CAE WRITINGS
PARTS OF THE WRITING TEST
PART 1
PART 2
Essay
Proposal Report Review Letter/E-mail
Audience
Purpose
Analysis of the parts
Style
Format
Beginning and ending
ESSAY
ESSAY
AUDIENCE
FORMAT
A teacher or professor.
No bullet points or titles. The writing is usually divided in 5 paragraphs:
- introduction,
- reason 1 (with examples)
- reason 2 (with examples)
- addressing counter-arguments (with examples)
- conclusion.
PURPOSE
You need to develop an argument or opinion.
STYLE
Formal
PROPOSAL
PROPOSAL
AUDIENCE
FORMAT
Usually your boss, a professional group or a school administrator.
You can use bullet points as the target audience wants to quickly find the information they need to make a decision.Headings for each section can be used too.
PURPOSE
You are suggesting a solution to a problem. You need to support your suggestion with facts and be persuasive.
STYLE
Formal
REPORT
REPORT
AUDIENCE
FORMAT
Your boss, a professional group, a school administrator or a group of your peers.
Your target audience usually does not have time to read all the information, so it’s important to use headings and bullet points to help them find what they want.
PURPOSE
Summarise information and make a recommendation in a concise and well-organised manner.
STYLE
Formal
REVIEW
REVIEW
AUDIENCE
FORMAT
Usually an interested consumer or magazine reader.
You need to use as many paragraphs as
PURPOSE
Describe something (or some things) and give your opinion.
STYLE
Informal (try to use as many adjectives and "colourful vocabulary" as possible).
Letter/E-mail
LETTER/E-MAIL
AUDIENCE
FORMAT
It will be given in the prompt.
No bullet points or headings. The structure depends on what you are asked to write.
PURPOSE
You are usually giving information or requesting action. You should be direct and get to the point quickly.
STYLE
This depends on the audience.
How should it start?
“The aim of this report is [paraphrase the relevant information from the prompt].” This sentence will help you get directly to the substance of the report.
You need to clearly state your opinion in your conclusion.
It’s important to provide a kind of framework for the reader in your opening paragraph. If you have been asked to give your opinion on something, you should give a hint at the beginning or introduce what you will talk about. This shows that you have a clear goal in mind and a desired outcome for the reader (to be convinced by your arguments). Without this, you give the impression that you have just thought about things, and written some things, and you managed to convince yourself at the end.
How should it start?
You want to capture the readers' interest.
How should it finish?
Make your recommendation.
How should it finish?
You need to clearly state your opinion when you finish.
CAE writings
Carmen Rodríguez Adán
Created on September 26, 2023
Start designing with a free template
Discover more than 1500 professional designs like these:
View
Visual Presentation
View
Terrazzo Presentation
View
Colorful Presentation
View
Modular Structure Presentation
View
Chromatic Presentation
View
City Presentation
View
News Presentation
Explore all templates
Transcript
CAE WRITINGS
PARTS OF THE WRITING TEST
PART 1
PART 2
Essay
Proposal Report Review Letter/E-mail
Audience
Purpose
Analysis of the parts
Style
Format
Beginning and ending
ESSAY
ESSAY
AUDIENCE
FORMAT
A teacher or professor.
No bullet points or titles. The writing is usually divided in 5 paragraphs:
PURPOSE
You need to develop an argument or opinion.
STYLE
Formal
PROPOSAL
PROPOSAL
AUDIENCE
FORMAT
Usually your boss, a professional group or a school administrator.
You can use bullet points as the target audience wants to quickly find the information they need to make a decision.Headings for each section can be used too.
PURPOSE
You are suggesting a solution to a problem. You need to support your suggestion with facts and be persuasive.
STYLE
Formal
REPORT
REPORT
AUDIENCE
FORMAT
Your boss, a professional group, a school administrator or a group of your peers.
Your target audience usually does not have time to read all the information, so it’s important to use headings and bullet points to help them find what they want.
PURPOSE
Summarise information and make a recommendation in a concise and well-organised manner.
STYLE
Formal
REVIEW
REVIEW
AUDIENCE
FORMAT
Usually an interested consumer or magazine reader.
You need to use as many paragraphs as
PURPOSE
Describe something (or some things) and give your opinion.
STYLE
Informal (try to use as many adjectives and "colourful vocabulary" as possible).
Letter/E-mail
LETTER/E-MAIL
AUDIENCE
FORMAT
It will be given in the prompt.
No bullet points or headings. The structure depends on what you are asked to write.
PURPOSE
You are usually giving information or requesting action. You should be direct and get to the point quickly.
STYLE
This depends on the audience.
How should it start?
“The aim of this report is [paraphrase the relevant information from the prompt].” This sentence will help you get directly to the substance of the report.
You need to clearly state your opinion in your conclusion.
It’s important to provide a kind of framework for the reader in your opening paragraph. If you have been asked to give your opinion on something, you should give a hint at the beginning or introduce what you will talk about. This shows that you have a clear goal in mind and a desired outcome for the reader (to be convinced by your arguments). Without this, you give the impression that you have just thought about things, and written some things, and you managed to convince yourself at the end.
How should it start?
You want to capture the readers' interest.
How should it finish?
Make your recommendation.
How should it finish?
You need to clearly state your opinion when you finish.