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Section A: Continue a news story
Develop the opening of a news item into a coherent account. Practise narrative tenses and clear sequencing in at least 80 words.
TEF Canada writing practice questions
Practise TEF writing one section at a time. Choose an exercise, work under exam timing and review your saved answers and feedback.
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Section B: Defend an opinion
Write to a newspaper to explain your position. Organise your arguments and examples in at least 200 words.
Why practise TEF writing one section at a time
A full writing mock takes an hour and mixes two very different tasks. Practising one section lets you work on the task that is costing you marks, then check the fix on a fresh prompt.
Read the TEF writing practice guideSection A and Section B reward different things
Section A continues a news story, so sequencing and past tenses carry it. Section B is a letter to a newspaper, where marks come from a clear position and developed arguments. Practise them apart and it becomes obvious which one is weaker.
Feedback while the mistake is fresh
Each draft you submit gets examiner-grade feedback, with corrections tied to your own sentences. Rewrite the weak paragraph, then try a new prompt in the same section the same day.
Get used to each timer
Section A gives you 25 minutes for at least 80 words. Section B gives you 35 minutes for at least 200. Repeating one of them shows you how long your planning and checking actually take.
How TEF writing practice works
1.Choose a section
Pick Section A or Section B, then a prompt from the list. Each section has 15 original tasks.
2.Write under the timer
The exam editor has a word counter and a French-character keyboard. Your draft saves as you type, and the timer keeps running if you leave the page.
3.Read your feedback
Submit to get a CEFR estimate, your strengths and corrections drawn from your text. Then rewrite, or move on to the next prompt.
TEF writing Section A and Section B compared
Timing and word counts follow the TEF Canada format published by CCI Paris Île-de-France, checked on 29 October 2026.
| Section A | Section B | |
|---|---|---|
| Task | Continue a news story | Defend an opinion in a letter to a newspaper |
| Time | 25 minutes | 35 minutes |
| Minimum length | 80 words | 200 words |
| What to show | Events that follow from the opening, past tenses used accurately and an ending | A clear position, distinct reasons with examples, and linked ideas |
| Practice tasks | 15 | 31 |
| Free without an account | 1 task | 1 task |
TEF writing practice questions, answered
For the full exam format, see the TEF Canada writing format. To practise under full exam conditions, take a writing mock test.
Are these real TEF writing questions?
No. CCI does not publish its live exam papers. Our prompts are original, modelled on the official sample papers and written with TEF Canada tutors, and each one follows the real format and timing.
How is my writing scored?
After you submit, the AI reviews how well you completed the task, your organisation, your arguments and your French. You get a CEFR estimate and corrections to sentences from your draft. When TEF teachers graded the same responses, our AI gave the same CEFR level more than 90% of the time. It is a practice estimate, not an official TEF score.
Can I write more than 80 or 200 words?
Yes. Those are minimums. Going over is fine if you finish in time and keep a few minutes to check agreements and verb endings. Extra words that drift away from the prompt do not help.
Which writing questions can I try for free?
One Section A task and one Section B task, plus writing mock 1, with no account. Sign up free to see your results and get one AI writing review. Premium opens all 46 tasks with unlimited feedback.
Should I practise sections or take a full writing mock?
Practise sections while you are still learning each task. In the last weeks before your test, take full writing mocks to rehearse the hour as it runs on test day: Section A, then Section B.