Your local council plans to make changes to a public facility in your area, for example a sports centre, a park, a health centre or any other facility. There will be advantages to these changes but some local residents are unhappy about the council's plans. You decide to write a letter to the editor of a local newspaper to explain how people feel about the possible changes. Write your letter. You must include the following: Cover all three points above in detail. You should make your letter polite and informative. Start your letter 'Dear Editor' and remember to supply a suitable ending.

Mark scheme

Marking points from the official mark scheme (May/June 2022). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.

1. [15] Task Fulfilment Band 5: Very good understanding of purpose.
2. [15] Task Fulfilment Band 5: Clear awareness of the specified situation and audience.
3. [15] Task Fulfilment Band 5: Text type entirely appropriate.
4. [15] Task Fulfilment Band 5: All required points developed in detail, fully amplified and well organised.
5. [15] Task Fulfilment Band 5: Given information well used to justify personal opinion and interpretation.
6. [15] Task Fulfilment Band 5: Tone and register entirely appropriate.
7. [15] Language Band 8: Highly accurate writing, apart from very occasional slips.
8. [15] Language Band 8: Sentence structures varied for particular effects.
9. [15] Language Band 8: Verb forms largely correct and appropriate tenses consistently used.
10. [15] Language Band 8: Vocabulary wide and precise.
11. [15] Language Band 8: Punctuation accurate and helpful.
12. [15] Language Band 8: Spelling accurate, apart from very occasional slips.
13. [15] Language Band 8: Paragraphs have unity, are linked, and show evidence of planning.