TCF Canada · Task 1

Reveal the trip you booked for a friend’s birthday

Candidate-reported prompt (reworded)TravelReported period: 2024-07

Instructions (in French)

Dans quelques jours, c’est l’anniversaire de votre ami et vous avez choisi de lui offrir un séjour. Écrivez-lui un message pour lui expliquer ce que vous avez déjà organisé (destination, dates, préparatifs, etc.). (60 mots minimum/120 mots maximum)

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What this task asks for

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

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