Goethe-Zertifikat B1 · Schreiben · Teil 2
Kurze höfliche E-Mails an die Kursleiterin, den Chef oder die Vermieterin – sich entschuldigen, absagen, um etwas bitten. Circa 40 Wörter in der Sie-Form, mit Anrede und Gruß.
Aufgabe 3 is about 40 words to someone you address with Sie — a course leader, a landlord, a doctor’s practice — worth 20 of the 100 points, with 15 minutes recommended. The task names the jobs: apologise politely and say why; other tasks ask you to request something, cancel, or move an appointment. Anrede and Gruß are required, and with a name they already use about nine of the 40 words.
That leaves four or five sentences. One that does the job: “Sehr geehrter Herr Keller, leider bin ich am Samstag nicht zu Hause, weil ich zur Taufe meiner Nichte nach Linz fahre. Bitte entschuldigen Sie die Umstände. Könnte der Handwerker am Montagnachmittag kommen? Dann bin ich zu Hause. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Ewa Nowak.” A reason, an apology, a request with a time. The points are split differently from the other tasks: Erfüllung and Kohärenz 4 each, Wortschatz and Strukturen 6 each, so 12 of the 20 depend on the German itself, spelling included.
Two ways to lose them: fewer than 20 words (E in Erfüllung, so the task scores zero) and slipping into “Hallo” or “du”. Felix, our AI examiner, marks your message on the four criteria; his result is an estimate, not an official mark. Without a pass, an account with a confirmed e-mail address gets one preview of the marking per module.
No. The task is set to someone you would address with Sie, such as a course leader or a landlord, however well you know them. Stay with Sie to the end, Gruß included; a mixed register is marked under Erfüllung.
The criteria state only a lower limit: under half, so under 20 words, is an E in Erfüllung. Above that 40 is a guide. More words mean more room for mistakes, which count under Wortschatz and Strukturen, and the time is better spent on the two longer tasks.
