TEF Canada · Section A

A missing father turns up in his daughter’s living room

Candidate-reported prompt (reworded)HealthTravelCulture & leisureReported period: 2026-03

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. Un père disparu réapparaît dans le salon de sa fille infirmière Après plusieurs années sans nouvelles de lui, la jeune femme l’a découvert installé chez elle, devant la télévision, croquant une pomme comme s’il ne l’avait jamais quitté.

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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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