here if it is your own idea and third point) .
The vision of profit gains must been align with environmental protecti on ve measures which is really challenging (good word) . First (why did you write ‘first’ – do you mean ‘The first’) positive changes begin with this alignment, for example, hotels proposing to clients to use the same bath towe ’l’ r while they stay s in. I t s is good for nature, and i t ( your spelling doesn’t need to be perfect in the exam, but you will lose marks if bad spelling confuses the meaning of your sentence) good for the business men (you could expand on what you mean here) .
For all other matters, conciliate (I don’t know this word. Perhaps you mean ‘finding an effective relationship between’) both aspects (does ‘both aspects’ refer to ‘the environment’ and ‘economics’) is not a simple task, more difficult than the most high tech science. Efforts for environmental purposes should focus on changing culture, values, business perspectives of profits in global society, otherwise there will ‘not’ be not enough progress.
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| 2 | Most of your content is relevant to the task. There is a strong introduction, however, not all the notes are addressed in the body of the essay. There are 47 extra words to use before reaching 190, so these could be used to talk about the other notes. There is also room to expand some of your points and explain why you made them, for example, in the first paragraph, how is it ‘ ’? |
| 3 | The overall argument is fairly easy to understand, but some of the phrases used are not specific enough, for example what does ‘ ’ refer to in the final paragraph? The main paragraph about ‘profit’ is developed quite well, it would be good if other paragraphs existed and were developed in the same way. |
| 2 | The organisation of this answer is not clear. There is a clear introduction, which is good, however, there are only two more paragraphs after this. Two of the ‘notes’ are mentioned in the introduction but ‘social groups’ is not mentioned again and ‘science’ is only mentioned in the concluding paragraph. It would be better if these two points had their own paragraphs. The conclusion could be shortened to allow this. |
| 4 | The language used is quite good. It is written in an appropriately formal style and there are some good words and phrases, for example: ’. The writing would benefit from more linking words and phrases being used. Some effort has been made to use simple and complex grammatical structures, for example ‘ ’ and while there are a few errors, these do not impede communication. |
This student got:
Communicative Achievement: 3
Organisation: 2
Language: 4
Total = 11/20
You need to get 24/40 in the Writing paper to pass at B2 level.
So if the student got 13/20 for their part 2 writing, they would pass this part of the exam.
You do not need to pass every exam paper but you need to have an average of 60% across all 5 exam papers to pass and get your B2 certificate.
If you want to find out more about how to calculate your scores, read page 4 of this document .
Try to remember the words and phrases below which you can use in B2 First essays. A good way to remember is to write them down on a separate sheet of paper. Add more words and phrases to your list and write them in the comments section at the bottom of this page! If you are unsure about what language to use in an essay, you can also ask me in the comments at the bottom of the page.
Introducing an argument or point of view
Some/Many/A few people think/feel/say that… Other people disagree/argue that…. One point of view is… The general belief is that… Most people believe that… Public opinion is divided on the topic of… It is sometimes/often said/thought/claimed that….
Giving opinions
In my opinion I am of the belief that… In contrast to …. I feel that… My personal opinion is that… It is my wholehearted/sincere opinion that…
Linking Words and Phrases
However Nevertheless In addition… Firstly…Secondly On the one hand…On the other hand… In contrast… Meanwhile Whereas
At school you have been talking about environmental issues. Your English teacher has asked you to write an essay on this topic.
Write an essay using all the notes and give reasons to support your view. (140-190 words)
The awareness of environmental problems has grown over the last few years. Do you think it’s possible for us to solve these problems?
Notes Write about: Plastic Transport ……………… (your own idea)
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At school, during ‘ science and geography ’ lesson s of science and geography , everyone studies how ‘ the’ is made natural environment ‘is made’ and how we can protect it. Despite ‘the fact’ we study the importance of environment , we don’t pay much attention to this ‘in reality’ . At the moment we are attending particular and extreme phenomena, so we are very scared and worried and we want to change. It may not be as easy as it sounds.
( I would start a new paragraph here) First ly , it is difficult to change ‘ our’ own lifestyle and habits. Change has an economic and personal cost. We don’t mind how much plastic we use every day. Plastic is everywhere: it wraps the (you don’t need ‘the’ here because we’re talking about ‘food’ in general) food, it is useful when we want to eat quickly, it is also in our clothes. The products , that don’t have plastic in their pack aging s , are more expensive ( this is a defining relative clause, not a non-defining relative clause) : . I think for example , when I buy drink s in the glass bottle s , they are very expensive. So , if I want to save money , I buy plastic bottles. Then I observe that (‘Another example that I have observed is…’) in the supermarket I can find many small food packs, also for single dose’ s/’portions’ of food’ . I don’t waste food but I pollute more ‘because of this’ . So we can find sustainable development (If you want to keep this sentence, you should explain in more detail what you mean) .
( I would start a new paragraph here) Another problem is about transport: we are all in favor that we have to use more public transport s . The problem is that too often we don’t have a good public transport service with a capillary distribution (this term is only used in specific fields of work and is not used in everyday English) . However we can ‘make an’ effort to use ‘ our’ own car ’s’ only if it is necessary.
‘The’ last thing it is about differentiated collection of waste: too few people do es it (You should remove this sentence . Don’t introduce too many ideas without developing them into detailed arguments).
I think that there are many ‘environmental’ problems but we have to stop to think that ‘these’ are only an obstacle. It is ‘ They are ’ also an opportunity. So it is important to change our mind’ set’ but we need also ‘need’ of more education in every where place ( ‘in’ school s , within famil ies y , at cinema s , etc.) about good (‘environmentally friendly’) behavior. Second ly, (I would only write this if I’ve written ‘firstly’ before it) , if the law and the penalties don’t work, probably we would change them in (‘people’s behaviour’?) ‘through’ incentives. For example , if the condo (what is ‘the condo’?) applies perfectly the rules about differentiated collection of waste it would have a discount in the invoice (I don’t understand this sentence) . Third ly , we need more investment ‘ in ’ for transport and sustainable development.
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| 1 | The writing is too long. If you write this much in the exam you will lose points because the examiners will regard the content as unimportant or irrelevant. In order to create more of a balanced argument, the introduction, conclusion and first body paragraph could all be shortened and more detail could be added to your own idea. |
| 3 | Some parts could be improved through using different expressions, for example, it would be better to say ‘ …’ rather than ‘ ’ in the second paragraph. Your main paragraphs have good structure, but sometimes the argument falls down slightly due to inappropriate word choices, e.g. ‘ ’. |
| 2 | The essay consists of two big paragraphs. It would be better to have 5 paragraphs in total. The overall structure within the two paragraphs is good, but some arguments should be shortened and others lengthened to create a greater balance. |
| 2 | The language is a little informal for an essay. The writing would benefit from fewer first person pronouns (‘ etc). There is attempt to use linking words, especially when developing points ‘ ’ but it is difficult to know which arguments these are addressing in the main body paragraphs. Some complex vocabulary has been used, e.g. ‘ The essay would benefit from a wider variety of grammar and different verb tenses. |
This student achieved:
Language: 2
Total = 8/20
So the student would need to get 16/20 for their part 2 writing in order to pass this part of the exam.
I can tell by reading this essay that the student has not prepared much for this part of the exam, so it is unlikely that they would get a much higher mark for their part 2 writing.
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B2 first for schools exam format.
The updated B2 First for Schools exam (for exam sessions from January 2015) is made up of four papers developed to test students' English language skills. You can see exactly what’s in each paper below.
The formats below are the same for both the digital and paper-based exams.
Paper | Content | Purpose |
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| parts/ questions | Students need to be able to understand a range of texts, including how they are organised and the opinions and attitudes expressed in them. The texts will be from sources familiar to school-aged learners, such as magazines, articles, fiction and advertisements, but targeted at the interests of students. Students’ use of English will be tested by tasks which show how well they can control their grammar and vocabulary. |
| parts | Students are required to produce two pieces of writing. The first piece is compulsory and will be an essay of 140–190 words. For the second, they can choose from an article, email/letter, essay, review or story of 140–190 words. |
| parts/ questions | Requires being able to follow and understand a range of familiar spoken materials, such as news programmes, public announcements and other sources, but targeted at the interests of school-aged learners. |
| parts | Shows you can take part in a conversation by answering and asking simple questions. Your Speaking test will be conducted usually face to face with one or two other candidates and two examiners. One of the examiners (who could be online, examining remotely) talks to you and the other examiner listens. This makes your test more realistic and more reliable. Examiners may use their mobile phones for entering marks using an app. |
The B2 First for Schools Reading and Use of English paper is in seven parts and has a mix of text types and questions.
For Parts 1 to 4 , students read a range of texts and do grammar and vocabulary tasks.
For Parts 5 to 7 , students read a series of texts and answer questions that test reading ability and show that they can deal with a variety of different types of texts.
Time allowed: | 1 hour 15 minutes |
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Number of parts: | 7 |
Number of questions: | 52 |
Marks: | 40% of total |
Lengths of texts: | 2,200–2,500 words to read in total. |
Texts may be from: | Newspaper and magazine articles, reports, fiction, advertisements, letters, messages, informational material (e.g. brochures, guides, manuals, etc.). |
What’s in Part 1? | A text in which there are some missing words or phrases (gaps). After the text there are four possible answers for each gap and students have to choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D). |
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What do students have to practise? | Vocabulary – words with similar meanings, collocations, linking phrases, phrasal verbs, etc. |
How many questions are there? | 8 |
How many marks are there? | 1 mark for each correct answer. |
What’s in Part 2? | There are some missing words (gaps). Students have to think of the correct word for each gap. |
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What do students have to practise? | Grammar and vocabulary. |
How many questions are there? | 8 |
How many marks are there? | 1 mark for each correct answer. |
What’s in Part 3? | A text containing eight gaps. Each gap represents a word. At the end of the line is a ‘prompt’ word which the student has to change in some way to make the correct missing word and complete the sentence correctly. |
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What do students have to practise? | Vocabulary – word-building: the different words which the student can make from a ‘base’ word, e.g. ‘compete’ becomes ‘competition’, ‘competitor’, ‘competitive’, ‘competitively’ or ‘uncompetitive’. |
How many questions are there? | 8 |
How many marks are there? | 1 mark for each correct answer. |
What’s in Part 4? | A sentence followed by a key word and a second sentence which has a gap in it. Students have to use the key word to complete the second sentence so that it is similar in meaning to the first sentence. |
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What do students have to practise? | Grammar and vocabulary – rewriting sentences with different words so that they mean the same thing. |
How many questions are there? | 6 |
How many marks are there? | Up to 2 marks for each correct answer. |
What’s in Part 5? | A text with some multiple-choice questions. Each question has four options (A, B, C or D), and students have to decide which is the correct answer. |
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What do students have to practise? | How to understand the details of a text, including opinions and attitudes. |
How many questions are there? | 6 |
How many marks are there? | 2 marks for each correct answer. |
What’s in Part 6? | A text with some empty spaces (gaps). After the text there are some sentences taken from the text. Students have to choose the correct sentence for each gap. |
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What do students have to practise? | How to understand the structure and follow the development of a text. |
How many questions are there? | 6 |
How many marks are there? | 2 marks for each correct answer. |
What’s in Part 7? | A series of questions and a long text or several short texts to read. For each question, students have to decide which text or part of the text mentions this. |
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What do students have to practise? | How to find specific information in a text or texts. |
How many questions are there? | 10 |
How many marks are there? | 1 mark for each correct answer. |
In the two parts of the B2 First for Schools Writing paper, the student has to show that they can write different types of text in English.
Time allowed: | 1 hour 20 minutes |
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Number of parts: | 2 |
Number of questions: | Part 1: one compulsory question Part 2: one question from a choice of four, including one set text question |
Marks: | 20% of total |
Types of task: | Article, email, essay, letter, review, story. |
Removal of set text questions in B2 First for Schools
From January 2024 we are removing the optional set text questions in the B2 First for Schools Writing papers. The reason for this change is that only a few candidates choose those questions and often do not perform to the best of their ability.
Students should not attempt the optional set text question in Part 2 unless they have the necessary understanding of the text to answer the task set. Teachers are best placed to judge if the set texts and/or film version may be appropriate and stimulating for a given teaching situation. The suggested edition is a graded reader which has been adapted to the level and is suitable for B2 First for Schools candidates. Other editions of this book may be available. Teachers and students should be aware that the language level in other editions may be less accessible.
What’s in Part 1? | Students are given an essay title and two ideas. They write an essay giving their opinion about the title, using the ideas given and adding an idea of their own. The title will be a subject of general interest – students won’t need any specialised knowledge. |
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What do students have to practise? | Giving an opinion and providing reasons for that opinion. |
How many questions are there? | One compulsory question. |
How much do students have to write? | 140–190 words |
What’s in Part 2? | A choice of four questions. The answer students have to write will be one of the following: article, email/letter, essay, review, story. |
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What do students have to practise? | Writing different types of text: articles, essays, letters/emails, reviews. Depending on the question, students will have to advise, compare, describe, explain, express opinions, justify and/or recommend something. |
How many questions are there? | Students choose one question from a choice of four, including one set text question. |
How much do students have to write? | 140–190 words |
The B2 First for Schools Listening paper has four parts. For each part students have to listen to a recorded text or texts and answer some questions. They will hear each recording twice.
Time allowed: | About 40 minutes |
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Number of parts: | 4 |
Number of questions: | 30 |
What’s in Part 1? | A series of short, unrelated recordings of approximately 30 seconds each. Students have to listen to the recordings and answer one multiple-choice question for each. Each question has three options (A, B or C). |
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What do students have to practise? | Listening for feeling, attitude, opinion, purpose, function, agreement, gist and detail. |
How many questions are there? | 8 |
How many marks are there? | 1 mark for each correct answer. |
What’s in Part 2? | A monologue (one person speaking) lasting 3–4 minutes. Students have to complete the sentences on the question paper with information they hear on the recording. |
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What do students have to practise? | Listening for detail, specific information, stated opinion. |
How many questions are there? | 10 |
How many marks are there? | 1 mark for each correct answer. |
What’s in Part 3? | Five short related monologues of approximately 30 seconds each. Students listen to the recordings and choose which statement from a list of eight best matches what each speaker says. |
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What do students have to practise? | Listening for general gist, purpose, feeling, main points and detail. |
How many questions are there? | 5 |
How many marks are there? | 1 mark for each correct answer. |
What’s in Part 4? | An interview or exchange between two speakers and lasting 3–4 minutes. Students have to listen to the recording and answer seven multiple-choice questions. Each question has three options (A, B or C). |
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What do students have to practise? | Listening for opinion, attitude, gist, main idea, specific information. |
How many questions are there? | 7 |
How many marks are there? | 1 mark for each correct answer. |
The B2 First for Schools Speaking test has four parts and the student takes it together with another candidate.
There are two examiners. One of the examiners conducts the test (asks questions, gives the student a booklet with things to talk about, and so on). The other examiner listens to what the student says.
Time allowed: | 14 minutes per pair of candidates |
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Number of parts: | 4 |
The student has to talk: | with the examiner with the other candidate on their own |
What’s in Part 1? | Conversation with the examiner. The examiner asks questions and students may have to give information about themselves, talk about past experiences, present circumstances and future plans. |
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What do students have to practise? | Giving information about themselves and expressing opinions about various topics. |
How long does each student have to speak? | 2 minutes |
What’s in Part 2? | The examiner gives the student a pair of photographs to talk about and they have to speak for 1 minute without interruption. The questions about the photographs are written at the top of the page to remind the student what they should talk about. When they have finished speaking, the student’s partner then has to answer a short question from the examiner about their photographs. |
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What do students have to practise? | Talking on their own about something: comparing, describing, expressing opinions. |
How long does each student have to speak? | 1 minute per candidate, plus a 30-second response |
What’s in Part 3? | Conversation with the other candidate. The examiner gives the students a question and some written prompts. The students discuss these together for two minutes. The examiner will then ask them to make a decision together about the topic they have been discussing. |
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What do students have to practise? | Exchanging ideas, expressing and justifying opinions, agreeing and/or disagreeing, suggesting, speculating, evaluating, reaching a decision through negotiation, etc. |
How long does each student have to speak? | A 2-minute discussion followed by a 1-minute decision-making task |
What’s in Part 4? | Further discussion with the other candidate, guided by questions from the examiner, about the same topic as the task in Part 3. |
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What do students have to practise? | Expressing and justifying opinions, agreeing and/or disagreeing. |
How long does each student have to speak? | The discussion should last 4 minutes |
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Your "About Me" section is the elevator pitch of your resume. This is the summary of your professional journey, your skills, and the value you can bring to the table. If it's done correctly, it will grasp the recruiter's attention and set the tone for the remainder of your resume.
Knowing what to put in the “About Me” section of a resume can be challenging, but it's important to strike the right balance between professionalism and personality. Here are some key elements you should consider including:
Professional Summary: In the resume summary, write a small introduction about yourself regarding your designation, experience, and key skills. This gives the reader a snapshot of your professional background quickly.
Core Skills: List some of the most important skills that you master for the job you are applying for. These would range from technical expertise to soft skills such as leadership or effective communication.
Career Achievements: Highlight some of the greatest accomplishments or milestones of your career. This will go a long way to show the impacts you have brought to previous roles and can further enhance your profile.
Personal Traits: While it’s important to focus on professional attributes, including a few personal traits can help humanize your resume. For example, you might mention your enthusiasm for problem-solving, creativity, or passion for continuous learning.
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Chase Bank is urging its customers not to commit check fraud.
The bank’s plea comes after this weekend a viral trend took over TikTok and X, with users being told that there was a systemwide glitch and that, if they deposited false checks in an ATM and withdrew that money soon afterward, they would be able to cheat the system and take out a large sum of cash before the check bounced.
The only problem? This is not a “glitch” — it’s a check fraud scheme and those who participate will be on the hook for all the money they withdrew once the check bounces.
Although some on TikTok called the scheme a “glitch,” Chase reminded its customers that this “glitch” is actually an invitation to commit fraud.
“We are aware of this incident, and it has been addressed,” a spokesperson for Chase said in a statement to NBC News. “Regardless of what you see online, depositing a fraudulent check and withdrawing the funds from your account is fraud, plain and simple.”
NBC News has not verified if anyone actually committed the crime as part of the viral trend. However, videos online purported to show people successfully withdrawing cash from an ATM after depositing a fraudulent check into their own bank account — before others quickly pointed out that what they were doing was a crime.
While conversation about the “glitch” has taken over TikTok, it appears the first mention of it was on X , when a user shared an excessive balance of more than $80,000 in his account on Thursday, according to meme database Know Your Meme .
One video appeared to show lines forming outside of a Chase branch in New York suggesting people were flocking to the bank to “get free money.” Just as quickly as the trend took off, however, people were soon posting screenshots of massive negative balances and holds on their Chase accounts as a result of allegedly trying to withdraw the money.
“I don’t know what these people think writing bad checks is, but I don’t know why they thought this was a glitch,” one TikTok user said . “Definitely don’t do it.”
Fake check deposits are a common form of check fraud and are not new, although the chaos of this weekend saw many online discover the tactic for the first time — and mistaking it for a money hack.
Large checks deposited digitally are often placed on hold while the bank reviews their authenticity, but some ATMs allow customers to access a portion of the newly deposited funds immediately. This allows users to quickly withdraw the money before their check clears or bounces.
Fraudsters often approach this by opening bank accounts with fake identities, creating and depositing counterfeit checks from seemingly legitimate sources, then abandoning the account and leaving it with a negative balance.
Another common trick involves a scammer pretending that they sent a check for a greater amount than they meant to, hoping that the recipient is willing to deposit the check and transfer the excess money, which would ultimately leave the victim out of their own funds after the check bounces.
But in this case, people online seem to be simply committing check fraud against themselves — making it relatively easy for a bank to catch on and hold them accountable.
In the days after the Chase “glitch” gained traction, other TikTokers began dunking on those who had tried it, with some joking about waking up with enormous negative balances and others warning users that they had no chance of outsmarting the multinational banking institution.
“Chase Bank glitch? No, that’s called fraud,” one TikTok user said in a video that accrued more than 1 million likes in one day. “You went to the bank and took $50,000 that didn’t belong to you. That’s not a life hack, that’s called robbery. You’re going to jail. Prison actually.”
Angela Yang is a culture and trends reporter for NBC News.
Kalhan Rosenblatt is a reporter covering youth and internet culture for NBC News, based in New York.
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FCE Essays - Sample/model answers and examiner comments. An essay is always written for the teacher. It should answer the question given by addressing both content points and providinga new content point of the writer's own. The essay should be well organised, with an introduction and an appropriate conclusion,and should be written in an appropriate register and tone
Article navigation: B2 First (FCE) Essay: Example Topics / Questions B2 First (FCE) Essay: Download (PDF) An essay is a piece of writing in which you are asked to discuss a topic that might be controversial or relevant somehow. It usually follows a class discussion. The language of an English essay should be formal.Also, make sure that you justify all your ideas and that you use appropriate ...
Here's a useful structure for an opinion essay:Paragraph 1Intro. uce the topic using a general statement and give your. hether you agree or disagree with the statemen. .Paragraph 2Give the first reason to support your opinion. Provide specifi. s for your opinion, using examples if necessary.
B2 First (FCE) Essay: Tips. Plan your essay before you write. Make sure you know how to comment on all the points that are asked. Invent information if you don't have any ideas. Divide the essay into paragraphs - put one answer in one paragraph. Use advanced vocabulary when you can and formal language.
The question asks you whether you agree with a statement. Your conclusion should clearly express where you stand on the issue. Don't be wishy-washy! Trying too hard - The best First (FCE) essays are simple, to-the-point, well-structured and cohesive. Your essay isn't going to change the world, so don't go overboard.
Again, it is only natural to have 5 paragraphs. So, the best way to know how to write an essay for FCE Writing is to take a look at an example of an actual essay for FCE Writing: At first sight, the essay has a title and 5 paragraphs (introduction + idea 1 + idea 2 + idea 3 + conclusion). And if we stop to read the essay more carefully, we'll ...
"I've always wondered whether i abused technological instruments and tools like the internet. The latter is the first, albeit second, most abused legal drugs of our generation, comparable with alcohol and cigarettes. The risks of abusing such addictive behaviours is that they can lead to health issues like depression for example for social media usage …
The first sentence of the essay tells you what the entire essay will be about. Then, each paragraph's topic sentence contains a key word from our plan. We have 'taxes,' 'opportunities' and 'economy'. Also, the topic sentences and paragraphs all reference the idea of 'education', either directly or indirectly.
Here's a sample FCE writing task: You have to write about pollution and the environment, and you have to include 3 points. 2 of those points must be transport, and rivers and seas. If you don't include transport you can't get full marks in the exam. If you don't write about damage to the environment, you can't get full marks.
The test has two sections and takes about 80 minutes: Part 1 - write an essay based on prompts. Part 2 - write one from a choice of 3 questions: an article, an essay, a letter, a report, a review, a story. Scoring. Each of the two writing parts are marked out of 20. There are five marks for each of the following: Content, Communicative ...
With this activity, you analyse a sample essay contrasting living in a city vs the countryside. To use it in the classroom, have students discuss the issues with the essay in pairs. ... EXAM PART: First (FCE) Writing Part 1 - Essay. EXAM SKILLS: Improving content and communicative achievement in essay writing. TOPIC: Lifestyle (living in the ...
In this lesson you can learn how to write an essay for the Cambridge FCE exam, step by step.You'll see exactly what to do at each stage and how to get the be...
Sample exam test from Cambridge English. Step Two: Write a plan (5 minutes) A lot of my students dislike writing a plan. However, a plan helps you organize your thoughts and helps you write a better B2 First essay. Your essay needs 5 paragraphs. We will use the sample task from above as an example: Paragraph structure for an essay. Introduction ...
On this page, you will find example writing tests to help you prepare for the Writing part of the First Certificate exam. The speaking section is divided into two parts and involves many types of writing: essay, email, review, report and article. Cambridge B2 First (FCE) Writing - Example Test One Essay / Report / Review / Email Exercise Number ...
Test 2 / 25. Answer the question below. Write 140 - 190 words in an appropriate style. Your teacher has asked you to write an essay on the importance of learning foreign languages. Do you think everybody should learn a foreign language at school? Write your essay using all the notes. de faul tttt de faul tttt de faul tttt de faul tttt de faul ...
Cambridge B2 First (FCE) - Writing. The B2 First Writing test has a duration of 1 hour 20 minutes and consists of two parts, and it accounts for 20% of the total score.. The first part has one compulsory question. In the second part, there are three questions, and you must choose one.. Candidates are required to write an essay of about 140-190 words in each part.
B2 First Digital Reading Sample Test. Writing. Time: 1 hour 20 minutes. Instructions to candidates. Answer the Part 1 question, and one question from Part 2. You can change your answers at any time during the test. Information for candidates. There are two parts to this test. Each question carries equal marks. B2 First Digital Writing Sample Test
The 3 main parts of an essay. Looking back at our example from before we can see that there are three topic points which we need to deal with: transport, rivers and seas as well as your own idea. I think it is not difficult to see that we can turn these three topics into three paragraphs, one for each idea.
Sample FCE Essay 1 My Critique. Every problem regarding 'the' environment and pollution can be solved. Science is always working on new solutions, 'and' new suggestions for alternative means of production are frequently put on the table (good language).The most difficult issue in this scenario is the interest s of different social groups in the world society (this is okay to mention ...
Writing (1 hour 20 minutes) See sample paper. 2 parts. Students are required to produce two pieces of writing. The first piece is compulsory and will be an essay of 140-190 words. For the second, they can choose from an article, email/letter, essay, review or story of 140-190 words. Listening (about 40 minutes) See sample paper. 4 parts/30 ...
The conventions of writing an article are used effectively to communicate ideas using an engaging tone. The use of rhetorical questions and the balance between general statements and personal opinions hold the reader's attention throughout.
AI business writing prompts, with examples. Now that you have a solid understanding of the importance and key features of quality AI business prompts, you can refine your prompts for optimal output. Below, we share AI writing prompts for various business writing tasks. Use or refine them to suit your needs to maximize AI technology in business ...
Tips for Writing an Engaging "About Me" Section . Keep it short: Your "About Me" section is supposed to summarize, not be a biography. Try to keep it within 3-4 sentences that highlight your career and what sets you apart. Be real: This is your opportunity to shine as you. Stay away from jargon and clichés and get to the root of what makes ...
A report is a formal piece of writing similar in tone to an essay. You always write reports in B2 First (FCE) to a superior, this could be a teacher a director or anyone who you should be respectful. A report. analyses a present situation and often has recommendations. is divided into sections and contains factual information.
"I don't know what these people think writing bad checks is, but I don't know why they thought this was a glitch," one TikTok user said. "Definitely don't do it." "Definitely don ...
FCE Email Example: Touring holiday. FCE Email Example: Swimming team. FCE Letter Example: School uniforms. FCE Letter Example: Letter of application. FCE Email Example: Money! An email/a letter is written in response to the situation outlined in the question. Letters and emails in the B2 First Writing paper will require a response which is ...