B1 Writing Exam Summary PDF

Schrijven Programma I is a long sit: 100 minutes, 12 tasks, 47 points spread across eight short sentence completions, one form, and three longer practical texts. The exam does not test essay flair — it tests whether you can match each answer to its situation, hit every required bullet, and keep your word order under control.

• Schrijven Programma I lasts 100 minutes and has 12 assignments.
• Tasks 1-8 are short sentence-completion tasks. They test whether your addition is understandable and grammatically correct.
• Task 9 is often a form or questionnaire. Full, clear answers are safer than one-word answers.
• Tasks 10-12 are longer practical writing tasks, often emails, reports, complaints, image descriptions, or table comparisons.
• The 2025 public exam had 47 points: adequacy 20, grammar 16, spelling 4, samenhang 3, and woordgebruik 4.
• If an answer does not match the task, grammar and other form points for that task can also disappear.

Fill a short gap inside an email, website message, or note, usually with one sentence or sentence part. Max points: 2 per task. The classic slip is writing something grammatical that does not actually fit the message around it, or ignoring the grammar cue (want, zodat, daarom, om ... te) right before the gap. Read the lines on both sides of the gap first, then write an answer that follows the cue and keeps the message coherent.

• give a reason after want
• write a purpose after zodat
• start with Daarom and use inversion
• ask a question with om ... te

• Read the sentence before and after the gap.
• Make your answer fit the meaning of the whole message.
• Use the grammar pattern suggested by the words around the gap.
• Do not write extra information that changes the topic.

Fill in a form or a set of open questions — a course preference, workplace questionnaire, or request — where adequacy and clarity carry most of the marks. Max points: 7. The common mistake is reducing open questions to one-word answers, which often reads as incomplete to the scorer. Use full sentences on open questions, give a reason when the question asks waarom, and keep any invented details realistic.

• course preference form
• workplace questionnaire
• application or request form

• Answer every question.
• Use full sentences for open questions when possible.
• Give reasons when the question asks waarom.
• Keep invented details realistic and consistent.

Turn a series of pictures, a process, or a comparison table into a connected text for a reader who will not see the source. Max points: 8. Most learners either describe only one or two images, or write phrases like 'op de foto' that make the text dependent on the source. Cover every image or relevant table cell, use sequence words (eerst, daarna, ten slotte), and write so the text stands alone.

• describe an outing from pictures
• compare internship options in a table
• explain a changed schedule

• Use every picture or every relevant table detail.
• Write in a logical order: first, next, later, finally.
• Explain your opinion or preference with concrete reasons.
• Do not write 'in the picture' if the reader will not see the picture.

Write a longer email or letter to a company, manager, or organisation — to complain, request, propose, or advise — usually with several required bullets. Max points: 8. The classic loss is missing one required reason, solution, or contact step, or slipping into casual tone in a formal complaint. Open with why you write, work through every bullet in order, and close with what you expect from the reader.

• late delivery complaint
• proposal to keep an activity
• advice about a stage company

• Open with why you are writing.
• Answer every bullet from the assignment.
• Give at least the required number of reasons or solutions.
• End with what you expect from the reader.

Three rubrics by task type: short zinstaken score 2 across two criteria, the form scores 7 across four, and longer texts score 8 across five. Adequaatheid carries the most weight in every rubric, so hitting all required content points is what unlocks the form and grammar marks.

If adequaatheid/begrijpelijkheid scores 0, grammar automatically scores 0.

A fully filled form with clear answers is the starting point for an acceptable score.

Score 2 for adequacy is the practical baseline when all required content points are included.

Short completion tasks: Ik kan dan helaas niet, want ik heb een afspraak bij de gemeente. / Ik wil graag langskomen, zodat ik meer informatie over de opleiding kan krijgen. / Daarom kunnen we vandaag alleen beneden printen. / Wie heeft er zin om vrijdag samen te oefenen?

Form answers: Ik kies voor de cursus digitale administratie, omdat ik sneller met Excel wil werken. / Ik wil de cursus liever in de klas volgen, omdat ik dan direct vragen kan stellen. / Ik heb eerder een korte cursus gevolgd en ik vond die nuttig, maar te algemeen.

Images and timelines: Eerst kregen wij een rondleiding door het museum. / Daarna deden wij samen een kookworkshop. / De kookworkshop vond ik het leukst, omdat iedereen actief meedeed. / Volgend jaar wil ik graag naar Delft, omdat die stad mooi is en goed bereikbaar is.

Complaints and solutions: Op 12 maart heb ik bij u een eettafel besteld. / De tafel zou op 20 april geleverd worden, maar nu hoor ik dat de levering pas op 1 juni komt. / Ik vind dit vervelend, omdat ik al afspraken heb gemaakt voor de verhuizing. / Ik stel voor dat u mij tijdelijk een andere tafel leent of mij korting geeft. / Mijn voorkeur gaat uit naar korting, omdat ik zelf tijdelijk een oplossing kan regelen.

Table comparison: Administratiekantoor Dijk heeft mijn voorkeur, omdat de vergoeding het hoogst is en de werktijden goed passen. / Zorggroep Merel is minder geschikt, omdat de vergoeding lager is. / Gemeentehuis Linde is ook minder geschikt, omdat de reistijd veel langer is. / Wij kunnen het bedrijf bellen of samen een e-mail sturen naar de stagebegeleider.

• Writing a sentence that is true but does not fit the words before and after the gap.
• Using omdat word order after want, or forgetting inversion after Daarom.
• Answering a form question with only one word when a full sentence would be clearer.
• Describing only one picture when the task asks you to use all pictures.
• Forgetting one required reason, solution, date, company name, or contact step.
• Writing 'the table says' instead of explaining the table information in full sentences.
• Using an informal tone in a formal complaint or request.
• Writing too much extra detail and creating avoidable grammar mistakes.

• I answered every bullet in the assignment.
• My answer fits the sentence before and after the gap.
• I used complete sentences in form answers where useful.
• My longer text is understandable without the picture or table.
• I gave the required number of reasons, solutions, examples, or preferences.
• My tone matches the reader: formal, neutral, or informal.
• I checked word order after omdat, zodat, daarom, and want.
• I checked names, dates, times, amounts, and spelling before finishing.