Fssges essay

You have 80 minutes to write two texts. The first text will always be an essay and should be 140-190 words long. The second text can be an article, informal email or letter, a formal email or letter, a report, or a review and should be 140-190 words. The examiners give you a grade based on 4 things:

With an introduction, body and conclusion every essay has three main parts. You can follow this for any essay question in the FCE exam and it works every single time. Yeah, it sounds good to me too. But what exactly do we have to include in these different parts? Let me give you an overview so you get a better idea.

In your English class you have been talking about happiness. Now your English teacher has asked you to write an essay. Write an essay using all the notes and give reasons for your point of view. Whether you are happy or not depends on the personality you are born with. Do you agree? Write your essay in 140-190 words in an appropriate style.

Part 1 is always a discursive essay. It requires you to think about arguments for and against a topic. Part 2 is a situationally based writing task. This could be a letter, an email, a report, a proposal or a review and you have three options to choose from. Today, we’ll be looking at how to do your best in part 1.