Cambridge FCE Writing Part One essay games/ worksheets

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Updated 6 June 2022

Article on teaching FCE Writing Part One essays

How to teach FCE Writing Part One essays – LINK UPDATED

Photocopiable First Certificate Writing Part One essays classroom materials

Planning FCE Writing Part One essays (with typical tasks, on the topic of mind)

Useful phrases for FCE Writing Part One essays

FCE Writing Part One essay tasks advice and useful phrases 

FCE Writing Part One essay tasks on different topics

FCE essay task on the topic of travel

FCE Writing Part One essays on animals

FCE Writing Part One essays on health

FCE Writing Part One essay tasks on Speaking Part One topics (good for combining easy speaking practice and introducing this now vital writing task)

FCE Writing Part One essay on festivals and celebrations 

FCE Writing Part One essay tasks on arts and media

FCE Writing Part One essay tasks on language learning – good for first classes after needs analysis etc, see other FCE pages for materials to tie in with this topic

FCE Speaking Part Four and Writing Part One on education

FCE Writing Part One essay task on the environment – one of the two tasks in the handbook below, with basic tips for teachers or the same task with a little quiz for students and model answers

Cambridge FCE 2015 handbook – with sample essay questions on pages 31 and 42 plus some info and advice on it in that writing section

Complete First New Edition sample unit (Unit 1) – with FCE Writing Part One essays on pages 10 and 11 (link is to zip file with audio, so takes a while to download)

Useful functional language for FCE Writing Part One essays

Opinions page

Looking at both sides/ Advantages and disadvantages page

Supporting arguments page

Comparing and contrasting page

Giving examples page

Purpose/ cause and effectpage

Sharing personal experiences page

Useful grammar for FCE Writing Part One essays

Linking expressions page

Articles/ determiners page

Other related pages

FCE Writing main page (for Part Two and both parts together)

FCE Speaking Parts 3 and 4 page (because they are also about giving opinions and so easy to link to FCE Writing Part One)

IELTS Writing Part Two page

Academic Writing page