Writing Diagnostic Test

FIRST CERTIFICATE IN ENGLISH
for Schools
Writing D255/02
Sample Test 1
Time 1 hour 20 minutes
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Do not open this question paper until you are told to do so.
Write your name, centre number and candidate number on your answer sheet if
they are not already there.
Read the instructions for each part of the paper carefully.
Answer the Part 1 question and one question from Part 2.
Write your answers on the answer sheet.
Write clearly in pen, not pencil. You may make alterations, but make sure your
work is easy to read.
You must complete the answer sheet within the time limit.
At the end of the test, hand in both this question paper and your answer sheet.
INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES

Each question in this paper carries equal marks.
500/2705/0
© UCLES 2015 Cambridge English Level 1 Certificate in ESOL International
Writing ● Part 1
You must answer this question. Write your answer in 140 – 190 words in an appropriate style on the
separate answer sheet.
1 In your English class you have been talking about education. Now your English teacher has
asked you to write an essay for homework.
Write your essay using all the notes and giving reasons for your point of view.
DASDAS
Writing ● Part 2
___________________________________________________________________________________
Write an answer to one of the questions 2 – 5 in this part. Write your answer in 140 – 190 words in an
appropriate style on the separate answer sheet. Put the question number in the box at the top of the
answer sheet.
2 You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen friend.
Write your letter

3 You see this advert in an international fashion magazine:
Write your review.

4 You have seen this announcement in a new English-language magazine for young people.
Write your story.

5 Answer the following question based on the title below.
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Your English class has had a discussion about the story of Macbeth. Now your teacher has given you
this essay for homework:
Which character do you find most interesting in Macbeth and why?
Write your essay.
1. AASDAS
I think that parents that teach their children at home is really a bad idea. They are just making their children more
insecure and causing different mental problems because of the confinement.
In the first place, many parents do not have the necessary knowledge to achieve good didactics and a good
understanding for their children to be able to carry out the different activities and have a safe learning.
Furthermore, due to the little interaction that young people have with people of their age, they cannot develop their
own personality and this can cause them a great problem of not being able to socialize and consequently not
achieving to have friends.
However, not everything in this type of education are disadvantages since thanks to this, parents can have a more
personalized education for their children and this can make the children more receptive when it comes to learning
new topics and to focus on only topics that they care about.
All in all, students have enough pressure on them when they are studying so that is why they need a teacher and
mates to handle it.
Writing Part 2
Write your letter
Hi, Sam
It sure was great to hear from you. I hope all is well. Your task sounds interesting and I am happy to help you with
some of my personal information.
First of all, in my personal opinion one of my special places is the garden of my house because in that place I can
meditate on myself about the way my day has gone as well as enjoying how beautiful the various plants and the
flowers are. I very often go to this place before any situation that I feel I am going to get nervous or that I feel I will
not be able to cope with.
Besides this place, a place that I like to visit a lot is a country cottage that my family owns in Pintag, I like to go
there because I am in contact with nature and it also brings back memories of my youth and childhood.
Drop me a line if you have time.
Take care,
Carlos

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FIRST CERTIFICATE IN ENGLISH

Time 1 hour 20 minutes

INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES

2 You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen friend.

Write your letter

Write your review.

Write your story.

Drop me a line if you have time.

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