What it is: You write one text from a choice of three tasks. 30 marks, 1 h 30 min.
The instruction on the paper: Completa una tarea. Elige, entre las opciones dadas, un tipo de texto apropiado para la tarea elegida. Escribe entre 450 y 600 palabras. → Complete one task. Choose, from the options given, a suitable text type for the task you chose. Write between 450 and 600 words.
| Paper 1 (HL) | |
|---|---|
| Time | 1 h 30 min |
| Marks | 30 |
| Tasks | choose 1 of 3 |
| Text type | choose 1 of the 3 printed under your task |
| Length | 450–600 words |
- Completa una tarea.
- Complete one task.
- Elige…
- Choose…
- entre las opciones dadas
- from the options given
- un tipo de texto
- a text type
- la tarea elegida
- the task you chose
- Escribe entre 450 y 600 palabras.
- Write between 450 and 600 words.
Remember: Pick one task, then one text type printed under it. Write that form, not an essay.
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A task, laid out like the paper: La biblioteca de tu instituto va a cerrar por las tardes y muchos alumnos ya no tienen un lugar tranquilo para estudiar.
Escribe un texto para tus compañeros en el que expliques el problema y propongas una solución.
Tipos de texto: Blog • Correo electrónico • Discurso
From the paper to your text
Read all three tasks
Pick the one you have ideas for.
Choose one text type
Only from the three printed.
Find the reader and purpose
Who reads it, and why?
Write 450–600 words
Then keep five minutes to check.
Task → Type → Reader → Write
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Do
- Read all three tasks first.
- Use one of the printed text types.
- Answer every part of the task.
Don't
- Answer more than one task.
- Invent your own text type.
- Copy whole lines from the task.