Writing: short answers that are accurate
Where writing is tested
Writing is spread through the papers rather than being one long task. In the Reading and Writing paper you write single words into gaps, finish sentences about a story, and complete short answers about a note or letter. In Listening you write names, numbers and one word in the colouring part. All of it must be clear and correctly spelled.
What you must control
You need accurate spelling of common Movers words: days, months, family words, food, animals, school things, and everyday verbs. You need capital letters for names, days, months and the word 'I', and full stops at the end of sentences. You need verb forms: past simple for stories (went, saw, had, was, bought), present continuous for pictures, and plural -s. You also need to follow instructions about length.
Traps
If a question says 'one word', a two-word answer is marked wrong even when the meaning is right. Common slips are 'wos' for was, missing capital letters on 'Monday' or 'Tom', and copying a word from a box without changing its form, for example writing 'walk' where the sentence needs 'walked'. Candidates also write whole sentences when a single word is required, which wastes time and adds errors.
Rule of thumb
Count the words you have written and check the sentence aloud in your head. If the instruction says one word and you have two, cut one.
Worked example: 'Last Saturday Tom ___ to the park with his dog.' You think of 'go', but the sentence is about last Saturday, so write 'went', not 'go' or 'goed'.