In this post, we'll explore the language skills that are being tested in the Linguaskill General Writing test by Cambridge English. This will give us a focused guideline for tackling questions in the Writing test.
The Cambridge Linguaskill General Writing test is a fully online, computer-based test. With a total test time of 55 minutes, the test is to be completed by answering two questions:
| task description | difficulty level | number of questions |
|---|---|---|
| Candidates read a short prompt for an email. They are asked to write an email of at least 50 words. Candidates should spend about 10-15 minutes on this question. This question accounts for 25% of the final result. |
Easy | 1 |
| task description | difficulty level | number of questions |
|---|---|---|
| Candidates read a prompt for an essay or report. They are asked to write their opinion and justify it. Candidates should write at least 250 words. Candidates should spend about 40-45 minutes on this question. This question accounts for 75% of the final result. |
Medium to Hard | 1 |
Liguaskill General Writing weighs both grammar and vocabulary skills. It is critical that you possess sufficient grammar and vocabulary knowledge, and the ability to use them successfully in your test.
Moreover, if you're aiming for high scores in the Linguaskill Writing test, you will need to demonstrate that you can properly use a large variety of grammar structures to expand, explain, and justify your thoughts, so you really have to put in effort to learn as many grammar structures as you possibly can.
Where to Learn?
Skills Express has a comprehensive list of grammar structures graded according to CEFR level. If you're looking for an efficient and effective way to learning new grammar structures, remember to explore our Skills Express section. Here are a few examples taken from Skills Express:
