Two opposing views, then yours — in 180 words
The last tâche decides most written scores and is the one candidates practise least. It asks for both sides of a question before it asks for your own, and skipping the first half is the most common way it is lost.
- Words
- 120 - 180
- Suggested time
- 25 min
- Order in the paper
- 3 / 3
- Marked out of
- 4 - 20
Both sides first, then yours
You are given a debated question — screens and children, remote work, city versus countryside, tourism, technology — usually with two positions already sketched. The tâche asks you to present them fairly and then to say where you stand and why.
It is the most demanding tâche on the paper because it needs a structure and the connectors to signal it, inside 180 words. It is also the most rehearsable: the shape never changes, so once you own the skeleton, only the content moves.
- 120 to 180 words — the widest range, and the most to fit into it.
- Both positions, presented fairly, before your own appears.
- Connectors are part of the mark: d'une part, en revanche, cependant, en somme.
Word range
120 - 180
Suggested time
25 min
Of the hour
42 %
The 60 minutes are shared across all three tâches. Nothing stops you spending them all on one.
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.
The skeleton that works every time
Four rules for a tâche whose shape is fixed even when its topic is not.
Practise tâche 3- 1
Four paragraphs: the question, one side, the other side, your position. Roughly 25, 50, 50 and 50 words.
- 2
Signal every turn. 'D'une part… d'autre part… pour ma part' does more for the mark than a rare adjective.
- 3
Argue, do not list. One reason with one example beats three assertions with none.
- 4
Never open with 'je pense que'. Your position belongs at the end, after both sides have been given their due.
Frequently asked questions
Between 120 and 180, in about twenty-five of the sixty minutes.
Yes. The consigne asks for the opposing views before your own, and an answer that goes straight to an opinion is marked as not having done the tâche.
General debates: technology, the environment, work, education, city life, consumption. No specialist knowledge is needed and no position is marked as wrong.
It is the longest, the most structured, and the one where the connectors and register that separate B2 from B1 actually show. It is also last, so a badly managed hour leaves it half-written.
Keep going
The rest of the TCF Canada preparation, one page per thing you have to get right.
Own the skeleton before the exam
Three free corrections. Write it, read what the AI marked, and write it again.
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This is a practice tool, not the official TEF/TCF exam. Scores and levels are estimates to guide your preparation.