1. Time management
Both essays will last about 40 minutes, so you should spend the same
time on both. For example, you can make a schedule:
-Planning 10 minutes
-Writing 25 minutes
-checking 5 minutes
2. Planning
Planning is very important to do. You really need to think about what you
have to write, what you want to write and how you can write it. You can
start to think about advanced words you already know about this topic.
3. Content
Cambridge really cares about what you are writing about, you need to
write about the topic.
So in this example you have to write about pollution and you must write
about transport and rivers and seas. If you don’t include these topics you
won’t get full marks.
For example:
Introduction
The Transport Pollution Problem
Pollution in Rivers and Seas
Pollution at Home
Conclusion
, 4. Communicative achievement
Cambridge also really wants you to show that you can understand the
tone of different texts you write. So you need to study how to write in
different ways. Example:
Yo, John,
Guess what? I bunked off school and tramped up and
down the beach all day. Great fun! I found some
nearly-fresh muffins in a box, so that was lunch sorted.
Free food! Niiiiiice.
Dear Mr and Mrs Biggins,
I regret to inform you that we have taken the decision to
suspend Jack from school for the next week. Not only did
he fail to come to school today, but we received a call
that he had stolen a container of confectionery from a
local business.
5. Organisation
Cambridge loves link sentences like ´however` or ´whereas` and link
paragraphs with ´firstly` and ´second`
One essay way to get a higher score in ´organisation` is to ask a
question and then answer it
6. Language
Your essay will be more interesting if you use a wide variety of
languages. It’s a good idea to study appropriate phrasal verbs, idioms
and collocations. Do not always use ´subject verb object` sentences. Try
to vary.
Both essays will last about 40 minutes, so you should spend the same
time on both. For example, you can make a schedule:
-Planning 10 minutes
-Writing 25 minutes
-checking 5 minutes
2. Planning
Planning is very important to do. You really need to think about what you
have to write, what you want to write and how you can write it. You can
start to think about advanced words you already know about this topic.
3. Content
Cambridge really cares about what you are writing about, you need to
write about the topic.
So in this example you have to write about pollution and you must write
about transport and rivers and seas. If you don’t include these topics you
won’t get full marks.
For example:
Introduction
The Transport Pollution Problem
Pollution in Rivers and Seas
Pollution at Home
Conclusion
, 4. Communicative achievement
Cambridge also really wants you to show that you can understand the
tone of different texts you write. So you need to study how to write in
different ways. Example:
Yo, John,
Guess what? I bunked off school and tramped up and
down the beach all day. Great fun! I found some
nearly-fresh muffins in a box, so that was lunch sorted.
Free food! Niiiiiice.
Dear Mr and Mrs Biggins,
I regret to inform you that we have taken the decision to
suspend Jack from school for the next week. Not only did
he fail to come to school today, but we received a call
that he had stolen a container of confectionery from a
local business.
5. Organisation
Cambridge loves link sentences like ´however` or ´whereas` and link
paragraphs with ´firstly` and ´second`
One essay way to get a higher score in ´organisation` is to ask a
question and then answer it
6. Language
Your essay will be more interesting if you use a wide variety of
languages. It’s a good idea to study appropriate phrasal verbs, idioms
and collocations. Do not always use ´subject verb object` sentences. Try
to vary.
