Level 1 Writing Sample Item
Message:
[Narrator] You work at a factory and are to write a summary of new company procedures.
[Female voice] We will be discontinuing the Royal china pattern at the end of this year. That means we need to put that notice in our next catalog. We also need to send out letters to customers who have ordered the Royal pattern within the last five years.
[Male voice] That way they can order extra pieces if they wish. I remember my grandmother was heartbroken when a piece of her china was missing. We want our dishes to be used, not put away in a cupboard somewhere.
[Female voice] We will be putting the Royal pattern on sale, too, starting next month. Everything will be marked down to 50% off of the catalog price.
[Male voice] Maybe we should also tell customers that we are going to be switching to completely recyclable packing boxes. We plan to begin just as soon as we have the old boxes used up. I think that should be within the next two weeks. Check with Philip Zemoulk on that.
Level 1 Sample Response
"The discounting ends thes year - will be sending out orders next five years. And our catalog. On sale next month Chaina dishes 50% off. Using recycling boxes as we use the old in two weeks. Be sure to Phips."
Why this is a Level 1 response:
- The writing is hard to read because it has many errors. For example, we do not know what is happening with the catalog, how to use the recycling boxes, or what is to be done with "Phips."
- The writing contains a large number of grammatical errors. "Using" could be changed to "will use" in the following sentence, as shown: "We will use recycling boxes as we use the old in two weeks."