Expression écrite

Three tâches, one hour, three completely different registres

The written paper is not one exercise repeated three times. It moves from a short private message to a public article to an argumentative text, and each one is marked against a different set of expectations.

Practise writing See the three tâches 3 free writing + 3 free speaking corrections

For the whole paper: 60 min
Tâches: 3
Words, across the three: 60 - 180
Marked out of: 4 - 20

One timer, three registres

Sixty minutes cover all three tâches and nothing enforces how you split them. The usual guidance — about fifteen, twenty and twenty-five minutes — reflects how much writing each one takes, not a rule the exam imposes.

What does bind you is the word range. Under it the grader caps the level whatever the quality; well over it you have spent minutes the third tâche needed. Both are avoidable and both cost candidates points every session.

Tâche 1: 60–120 words, a short message to someone you know.
Tâche 2: 120–150 words, an article, blog post or letter for a public reader.
Tâche 3: 120–180 words, two opposing views weighed, then your own.

What the correction tells you

Not a score out of twenty with no explanation — the level, the errors, and what a stronger version of your own text looks like.

The word count, judged against the tâche

60–120, 120–150 or 120–180: the counter knows which tâche you are on and warns you before the grader caps your level for it.

Six categories of error

The same categories examiners penalise, tracked separately across attempts so you can see which one is actually costing you marks.

A model answer at the target level

The same consigne, answered at the level you are aiming for, so the gap between your text and a B2 one is something you can read rather than guess.

How the practice works

Four steps, from a blank page to a text you would be happy to hand in.

1
Choose the tâche or the theme
Pick one of the three written tâches, filter by theme, or paste the consigne you actually have to answer.
2
Write inside the range
The counter shows where you are against that tâche's minimum and maximum while you type, not after you submit.
3
Read the correction
Errors in place, sorted by category, with a model answer at the target level beside your own.
4
Review the errors that repeat
Repeat detection surfaces the four or five mistakes you keep making, which is where a level actually moves.

Where written marks are actually lost

Four patterns that show up in almost every uncorrected answer.

Practise writing

1
Ignoring the consigne's constraints. If it names a recipient, a place and a reason, all three have to appear — a beautiful answer that drops one is marked down.
2
Writing tâche 3 as an opinion piece. It asks you to present both sides before taking one, and skipping the first half is the single most common tâche 3 error.
3
Running short. Fifty-five words on a 60–120 tâche caps your level regardless of how good the French is.
4
Never rereading. Agreement and past participles are the cheapest marks on the paper and they are invisible while you write.

Frequently asked questions

Sixty minutes for all three tâches together. The paper does not time them separately, so the split is yours to manage.

60 to 120 for tâche 1, 120 to 150 for tâche 2 and 120 to 180 for tâche 3. The ranges are part of the instruction, not a suggestion.

The answer is treated as incomplete against the tâche, which caps the level it can reach. Writing well under the minimum costs more than a handful of grammar errors would.

In the exam, yes — trained examiners, out of 20. Here it is marked by an AI working from the same criteria, which is what makes a correction arrive in a minute rather than a month.