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Writing mock paper: Pearson Edexcel Foundation

Paper 3 of 4 of the Pearson Edexcel Foundation mock, at full length and with the official time. New questions you won't have seen on our practice pages. Your answers are saved on this device as you go.

Pearson Edexcel Foundation writing paper

1 hour 15 minutes, 50 marks: 4 questions. Answer all questions; where there are two, choose one.

Write your answers in Spanish. You must not use a dictionary. You aren't penalised for writing more or fewer words than recommended, and everything you write is marked.

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Question 1

Four sentences about a photo

(8 marks)

Describe the photo. Write four short sentences in Spanish.

A young woman and a young man riding red bicycles along a cycle path in Barcelona, with palm trees and old buildings behind, cars on the road and, on the right, a woman with a small child and a pushchair.
A city street (Barcelona). A young woman and a young man ride red bicycles on a cycle path. Behind them there are palm trees, old buildings and cars on the road. On the right, a woman stands with a small child and a pushchair, next to a man.
Question 2

A formal task of 40-50 words

(14 marks)
Answer either Question 2.1 or Question 2.2

Question 2.1

Write an article for your school website about a sports club. Write your answer in Spanish. You should aim to write between 40 and 50 words.

You must include (tick each one when you've covered it)

0 words (aim for 40-50)

Question 3

An informal task of 80-90 words

(18 marks)
Answer either Question 3.1 or Question 3.2

Question 3.1

Write a letter to your Spanish friend about birthdays. Write your answer in Spanish. You should aim to write between 80 and 90 words.

You must include (tick each one when you've covered it)

0 words (aim for 80-90)

Question 4

Translation into Spanish

(10 marks)

Translate the following sentences into Spanish. (41 words)

  1. I live in a big city.

  2. There is a park near my house.

  3. My brother and I play football every Saturday.

  4. Yesterday we went to the market with my mother.

  5. Next summer I am going to visit my cousins in Spain.

Models written for this site to show what the mark schemes describe. Examiners mark the whole answer, so no single feature guarantees a mark. Minor errors make the message slower to understand but don't stop it: slight spelling slips, gender, missing accents, contractions (de el), word order, adjective agreement, prepositions. Major errors stop the message: wrong verb formation (podo, sabo), the wrong tense ("El sábado pasado iré"), an infinitive instead of a conjugated verb, misleading spellings.

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