Mar

Task
achievement
Have all the
prompts in the
task been
addressed?

910

7-8

5-6

3-4

1-2

Range
Is there a wide
variety of
vocabulary and
grammar
structures

All content
points in the
task covered
without
difficulty
Most of the task
completed
without
difficulty
Task completed
with occasional
difficulty

A wide variety of
structures and
appropriate
vocabulary used

Frequent
difficulties
prevented task
completion
Writing sample
too short to
assess

Some elements
of 1 and some of
3

Some elements
of 3 and some of
5
A variety of
structures used,
with some
inappropriate or
repetitive
language used

Writing sample
too short to
assess

Organisatio
n

Register

Accuracy

Is the style
and level of
formality
appropriate?

Is the
language
grammatically
correct?

The style and

level of
formality is
consistently
appropriate
Some
elements of 3
and some of 5

Very few
grammatical
errors

Ideas usually
expressed
clearly and
effectively
using linkers
but
sometimes
errors make
meaning
unclear
Some
elements of 1
and some of 3

Meaning is
generally
clear, but
language is
not
consistently
appropriate

Grammatical
errors are
frequent but
rarely impair
communicatio
n

Some
elements of 1
and some of 3

Some
elements of 1
and some of 3

Writing
sample too
short to
assess

Writing
sample too
short to
assess

Writing sample
too short to
assess

Are ideas
expressed
clearly and
connected
effectively?
Ideas
expressed
clearly and
effectively,
using linkers
Some
elements of 3
and some of 5

Some
elements of 3
and some of 5