CEFR A1 Writing Prompts: Simple Tasks and Model Answers [2026]

At A1 level, writing means putting a few simple, correct sentences on the page about yourself and the things around you. You are not expected to write paragraphs or tell a story; the goal is clear basic sentences in the present tense, joined with simple words like and, but and because. This guide gives beginner writing prompts with short model answers, each just a few sentences, to show you exactly what the right length and level look like. Change the details to make each one true for you.

Introduce yourself

Write a few sentences about who you are.

Model answer: My name is Ana. I am from Spain. I am twenty-five years old. I live in Madrid with my family.

Your family

Write about your family.

Model answer: I have a small family. I have one brother and one sister. My brother is older than me. We live in the same city.

Your daily routine

Write about a normal day.

Model answer: I get up at seven o'clock. I go to work by bus. In the evening I cook dinner and watch television. I go to bed at eleven.

Your likes and dislikes

Write about things you like and do not like.

Model answer: I like coffee and I like music. I do not like cold weather. My favourite food is pizza. I like reading books at the weekend.

A short message

Write a short message to a friend about your weekend.

Model answer: Hi Sam. This weekend I am at home. On Saturday I want to see a film. Do you want to come? See you soon.

Fill in a form

Write your details as if filling in a simple form.

Model answer: Name: Ana Ruiz. Country: Spain. Job: teacher. Email: ana@example.com. I speak Spanish and a little English.

How to practise these

Read each prompt and write your own answer before you look at the model. Keep it short: two to five simple sentences, all true for you. Then compare with the model and check your sentences have a subject and a verb, and that you used and or but to join ideas. Writing a few sentences like these every day is the surest way to build from A1 upward.

Writing is one of the four skills, and it is easy to lose track of your own progress at the start. Our guide to the English levels sets out what writing looks like at each stage, so you can see whether your writing is already at A1 and what the next step looks like, instead of guessing.