Goethe C2: Writing
Two tasks under one timer: revise a short text, then write about 350 words on one of four topics.
Schreiben · 80 minutes
| 1. revising a text | Format: text |
|---|---|
| 2. essay | Words: 350 · Format: text |
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FAQ
How long is Writing?
Writing is 80 minutes.
What are the tasks in Writing?
1. revising a text; 2. essay
What score do you need to pass?
Each module is marked out of 100 and passes at 60. In this app you are marked ready when every module is at least 70.
How to prepare
Write so a critical reader can see what you claim, what you concede, and what you want to happen. Length without that spine does not score. Register in the formal task must stay stable for the whole letter.
Prefer a concrete noun to a chain of nominalisations you cannot decline. If you use a nominalisation, decline it.
A worked example
Die Kürzung trifft nicht die Verwaltung, sondern die Beratung, also genau die Stelle, die Konflikte früh klärt.
You name the affected function and the consequence. No slogan.
C2 task fulfilment is this specific. “Bad for society” would not cover the same point.
What usually drops the point
- A preface about the importance of the topic.
- Mixed metaphors you cannot finish.
- Formal letters that slip into du in the request line.
How to use the mock
Write the last sentence first, so you know the claim. Then write toward it. Cut any sentence that does not change the claim, the reason, or the request.
- Write the budget sentence about a service you know.
- Turn it into the close of a formal letter.
- Read the text backwards sentence by sentence and fix verb position only where a connector requires it.
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