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X7-L04

Paper 4 Writing — Past-Paper Practice & Mark-Scheme Applicationالوَرَقَةُ الرَّابِعَةُ — تَدْرِيبُ الكِتَابَةِ وَتَطْبِيقُ مُعَايِيرِ التَّصْحِيحِ

Work a Paper 4 writing task under exam conditions, then apply the mark scheme criterion by criterion and log the writing errors examiners penalise most.

ListeningReadingSpeakingWriting
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Orient · target · prepare

Objectives and exam focus

In this lesson you will

  • Work a Paper 4 writing past paper under exam conditions.
  • Compare your answers against the mark scheme.
  • Identify and classify your own errors.
  • Log each error with its correction and rule.

You are exam-ready when…

Tick each as you secure it.

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Session focus

Writing marks split across **Task Completion, Range and Accuracy**. Cover every content point, vary your language, and keep errors from blocking meaning. Length beyond the limit earns nothing.

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Recognise · decode

Examiner & command-word vault

Exam & examiner terminology8 terms
اِخْتَرْchoose
أَكْمِلْcomplete
صِفْdescribe
اُذْكُرْstate / mention
عَلِّلْgive a reason
قَارِنْcompare
المُصَحِّحُthe examiner
مُعَايِيرُ التَّصْحِيحِthe mark scheme
Command-word mission

Fourteen mixed-retrieval rounds on command words and examiner terms — a wrong answer costs a life.

Round 1♥ ♥ ♥ 0 points

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Paper 1 — Listening (past-paper style)

Transcript-based practice — read the script, then answer.

Listen for detail

Choose the correct option

5 marks
Listening script

تَقُولُ المُعَلِّمَةُ فِي شَرْحٍ مَسْمُوعٍ: عِنْدَ الكِتَابَةِ، خَطِّطْ أَوَّلًا لِلنِّقَاطِ المَطْلُوبَةِ، ثُمَّ اكْتُبْ فِقْرَةً مُنَظَّمَةً بِمُقَدِّمَةٍ وَعَرْضٍ وَخَاتِمَةٍ. اسْتَخْدِمْ رَوَابِطَ مُتَنَوِّعَةً وَزَمَنَيْنِ عَلَى الأَقَلِّ. وَفِي النِّهَايَةِ، رَاجِعِ التَّطَابُقَ وَالإِمْلَاءَ.

1What should you plan first?

2How should the paragraph be structured?

3What should you use?

4What do you review at the end?

5What is this advice about?

0/5
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Paper 2 — Reading (past-paper style)

يَقُولُ المُصَحِّحُ: كَثِيرٌ مِنَ الطُّلَّابِ يَكْتُبُونَ كَثِيرًا لَكِنَّهُمْ يَنْسَوْنَ نُقْطَةً مِنَ المُهِمَّةِ، فَيَخْسَرُونَ دَرَجَةَ إِتْمَامِ المُهِمَّةِ. الأَفْضَلُ أَنْ تَكْتُبَ أَقَلَّ وَلَكِنْ تُغَطِّيَ كُلَّ النِّقَاطِ بِلُغَةٍ دَقِيقَةٍ وَمُتَنَوِّعَةٍ. الجَوْدَةُ أَهَمُّ مِنَ الطُّولِ.

Read for detail

Prove each answer from the text

5 marks
1What do many students forget?

2What mark do they lose?

3What is better?

4What matters more than length?

5What should the language be?

0/5
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Speak · develop your answers

Paper 3 — Speaking (past-paper style)

Prompts

  1. كَيْفَ تُخَطِّطُ لِمُهِمَّةِ الكِتَابَةِ؟
    How do you plan a writing task?
  2. أَيُّ مِعْيَارٍ أَصْعَبُ عَلَيْكَ: إِتْمَامُ المُهِمَّةِ أَمِ الدِّقَّةُ؟
    Which criterion is hardest: task completion or accuracy?

Model exchange

Examiner

كَيْفَ تُخَطِّطُ لِمُهِمَّةِ الكِتَابَةِ؟

Question
You

أُخَطِّطُ أَوَّلًا بِأَنْ أَكْتُبَ كُلَّ نِقَاطِ المُهِمَّةِ عَلَى الوَرَقَةِ، ثُمَّ أُرَتِّبُهَا فِي مُقَدِّمَةٍ وَعَرْضٍ وَخَاتِمَةٍ. أَسْتَخْدِمُ رَوَابِطَ وَزَمَنَيْنِ، وَفِي النِّهَايَةِ أُرَاجِعُ التَّطَابُقَ.

Plan + criteria
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Paper 4 — Writing (past-paper style)

Task

Write about 80–90 words responding to this task: “Write to a friend about a recent trip.” Cover where you went, who with, what you did and your opinion. Then self-mark against the scheme.

  • Address every required content point.
  • Use at least two tenses and an opinion with a reason.
  • Correct agreement, verb forms and spelling.
  • Keep to the word count.
Reveal a model answer

صَدِيقِي العَزِيزَ، أَكْتُبُ إِلَيْكَ لِأُحَدِّثَكَ عَنْ رِحْلَتِي الأَخِيرَةِ. فِي العُطْلَةِ المَاضِيَةِ سَافَرْتُ مَعَ عَائِلَتِي إِلَى مَدِينَةٍ سَاحِلِيَّةٍ جَمِيلَةٍ. أَقَمْنَا فِي فُنْدُقٍ قُرْبَ الشَّاطِئِ، وَزُرْنَا أَمَاكِنَ تَارِيخِيَّةً وَتَذَوَّقْنَا أَطْعِمَةً لَذِيذَةً. أَكْثَرُ مَا أَعْجَبَنِي هُوَ الجَوُّ الهَادِئُ وَالنَّاسُ الطَّيِّبُونَ. كَانَتْ رِحْلَةً رَائِعَةً لِأَنِّي تَعَلَّمْتُ كَثِيرًا وَاسْتَرَحْتُ. فِي الصَّيْفِ القَادِمِ أَتَمَنَّى أَنْ أَزُورَكَ لِنُسَافِرَ مَعًا. فِي الخِتَامِ، أَشْتَاقُ إِلَيْكَ كَثِيرًا.

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Score like an examiner

Mark scheme — how the examiner scores you

Communication / Task Completion — 6 marks

  • Every required point is addressed clearly.
  • Content is relevant and developed with detail.

Range — 4 marks

  • Varied vocabulary and structures.
  • Opinions with reasons and more than one tense.

Accuracy — 4 marks

  • Correct agreement, verb forms and spelling.
  • Errors do not block meaning.
Examiner note

Papers 1 and 2 are point-marked (one mark per correct answer); Papers 3 and 4 use these band criteria. Mark yourself honestly against the descriptors, not against how much you wrote.

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Log · correct · learn

Error log

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Reflection

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