Module 2 · Lesson 11 of 11
Timed practice: six essay questions
A minute-by-minute routine for 40-minute essays, our own checklist for marking your work, six original timed questions on all five types, and a next-day review that turns mistakes into progress.
In this lesson
- Set up a practice session that feels like the real test
- Follow a 40-minute timeline with checkpoints, and know what to do when you fall behind
- Mark your own essay with our 16-point, four-criteria checklist and choose one target
- Write six timed essays covering all five question types
- Review each essay the next day and carry what you learn into the next one
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Inside this lesson
- Why practise against the clock
- Set up a test-like session
- The 40-minute timeline
- The five-minute check
- Mark your own essay: our four-criteria checklist
- Worked example: one timed essay, marked
- Six timed essays
- The next day: a 20-minute review
- Compare with a model answer
- Track your progress across the six essays