Ruiz Sofia Belen – Teacher of English – 2023 – B2 FCE
Writing Class B2 – FCE
You’ll have 1hr 20 mins
to write your piece of
writings.
That means… 40 minutes
each.
OUR GOAL = 25 minutes
MAX each.
How?
Writing ‘til we
die!
Ruiz Sofia Belen – Teacher of English – 2023 – B2 FCE
As you are going to sit for the COMPUTER BASED EXAM ,
YOU’LL HAVE SOME ADVANTAGES:
A WORD COUNTER
A STOPWATCH (You can take it out if you want)
Blank sheet?
https://turbolangs.com/en-gb/exam-format-paper-computer-
cambridge/#%F0%9F%96%A5%EF%B8%8F_Exam_Format_computer-based
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Suj0pDuixoE
Ruiz Sofia Belen – Teacher of English – 2023 – B2 FCE
Study and Apply
Here you will find brief pieces of advice that will work on every written piece:
REMEMBER: all our piece of writings must be in a FORMAL REGISTER
(Exceptions: informal e-mail or article).
Make sure that you collect CHUNKS OF LANGUAGE during this entire course.
You won’t have time to come up with new expressions and vocabulary during the exam.
Ruiz Sofia Belen – Teacher of English – 2023 – B2 FCE
Ruiz Sofia Belen – Teacher of English – 2023 – B2 FCE
Essay
Here are some tips regarding essays extracted directly from the Cambridge webpage:
We’d written some essays before, so I will test you!
Take 15 minutes to read this essay and write down the mistakes and write how you would modify
it.
Ruiz Sofia Belen – Teacher of English – 2023 – B2 FCE
Article (page 166 exam book)
The structure of your article would be based on this:
Ph 1 Introduction Start with a catchy opening line to hook the readers.
Ph 2 – Describe what makes your surprise special, developing the sequence of events and the context
of the story.
Ph 3 – Round up your story saying something deeply sentimental about the memory and how it had
an impact in your life.
DON’T FORGET! YOU ARE ALWAYS ALLOWED TO LIE
Let’s test ourselves! How can you improve this article?
Ruiz Sofia Belen – Teacher of English – 2023 – B2 FCE
E-mail (page 164 informal / 165 formal exam book)
Lucky us! If the e-mail is an actual option in our exam.
The e-mail has a friendly structure which we’ve practiced since always.
HOWEVER, this just means only that. This is not as simple as we
thin k ; the real challenge is to convert the ‘easy words’ we tend to
use in e-mails into showing we truly k now a wide range of informal
vocabulary.
(Here you can go back to the vocabulary image I showed you before)
Informal E-mail
Ruiz Sofia Belen – Teacher of English – 2023 – B2 FCE
Formal E-mail
E-mails in this level are pretty similar to writing stories; you have
to get really deep into them! Be the character of the story.
This isn’t like writing essays in which we lie constantly about facts
and use fixed expressions.
Imagination and a smart use of vocabulary are the key point here.
Ruiz Sofia Belen – Teacher of English – 2023 – B2 FCE
Review
The Review focuses on how well you can des cribe and motivate your opinion about
something you have first-hand knowledge of (the like of an electronic device, a
music album, entertainment, etc.), with a final suggestion to the reader.
In other words, in a review you have to describe, detail and give your opinion.
My Name is Bond, James Bond
Who hasn’t heard of James Bond? The British secret agent must surely be the world’s most famous
movie hero. Not only has this franchise been successful for several decades, James Bond movies are
and have been box office hits all over the world since the 1960s.
Its main character, the charming and clever agent 007 combines sophistication and physical
strength. He is not only intelligent but also a perfect soldier. The movies completely rely on his
character because it is James Bond who adds all the different elements that make these movies so
successful: humour, romance, action and quirky but charming Britishness. Of course there have
been other spy movies, and good ones too, but this is different. James Bond has been delighting
audiences for so many years, it’s simply incomparable.
I would certainly recommend his films to people of all ages. The earlier movies are less action-
oriented and might appeal to a more mature audience while the latest ones would be more popular
with a younger audience. There’s something for everyone. So go and take a look for yourselves:
You won’t regret it.
Try to recall all the pieces of advice we read and talked about in these pages and tell me:
How good is this piece of writing? What can you highlight from it? Is it relevant enough for a B2
exam? Would you add something else?
Ruiz Sofia Belen – Teacher of English – 2023 – B2 FCE
Report
The main purpose of the report is to inform over a matter that later would take
part in a certain decision. You are asked to give a positive and negative (if
required) descriptions and opinions.
Some tips to take into account when
writing a Report:
Ruiz Sofia Belen – Teacher of English – 2023 – B2 FCE
That’s it for the day!
I really hope you all find this truly useful
for your writing assignments
Now it’s the time to start writing!
Turn your imagination on and store new
vocabulary to upgrade your compositions.
We can do it
