Paper 2: Writing
- Time allowed: 1 hour 20 minutes
| Part | Task
type | Tests ability to | Questions |
| 1.Compulsory task | Read
input information (including adverts, extracts from letters, emails, schedules,
etc. of up to 160 words) and write a Letter or Email. | make
appropriate use of the input, write for a specific purpose and audience, with
accurate language control | 120-180 | | 2.
Choice of one out of five tasks. | 2:
(Questions 2-4) Candidates write one of the following: Article, Essay, Letter,
Report, Review or Story.
(Question 5. 2 options) Candidates write one of the
following, based on one of the set reading texts: Article, Essay, Letter, Report,
Review
Note: Question 5 has two options - 5a and 5b. The set texts for December
2008 to 2009 are: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, and The Phantom of the
Opera by Gaston Leroux. | write for
a specific purpose and audience, with accurate language control | 120-180 |
Set Texts
From
December 2008 to 2009 these are:
Charles Dickens, Great Expectations (Macmillan
or any edition)
Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera (Penguin or any edition) |
