TCF Canada Task 1: 185 writing prompts
- Text type
- message — Write a message to a recipient named in the prompt, to describe, narrate or explain something.
- Word count
- 60 to 120 words
- Time
- 60 minutes for all three tasks, split as you like
- Published assessment criteria
- Linguistic competence: range of vocabulary, grammatical accuracy, spelling, sentence complexity
- Pragmatic competence: coherence, cohesion and development of the topic
- Sociolinguistic competence: fit with the communication situation
- Describe your travel plans on a blogOfficial prompt · France Éducation internationalTCF Canada · Task 1
- Tasks for the friend minding your home and gardenCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Ad to share an apartment that is too bigCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Plan your moving day with helping friendsCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Suggest meeting an author at the libraryCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Outline a day at the amusement parkCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Tell a friend how your job interview wentCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Tell a friend your plans for your time offCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Describe your rental flat to an interested applicantCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Share your amateur sport story for a TV reportCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Recommend a good food market to a friendCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Recommend a place to visit in your regionCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Recommend an outdoor place for lunchCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Find a sports partner through the campus paperCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Announce your win at a sports club contestCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Recommend a fitness centre to a friendCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Invite friends to your birthday partyCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Show your flat to the friend who will stay in itCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Ask a friend to help with your moveCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Explain city transport to a visiting friendCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Describe your wedding château to a guestCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Give a new neighbour tips on getting around townCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Tell a friend you have landed a new jobCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Tell a friend about a weekend in the countrysideCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Describe your gym to a friendCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Share your experience as an amateur athlete onlineCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Complaint about a parcel that arrived damagedCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Invite friends and ask them to help with your partyCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Introduce yourself in your new city’s newspaperCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Help a newly arrived friend get around the cityCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Invite a friend to the film festivalCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Invite a friend to spend their holidays with youCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Present a hotel you found for a holiday with friendsCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Describe a hotel and urge friends to book a roomCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Invite a friend to work out with youCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Suggest a route through your country to a friendCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Answer Camille’s questions about your new sportCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Email inviting friends to a surprise birthday partyCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Reply to a site helping French learners practiseCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Tell friends which clothes you want as giftsCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Describe your new surroundings after movingCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Update Léo a month after moving to a new cityCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Propose a short trip to friends next monthCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Invite friends to a local sporting eventCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Invite friends to a restaurant birthday dinnerCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Invite friends to an event and ask for helpCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Propose a group gift for a friend’s birthdayCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Tell Ali how your new job is goingCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Suggest a camping spot to a friendCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Suggest an al fresco lunch spot to BarbaraCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- A hotel for Matthias’s first week in CanadaCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Campus ad to find someone to play sport withCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Suggest places to visit in your regionCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Propose a sporty weekend to your friendsCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Reveal the trip you booked for a friend’s birthdayCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Show Lucas your company’s new officesCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Recommend a fitness club in your neighbourhoodCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Describe your flat and area to a prospective tenantCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Sell a second-hand bike to MathieuCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Ask a friend to help renovate your flatCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Invite friends to your best friend’s surprise partyCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Invite someone’s friends to their secret birthday partyCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Propose spending a day together with a friendCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Suggest friends book rooms at a holiday hotelCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Tell Alex about your new universityCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Plan your move and ask a friend for helpCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Invite friends to a cultural outing in townCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Suggest a picnic spot for kids and adultsCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Introduce your country and culture to MarcCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Tell friends about the hotel you found for the holidaysCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Suggest doing a sport together with a friendCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Instructions for the friend minding house and gardenCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Answer a language exchange adCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Ask friends to help organise a partyCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Invite friends to a surprise party for someone elseCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Update Leo a month after settling into a new cityCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Suggest a camping place to a friendCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Ask to be matched with a French conversation partnerCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Tell Cédric where your wedding château isCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Propose a birthday trip to FlavieCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Invitation and programme for a birthday partyCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Surprise party for your best friend: the emailCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Describe your company’s new premises to LucasCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Surprise party and group gift for your best friendCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Explain how to get around during a weekend visitCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Describe your new job to a French-speaking friendCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Answer Léa: a place for Saturday’s picnicCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Write to an estate agency about a flat in NiceCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Present a must-see place to a friend on holidayCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Flatshare ad: size, ideal flatmate and rentCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Propose an original group gift to mutual friendsCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Ask a friend to come to your town’s film festivalCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Tell Ali about your workplace and what you likeCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Recommend a family-friendly picnic place to LéaCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Present a hotel to Matthias for his first weekCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Share your weekend trip idea with friends next monthCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Transport options, prices and passes for MehdiCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Locate Château de Chombony and explain how to get thereCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Advise a friend on sights worth seeing in your areaCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Ad for a sports partner: days and time slotsCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Advise Barbara on a pleasant place for an outdoor lunchCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Introduce Bernard to a fresh-produce marketCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Answer Lucas about your company’s new siteCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Tell a friend about your language schoolCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Fitness club: location, membership cost and activitiesCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Present your sports club to a friendCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Share how you play sport for a TV programmeCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Complain to customer service about a damaged itemCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Recount a weekend away in the wildernessCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Email invitation to your friend’s surprise birthdayCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Renovation project: furniture and paint, help wantedCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Reply to a second-hand bike buyerCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Details for your restaurant birthday dinnerCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Suggest a day out together: place, date, plansCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Recommend a lovely spot to Mathieu for his stayCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Ask for details about a flat to rentCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- A few ideas for places worth the detourCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Invite a friend for the holidays and show must-seesCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Describe a sports club known for its welcomeCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Tell friends about winning the tournamentCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Invite friends to your birthday and describe the partyCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Tell friends about your birthday night and best giftsCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Tell Paul about the Langues et cultures centreCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Invite a friend to spend a whole day togetherCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Give your opinion of a new neighbourhood restaurantCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Introduce yourself in “Bienvenue” and name your spotsCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- News for Léo: your home, area and cityCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Ask for clothes as birthday presentsCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Weekend plan with friends: place, travel, activitiesCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Explain how to reach Château Saint-Simon to a guestCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Invite a friend over and present your city’s sightsCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Tell a curious friend about a great gymCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Suggest several places not to miss in your regionCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Find a home in Nice: size, budget and areaCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Show Cédric the wedding château and how to get thereCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Propose an excursion to a tourist site to friendsCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Describe your new life in an unfamiliar cityCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Redo your interior and ask a friend for helpCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Selling your bike: description, price and meetingCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Advise friends to book a hotel for the holidaysCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Tell Camille about your sport so she can join youCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Tell Anna which transport to use to see your cityCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Letter proposing a sports weekend to friendsCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Host a friend on holiday: sites to visitCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Invite a friend to a film festival: films and pricesCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Explain tomorrow’s plan at the amusement parkCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Invite a friend to the film festival with key detailsCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Tell Cédric what to do at your place while you’re awayCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Propose an evening with an author at the libraryCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Ad to share your new apartmentCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Group message: how your moving day will unfoldCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Tell Thomas about a major celebration in your countryCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Invite colleagues to a farewell dinner at a restaurantCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Tell a friend about life in your new townCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Tell Alex about your university and teachersCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Announce your hiring: job, colleagues and workplaceCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Ask a friend to spend the whole day with youCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Short text for “Bienvenue” on your adopted cityCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Organise your move-in and ask for a handCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Recount the tournament your sports club wonCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Invite friends to a cultural activity in townCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Sell your bike to Thomas: condition, price, meetingCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Introduce yourself to a French conversation serviceCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Take your friends to a site you loveCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Invite a friend to dinner at a newly opened restaurantCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Invite friends to your end-of-year partyCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Sell your bike to Kevin: condition, price, meetingCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Transport, fares and passes for MehdiCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Plan a big party with friends and ask for helpCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Reply to a language exchange ad by emailCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Farewell meal with colleagues after your assignmentCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Introduce your country and customs to a future visitorCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Invite friends to your birthday and ask for their helpCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Point out a few places to see in your areaCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- The role of sport in your daily life (TV report)Candidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Invite a friend to your favourite artist’s concertCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Start exercising together with a friendCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Invite loved ones to your birthday at a restaurantCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Invite a friend to a music festival in your cityCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Walk a friend through the flat they’ll be staying inCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Reply to someone interested in your Montréal flatCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Propose a weekend of sports activities to friendsCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Farewell party before you moveCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Propose a trip to a site close to your heartCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1
- Book a hotel room in France by emailCandidate-reported prompt (reworded)TCF Canada · Task 1