TCF Canada · Task 1
Reply to a second-hand bike buyer
Candidate-reported prompt (reworded)EnvironmentSocietyReported period: 2025-03
Instructions (in French)
« Je recherche un vélo d’occasion en bon état, à petit prix. Écrivez-moi à cette adresse : mathieu@gmail.com »
Vous voulez vous séparer de votre vélo. Envoyez un courriel à cet acheteur éventuel : présentez votre vélo, annoncez le prix demandé et donnez-lui rendez-vous pour qu’il puisse le tester.
(60 mots minimum/120 mots maximum)The prompt opens in the editor, with a word counter and an accent keyboard.
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
Indicative estimate, not an official score.
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