"A Bookshop Worth Travelling For" is a C2 Proficiency Writing practice task (review). 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 review 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.
A travel-and-culture magazine is publishing reviews of independent bookshops. Write a review of a bookshop you have visited. Describe its atmosphere and selection, evaluate what makes it distinctive, and explain whether it offers something that online retailers cannot. Write 280–320 words.
Word limit: 280 words