Writing in Polish
What this domain tests
Writing tasks require a functional text (email, notice, short letter, opinion piece) plus accuracy and range. Assessors reward task fulfilment, organisation, cohesion, vocabulary range, and grammatical control. You must command case endings across all six cases, verb aspect, agreement of adjectives and numerals, and correct use of formal address. Cohesive devices (ponadto, natomiast, dlatego, mimo to, podsumowując) make structure visible.
Traps to expect
The biggest trap is answering in the wrong register: using ty forms in a formal email or omitting the polite closing. Second is incomplete task fulfilment, for example writing an opinion without giving reasons or a request without stating the deadline. Third is aspect confusion in commands and intentions (napisz versus pisz). Fourth is numeral agreement, where numbers ending in 2, 3, 4 take nominative plural but 5 and above take genitive plural (trzy osoby but pięć osób).
A rule of thumb
Spend two minutes planning: audience, register, three content points, and one linking word per point. Write short, controlled sentences rather than long risky ones. Reserve three minutes to check verb endings, case after prepositions, and capitalisation of nationalities and languages, which are lowercase in Polish (polski, angielski).
Worked example
Task: write a formal email declining an invitation and proposing another date. Open with Szanowna Pani, state thanks, decline politely with a reason, propose an alternative, close with Z poważaniem. Use perfective verbs for the single proposed action: Chciałbym zaproponować spotkanie w przyszły wtorek - not the imperfective, which would suggest repetition.