TCF Canada writing practice: examples for all three tasks

Three tasks, three readers

TCF Canada writing has three tasks in 60 minutes. The first is a practical message. The second asks you to develop an account or article. The third asks you to compare ideas and state your position. A useful answer starts by identifying the reader and purpose. Tone, detail and structure follow from that choice.

Use the provider’s current handbook for the official instructions. Practice pages can teach a method, but they cannot replace current exam rules.

Task 1: write to solve a practical problem

Put the purpose near the start. Use specific details rather than a broad apology. A short message still needs all required information. Read it once as the recipient. Would they know what happened and what you want them to do?

Task 2: develop a connected account

Keep the timeline visible. Connect sentences with time markers, causes and results. Avoid listing events without showing why the next event happened. A clean ending can show what the organisers learned or what the participants did next.

Task 3: compare, then answer

First identify the position in each source. Then state the point of agreement or conflict. Finally give your own view with a reason and example. Do not spend the whole task summarising the documents. The reader needs to see your response.

Timing and the final check

Use a written split only after testing it. One possible rehearsal is 12 minutes for Task 1, 20 for Task 2, 23 for Task 3 and five for checking. The exact split can change. The important rule is to reserve time for the final task and a quick review.

Check the task first. Then look for verb time, agreement, pronoun reference and missing accents that change a word. Check length after structure. A polished opening cannot rescue an unfinished answer.

A practice correction loop

Save the prompt and your first answer. Mark the sentence where your purpose becomes clear. Underline one sentence that gives concrete support. Circle one language pattern that repeats. Rewrite only the affected paragraph. This keeps correction active.

For a second view, use the writing guide. For immigration score interpretation, use the score conversion guide and the current IRCC page. Practice feedback is not an official result.

A simple week of output

1. Write one Task 1 message.
2. Rewrite it for a different reader.
3. Write one Task 2 account with four stages.
4. Plan Task 3 without drafting.
5. Write Task 3 and answer one concern.
6. Complete a timed mixed session.
7. Review repeated errors only.

When you want a starting baseline, use the linked free test. Keep the result beside your writing samples.