"C1 Paper 05 — Letter: A local festival changed its programme and venue arrangements" is a C2 Proficiency Writing practice task (Letter / Email). Cambridge assesses content, communicative achievement, organisation and language on a scale from 0 to 5 per criterion. Plan before you write: identify the target reader, the required register and the number of points you must address. At C2, examiners expect sophisticated vocabulary used accurately, varied sentence structures and clear paragraphing.
Plan the Letter / Email before writing, address every prompt point, keep the expected register, respect the word limit, and use feedback to improve content, organisation, grammar range, and vocabulary precision.
You recently attended a local arts festival that introduced a new programme and used several smaller venues across the town. The director has invited feedback. Write a letter describing one change that improved the experience, explaining a problem caused by the venue arrangements, and recommending an improvement that would make future events easier to navigate without reducing variety. Write your letter.
Word limit: 260 words
C1 Paper 05 — Letter: A local festival changed its programme and venue arrangements
Exam Task
Draft the full response, stay inside the word range, then submit for AI feedback.
Prompt
"You recently attended a local arts festival that introduced a new programme and used several smaller venues across the town. The director has invited feedback. Write a letter describing one change that improved the experience, explaining a problem caused by the venue arrangements, and recommending an improvement that would make future events easier to navigate without reducing variety. Write your letter."
Points to cover
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Part 2 · 220–260 words · Target 45 min