Whatever candidates may think about examiners, they are not in fact insensible insensitive unsensible unsensitive monsters, dripping red ink instead of blood, but ordinary people who will do their best to pass candidates as long far soon much as candidates follow certain basic rules of the game. Many candidates are unsuccessful incorrect inaccurate unhappy in the First Certificate not because their English is illegible inadequate misguided misunderstood but because they are mal-informed informed ill-informed dissinformed about the requirements of the examination. Before you have sat would sit sit will sit for the examination, make sure you know what is expected of you; you are improbably impossible unlikely unlucky to do well unless you answer all the questions set, and don’t include irrelevant illiterate illogical indirect material. Don’t start writing as immediately quickly fast soon as you get the paper - think first, write slower afterwards later after ! If part of an answer is incorrect, you will would should have cross it out and write the preferred answer neatly above it. If your handwriting were be is was illegible, it will be difficult for the examiner to give you credit for it, whether however whenever if it is right or none false no not . You will also lose marks if your essay is written in an inappropriate misappropriate disappropriate unappropriate style for the type of writing and intended audience.