FCE Writing Test 2: jobs at home, a common room and local history
FCE Writing Test 2 is a free B2 First Writing practice test: two tasks in 80 minutes, 140–190 words each, marked on Cambridge’s four criteria. You discuss household responsibilities, report on a college common room, review a history exhibition or suggest activities for exchange students.
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What is in FCE Writing Test 2
| Question | Task | What you write about |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Essay | All teenagers should have a regular job to do at home. Do you agree? |
| 2 | Report | Your college wants to improve its common room |
| 3 | Review | The “Local History Close to Home” task |
| 4 | Letter | Your English-speaking exchange coordinator, Ms Reed, is bringing a group of students to your town for a weekend |
Question 1: essay (compulsory)
In your English class you have been talking about responsibilities at home. Now, your English teacher has asked you to write an essay.
All teenagers should have a regular job to do at home. Do you agree?
- learning useful skills
- time for studying
- …………… (your own idea)
Write an essay using all the notes and giving reasons for your point of view.
FCE essay guide →Questions 2, 3, 4: choose one
2. Report
Your college wants to improve its common room. The college manager has asked you, as a student representative, to write a report. Describe how students currently use the room, explain what problems they experience, and recommend two improvements. The college can afford small changes but cannot make the room larger. Your report will help the manager decide how to spend the money.
Write your report.
FCE report guide →3. Review
You see this announcement in an English-language magazine.
LOCAL HISTORY CLOSE TO HOME
Have you visited a small exhibition about the history of your area? Tell us what visitors can discover there and evaluate how well the exhibition presents its subject. Explain who would enjoy it most and why.
We will publish the most useful reviews in next month’s magazine.
Write your review.
FCE review guide →4. Letter
Your English-speaking exchange coordinator, Ms Reed, is bringing a group of students to your town for a weekend. She has asked you to suggest activities for the group. Write a letter recommending two activities, explaining why the students would enjoy them and giving practical advice about organising the visit. The group would like opportunities to meet local young people.
Write your letter.
FCE letter guide →How it is marked
FCE Writing marking
Content, Communicative Achievement, Organisation and Language, 0–5 each: 40 marks for two texts. Our expert evaluation gives an estimate; 24/40 is about 160.
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