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1 hour 20 minutes (80 minutes)

Appropriacy of vocabulary: the use of words and phrases that fit the context of the given task

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Conventions of the communicative task include such things as genre, format, register and function.

This refers to vocabulary items that appear less often in the relevant domain. These items often help to express ideas more succinctly and precisely

Longer and more complex items, e.g. noun clauses, relative and adverb clauses, subordination, passive forms, infinitives, verb patterns, modal forms etc.

Grammatical control is the ability to consistently use grammar accurately and appropriately to convey intended meaning.

140-190 words

an article, an informal email or letter, a formal letter or email, a report or a review

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Complex ideas are of a more abstract nature, or which cover a wider subject area, requiring more rhetorical resources to bring together and express.

The target reader is the hypothetical reader set up in the task. e.g. a magazine’s readership, your English teacher.