How should I approach the longer (90 word) writing question?

Remember that the French writing exam is your opportunity to show off your knowledge and skills that you’ve built up over the last few years. The best advice would be not to overcomplicate things. Get the basics right then add more complex ‘flared finished’ to demonstrate your expertise to the examiner. I would recommend keeping a set criteria in mind, when you are writing your answer. You should try to include/mention the following things:correct genders; tenses (especially past, present and future); adverbs and adjectives (remember adjectives need to agree!); accents; some complex phrases (eg ‘il y a longtemps’, a complex time phrase). You only have approximately 90 words, so don’t repeat things. If your exam question has four bullet points that need to be covered, don’t spend more than 20 words on each bullet point. Secondly, there is not point including the same impressive adverb five times, when you could use that space to show off other skills. By extension, to achieve the very top marks, make sure you cover the each aspect of this list – you want to show that you have a range of knowledge.