Convert the prompt into obligations
If the task asks you to write to a neighbour, explain a problem and propose two solutions, your checklist has four elements: the neighbour is the reader, the register fits that relationship, the problem is clear and two solutions are present.
- Who will read the message?
- Why are you writing?
- Which facts or actions are explicitly required?
- What response do you want from the reader?
A common incomplete response
A learner may describe the problem beautifully and use accurate past tenses, but forget the solutions. The language can be strong while the task remains incomplete. This is why task completion must be checked before sentence-level editing.
Final review order
First verify all obligations. Next check paragraph logic. Then review verb forms, agreement, connectors and spelling. The order protects the communicative purpose of the text.
A task-completion grid for TCF writing practice
Before drafting, create four short boxes labelled reader, purpose, required content and desired result. Convert every imperative in the prompt into a visible requirement. If the prompt says describe, explain and propose, a response needs evidence of all three actions.
During correction, score task completion separately from grammar accuracy. A corrected French version is valuable, but it should not hide a missing request, inappropriate register or unsupported opinion. These communicative problems require planning changes, not only sentence changes.
How B1 and B2 model responses can help
A B1 model response can demonstrate a clear, complete message using reliable structures. A B2 model can show greater precision, paragraph control and qualification. Compare how both versions satisfy the same prompt before studying their vocabulary differences. The goal is to see development, not to memorize one ideal answer.
- Underline where each required content point appears.
- Circle language that signals the relationship with the reader.
- Mark connectors that organize rather than decorate.
- Adapt the structure to a new prompt in your own words.
Turn a prompt into a checklist
Use the free interactive tool before your next writing attempt.