TEF Canada · Section A

A Quebec tourist saves a girl from drowning

Candidate-reported prompt (reworded)TravelReported period: 2025-12

Instructions (in French)

Complétez l’article de presse suivant. Ajoutez à la suite un texte de 80 mots minimum. Rédigez votre production en plusieurs paragraphes. Une touriste québécoise arrache une fillette à la noyade Sophie Lemay marchait le long de la Seine quand elle a aperçu une jeune fille basculer dans l’eau en essayant de récupérer son ballon.

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What this task asks for

Text type
news story — Starting from the opening of a short news story, write the rest of the article in several paragraphs.
Word count
at least 80 words
Time
25 minutes (60 minutes in total, each section is timed separately)
Published assessment criteria
  • Quality and effectiveness of the text: fit with the situation, organisation, clarity of information and arguments
  • Range and control of language: vocabulary, syntax (sentences, tenses, moods) and spelling

Indicative estimate, not an official score.

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