Writing

Choose a text type, write in Spanish with no spellchecker or dictionary, then check your writing against the three Paper 1 criteria and compare it with a model.

Standard level

250 to 400 words. Choose one of three text types for each task.

Growing up between two languages
Identities · Blog, Informe, Folleto
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First day volunteering at a summer camp
Experiences · Noticia, Diario personal, Propuesta
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Review of an interactive science museum
Human ingenuity · Correo electrónico, Instrucciones, Reseña
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Responding to a shorter school break
Social organization · Correo electrónico, Diario personal, Entrevista
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Persuading neighbours to compost
Sharing the planet · Reseña, Folleto, Diario personal
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Talking to someone who keeps a tradition alive
Identities · Ensayo, Instrucciones, Entrevista
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Students and part-time jobs: survey results
Social organization · Informe, Blog, Publicación en redes sociales
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Helping grandparents make video calls
Human ingenuity · Artículo, Instrucciones, Reseña
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Higher level

450 to 600 words, with tasks that ask you to compare, evaluate or persuade.

Does losing a family language mean losing identity?
Identities · Blog, Folleto, Ensayo
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Is a gap year a wasted year?
Experiences · Columna de opinión, Diario personal, Instrucciones
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Computer room or makerspace?
Human ingenuity · Reseña, Propuesta, Diario personal
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Reply to a newspaper: young people and votes at 16
Social organization · Blog, Folleto, Carta formal
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Is tourism saving or harming a fishing village?
Sharing the planet · Artículo, Correo electrónico, Instrucciones
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Rethinking a volunteering trip abroad
Experiences · Informe, Blog, Noticia
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Report on student stress with recommendations
Social organization · Discurso, Reseña, Informe
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Review of an exhibition of AI-assisted art
Human ingenuity · Reseña, Entrevista, Propuesta
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Choosing the text type · Register: tú or usted · Text-type conventions