In the DELE B1, writing is officially called expresión e interacción escritas, and it usually means two short texts: typically a reply to an email or message, built around a set of points you must all address, and a second, slightly longer piece such as a blog or diary entry or a short composition about an experience or opinion. It is graded on several things, not one: task fulfilment (did you cover every point?), coherence (does it read as connected text, not a list?), vocabulary range, and grammatical accuracy. A grammatically perfect email that misses one required point scores worse than a slightly imperfect one that covers them all — the single most common mistake candidates make under time pressure. Asagno's writing practice shows a real-style task, a model structure (greeting → one short paragraph per point → closing), and — for exam-pack attempts — an AI examiner that grades your actual answer against these criteria and returns a corrected version with specific comments in Arabic and English.
What you'll learn
- The grading criteria: task fulfilment, coherence, vocabulary range, grammatical accuracy
- A reusable structure: greeting, one paragraph per required point, closing
- Formal vs informal register: usted or tú, Estimado/a vs Querido/a, Atentamente vs Un abrazo
- Connectors that make a text read as prose, not a list: además, por eso, sin embargo, aunque, por un lado... por otro
- Writing about a past experience with the preterite and imperfect, a frequent topic for the second task
- AI-scored practice on real-style prompts, with a corrected version and comments, not just a score
An annotated opening and closing
"Estimado señor García: Le escribo para informarle de un problema con la calefacción de mi piso." — "Dear Mr García, I am writing to inform you about a problem with the heating in my flat." Two details graders notice in the first seconds: a formal Spanish letter puts a colon after the greeting, not a comma, and the reason for writing is stated in the first sentence with Le escribo para..., in the usted form.
Close a formal message with "Atentamente" or "Un saludo cordial"; keep "Un abrazo" for a friend. Mixing registers — a formal opening with a casual closing — is a typical slip that examiners notice even when every word is spelled correctly.
Frequently asked questions
How many words should a B1 writing answer be?
Roughly 100–150 words per task is typical for the DELE B1, with the exact range stated in each prompt — the practice tasks state the expected length the same way. Treat the range as part of the task, not a suggestion.
Do missing accent marks count as mistakes?
Yes — in Spanish an accent can change the word itself (esta "this" vs está "is", el "the" vs él "he"), so a missing one is a spelling error. Isolated slips weigh less than grammar and vocabulary, but consistent errors that make the text harder to follow do affect your score.