The blog post: A blog post (el blog / la entrada de blog) is a personal article published online for anyone to read. You share an experience or an opinion in a lively, friendly voice and you talk directly to your readers. In Paper 1 you choose it when the task asks you to write a blog post / an entry for a website. It's part of Unit 2: Text Types, so the marks come from getting its conventions and register right (Criterion C), not just the message.
- el blog / la entrada (de blog)
- the blog / the blog post (entry)
- el título
- the headline / title (often a question)
- la introducción / el gancho
- the intro / the hook that grabs the reader
- el lector / los lectores
- the reader / the readers
- la voz personal
- the personal, opinionated voice
- los comentarios
- the comments (readers reply below)
Spot it in the task: The task names the platform and the public. "Escribe una entrada para tu blog…", "Escribe un texto para el blog del colegio…" → a blog: written for many readers at once, in a personal but public voice. Read where it will be published and who reads it first.
Informal but public: A blog is informal yet public: use vosotros (or a general tú) to address many readers at once, with a lively, personal voice full of opinion and energy. You can use exclamations, rhetorical questions and «yo» to share your experience. Consistency matters — slipping into stiff, neutral or formal «usted» kills the lively blog voice and costs you Criterion C.
Blog — do this
- ¡Hola a todos! Hoy quiero hablaros de…
- La verdad es que me encantó.
- ¿Y vosotros, qué opináis?
Avoid here
- Estimados lectores:
- El presente texto tiene por objeto…
- Se ruega dejar sus comentarios.
Talk TO your readers: A blog isn't a private letter and it isn't an essay. Address the crowd directly with vosotros (os, vuestro), keep the energy up, and let your personal opinion show from start to finish.
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The five parts: Every blog post follows the same shape. Hit all five parts and you've covered the conventions the examiner is looking for.
Blog — 5 parts
1
Catchy title
A short, eye-catching headline — often a question to the reader. «Tres días sin móvil: ¿podríais vosotros?»
2
Hook / intro
Greet the readers and introduce your topic with energy. «¡Hola a todos! Hoy quiero hablaros de…»
3
Body
Tell your story or argue your opinion in a personal voice — the longest part. «Al principio fue durísimo, pero poco a poco…»
4
Question to readers
Turn the topic back to your audience to spark a reply. «¿Y vosotros, qué opináis?»
5
Upbeat close
Sign off warmly and invite comments. «¡Hasta la próxima, y dejadme vuestros comentarios!»
Title → Hook → Body → Question → Close
Don't skip the frame: Students lose easy Criterion C marks by forgetting the catchy title or the question to readers — the two features that make a text feel like a real blog. They take seconds and show you know the text type — never leave them out.
A model, part by part: Here's a complete blog post built from the five parts above. Read it once for the message, then tap Ver traducción to check the English or 🔊 to hear it.
Modelo: las 5 partes en acción
La entrada escrita, parte por parte
- Tres días sin móvil: ¿podríais vosotros?
- ¡Hola a todos! Hoy quiero hablaros de un reto un poco loco que me propuse la semana pasada: pasar un fin de semana entero sin mirar el teléfono.
- Al principio fue durísimo: cada cinco minutos buscaba el móvil sin darme cuenta. Pero poco a poco empecé a leer más, a salir a pasear y, sobre todo, a hablar de verdad con mi familia. La verdad es que dormí mejor que nunca.
- ¿Y vosotros, qué opináis? ¿Seríais capaces de aguantar un finde sin pantallas?
- Os animo a intentarlo: a lo mejor descubrís algo, como me pasó a mí. ¡Hasta la próxima, y dejadme vuestros comentarios abajo!
Por qué puntúa — why it scores: This short blog post earns marks on all three Paper 1 criteria — here's how:
A — Language /12
- Lively, accurate language; vosotros throughout
- Connectors & variety: «al principio», «poco a poco», «sobre todo», «pero»
- Correct tenses (quiero, fue, empecé, dormí)
B — Message /12
- Clear purpose: shares an experience AND a reflection
- Ideas developed (the challenge, the results)
C — Conceptual /6
- Blog conventions: catchy title + question to readers
- Consistent public-informal register (vosotros)
- Lively, personal, opinionated voice
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A toolkit you can reuse: Learn a few ready-made phrases for each part. They make your blog sound natural and save time in the exam. Tap 🔊 to hear them.
Para empezar (hook)
- ¡Hola a todos! — Hi everyone!
- Hoy quiero hablaros de… — Today I want to talk to you about…
- ¿Alguna vez os habéis preguntado…? — Have you ever wondered…?
Para el cuerpo (opinion & story)
- Os cuento mi experiencia… — Let me tell you my experience…
- La verdad es que… / En mi opinión… — Honestly… / In my opinion…
- Al principio… pero poco a poco… — At first… but little by little…
Para terminar (question + close)
- ¿Y vosotros, qué opináis? — And what about you, what do you think?
- Os animo a probarlo. — I encourage you to try it.
- ¡Hasta la próxima! Dejadme vuestros comentarios. — See you next time! Leave me your comments.
Use one from each: One hook, one or two opinion phrases in the body, and a question + sign-off at the end is plenty — and instantly makes the text feel like the real blog text type.