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CAMBRIDGE

FCE

FIRST CERTIFICATE IN ENGLISH

PAPER 2 SAMPLE PAPERS

English as a

Foreign Language

EXAMINATIONS, CERTIFICATES & DIPLOMAS

PAPER 2 WRITING SAMPLE PAPER

Part 1

You must answer this question.

1 You are studying in Cambridge at present and two friends from your country are coming to visit

you next month. During their visit they would especially like to spend a few days in Edinburgh and

you are planning to go with them. A travel agency has given you the following information. Read

it carefully. Then write a letter to your friends, giving them some information about the three

different ways of travelling to Edinburgh. Suggest which you think is the best way and explain why.

TRAIN

Cambridge dep.

Edinburgh arr.

07.00

12.15

07.56

13.38

09.00

14.12

• Edinburgh

Return fare: £90 (Friday and Saturday)

£75 (all other days)

30% off with a young person’s rail card.

• Cambridge

• London

COACH

Cambridge to Edinburgh - 540 km

Cambridge dep.

Edinburgh arr.

11.00

22.05

CAR

18.08

06.35

22.30

12.25

Car hire: £40 a day plus petrol and

Return fare: £60 (Friday and Saturday)

£45 (all other days)

30% off with a young person’s coach

Write a letter of between 120 and 180 words in an appropriate style on the opposite page. Do

not write any addresses.

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Part 2

Write an answer to one of the Questions 2 – 5 in this part. Write your answer in 120 – 180 words in

an appropriate style on the opposite page, putting the question number in the box.

2 You have just seen the following advertisement:

INTERNATIONAL TV WEEKLY

• What is your favourite programme on TV?

• Why do you like it?

We are looking for short articles answering these questions and

we will publish some of the best articles next month.

Write your article for the International TV Weekly magazine.

3 You have been asked to write a story for a student magazine beginning with these words:

I wanted to give my best friend a surprise …

Write your story .

4 You are going to start a short English course at a new language school. To help the school to put

you in the most suitable class for you, you have been asked to write a report for the Director of

Studies, describing what you find easy and what you find difficult about learning English.

Write your report .

5 Background reading texts

Answer one of the following two questions based on your reading of one of the five set books:

APassage to India - E M Forster

Pygmalion - G B Shaw

Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier

Brave New World - Aldous Huxley

Crime Never Pays - Oxford Bookworm Collection

Your answer should contain enough detail to make it clear to someone who may not have read

the book. Write the letter (a) or (b) as well as the number 5 in the question box, and the title of

the book next to the box.

Either (a)

Which part of the book do you think is most important and why?

(b)

Write a short article for your college magazine about the character in the book

which you would most like to meet and the questions which you would ask that

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MARK SCHEMES & SAMPLE SCRIPTS WITH EXAMINER COMMENTS

QUESTION 1

TASK-SPECIFIC MARK SCHEME

Content

Appropriacy of Register and Format

Major points: Reference to forthcoming holiday.

Information about the different ways of travelling to

Edinburgh, with reference to cost and time/distance.

Suggestion of best option and reason(s) why.

Minor points: Any additional information.

Informal letter.

Range

Language of description, comparison and suggestion.

Vocabulary relating to travel.

Organisation and Cohesion

Clear opening to letter. Cohesive devices may be used to

contrast the different ways of travelling. Suitable

paragraphing. Appropriate ending.

Target Reader

Would have enough information on which to base an

evaluation of the writer’s suggestion.

CANDIDATE A

Dear my friends,

I resived your letter and I’m writing about go to Edinburgh with you next month.

I went to a travel agency and got some information. If we go there by car, the cost will be £40

a day plus petrol and insurance. It’s the cheapest. But we’ll have to rent a car and will have to

find parks ofen.

If we go there by coach, the cost will be £45 unless we go there on friday or Saturday.

But it’ll take us about 10 hours.

So shall we go there by train.

The cost will be £75 unless we go there on friday or Saturday. It’ll take us about five hours.

We can spend most of the time in Edinburgh. I’m going to get the tickets and am planning

about what we do there.

If you have questions or good idea, call or write me as soon as posibble. Otherwise see you

next month.

Look forward to seeing you.

Love Louise

EXAMINER COMMENTS

Content

All major content points have been included, with a clear

suggestion of best option; expressed very simply - So shall

we go there by train.

Appropriacy of Register and Format

Friendly tone e.g. Otherwise see you next month.

Range

An adequate range of structure and vocabulary for the task

with some good tense control e.g. The cost will be £75

unless we go ...

Accuracy

The errors do not obscure communication (apart from find

parks), though they occasionally distract the reader e.g. Dear

my friends; If you have questions or good idea, call or write

me as soon as posibble.

Target Reader

Would be adequately informed.

Band 3

Organisation and Cohesion

The letter is well organised and gets straight into the task.

Ideas are suitably paragraphed and an attempt has been

made at appropriate opening and closing formulae.

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CANDIDATE B

Dear Christine,

Thank you for your letter, which I got it yesterday. I was very surpraised that you and

Juan are deceided to coma to visit me next month. You couldn’t have chosen a better

time because I’ll have my hafe-term brake from school so I’ll be able to spend whole

week with you. I’ve already made a few attempts to find out, the cheapest way to get

to Edinburgh, as you said you wanted to see this place. In my opinion, the best way is

to get a train from Cambridge to Edinburgh, because the juorney is quite long and

tairing. However, this is not the cheapest one.

Another way to get there is by coach but the time we’ll be there is late evening or

early morning and we’ll have to travel for whole night and I know how you hate

traveling by coach. There is another possibility to travel there, which is hiring a car, it

is quite cheap and convinient but I can’t drive here and so you because of right hand

driving. I hope all the inforrmation which I provide here will help you to make the

right deciedion. I can’t wait to see you here, I’m sure we’ll have a grate time. Looking

forward to seeing you soon.

Love

Julia

EXAMINER COMMENTS

Content

Appropriacy of Register and Format

Good realisation of the task set, though the letter is over-long.

A consistently friendly tone, appropriate to the purpose and

audience, with direct personal reference.

Accuracy

There are several basic spelling errors e.g. surpraised; brake;

tairing. Errors occur even when more complex language is

not attempted e.g. which I got it; you and Juan are deceided.

These keep it in Band 3.

Range

Good range of structures e.g. you couldn’t have chosen; ...

so I’ll be able to spend; ... I know how you hate traveling.

Organisation and Cohesion

Target Reader

Would have enough information on which to base an

evaluation.

Paragraphs are not always clear, but good linking devices are

used e.g. Another way to get there; ... as you said you

wanted ...

Band 3

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