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Exam skills: Paper 2 Writing

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Section B has three writing tasks. Each rewards accuracy, so plan and check carefully.

The three tasks

Task 2: show range

Cover all four bullet points.
Use past, present and future: l'année dernière, je suis allé(e) ... ; maintenant, j'habite ... ; l'année prochaine, j'irai ...
Give opinions with reasons: à mon avis, c'est ... parce que ...
Link ideas: cependant (however), donc (so), quand (when), qui, que.

Task 3: grammar manipulation

Check what the sentence needs: tense, person and agreement.
Hier, nous (aller) au parc. → Hier, nous sommes allés au parc.
Ma sœur est très (sportif). → Ma sœur est très sportive.
Demain, je (faire) du vélo. → Demain, je ferai du vélo.
Worked example

Task 3: Hier, elle (partir) à huit heures.

  1. Hier signals the past: perfect tense.
  2. Partir uses être.
  3. Elle is feminine, so the participle agrees: partie.

Answer: Hier, elle est partie à huit heures.

Key idea

Task 1: 60 to 75 words with four given items. Task 2: 130 to 150 words, four bullet points, range of tenses, opinions and reasons. Task 3: change the bracketed words to fit: check tense, person and agreement.

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