Write against the clock.

A clock and a word count, side by side, the way the exam shows them.

No account. No paywall. Nothing about you is stored.

No rights reserved: copy it, change it, pass it on.

If it helps one person write better under time, it has done its job.

The typed tasks of the Writing section used since January 2026: an email in seven minutes and an academic discussion post in ten.

Your own prompt

Just the clock and the word count. Paste a question from anywhere, or leave it empty and write freely.

Practice tests

16 tests with fixed prompts. Work through them in order, or jump in anywhere.

  1. 1
    Email
    Missed workshop session
    Discussion
    Public transport or wider roads
  2. 2
    Email
    Broken heating
    Discussion
    Working from home
  3. 3
    Email
    Damaged borrowed book
    Discussion
    Tablets instead of textbooks
  4. 4
    Email
    Reference letter request
    Discussion
    Limiting tourism
  5. 5
    Email
    Missed quiz
    Discussion
    Personalised advertising
  6. 6
    Email
    Question after a guest talk
    Discussion
    Exams or coursework
  7. 7
    Email
    Noisy neighbour
    Discussion
    Taxing unhealthy products
  8. 8
    Email
    Parcel delivered to the wrong address
    Discussion
    AI in everyday life
  9. 9
    Email
    Assignment upload failed
    Discussion
    University spending priorities
  10. 10
    Email
    Missed group meeting
    Discussion
    A cashless society
  11. 11
    Email
    Change of travel plans
    Discussion
    Charging drivers to enter city centres
  12. 12
    Email
    Wrong size delivered
    Discussion
    Funding space exploration
  13. 13
    Email
    Joining a club
    Discussion
    Influencers and their audiences
  14. 14
    Email
    Booking a study room
    Discussion
    Machines replacing jobs
  15. 15
    Email
    Language course enrolment
    Discussion
    Old buildings or new development
  16. 16
    Email
    Asking for leave
    Discussion
    Online or in-person courses

Quick practice

A random prompt you have not seen recently.

  • 7:00

    Write an Email

    One short email that must cover three given points. Seven minutes.

  • 10:00

    Write for an Academic Discussion

    A professor’s question and two classmates’ posts; you write your own contribution. Ten minutes.

  • 17:00

    Full typed section

    The email and the academic discussion back to back, each on its own clock. Seventeen minutes in total.

The real section also opens with ten Build a Sentence items, where words are dragged into order rather than typed. They are not simulated here yet.