Writing Tips
Polish B1 Announcement (Ogłoszenie): What to Include
Key takeaways
- The first line names the notice: sprzedam, wynajmę, zgubiono, or zapraszamy.
- Include every fact the prompt lists, plus a way to respond.
- Keep it short and neutral — not a chat and not a formal letter.
- Życzenia need a person and a wish. An ogłoszenie needs facts and contact.
Ogłoszenie is a short public notice: something for sale, a room to rent, a lost item, a class, or an event. At B1 it is one of the short functional forms. You have little space, so every sentence has to do a job.
Line one says what the notice is. Sprzedam…, Wynajmę…, Zgubiono…, Zapraszamy na…. Do not write a story about why you are posting. The reader needs the object, the condition or time, and how to respond.
Put in the facts the prompt lists, in the order they appear. Price, date, place, and a contact line (telefon, e-mail) are the usual set. If the prompt asks for three details and you write two, the task mark falls even if the Polish is clean.
Style is neutral and compact. Full sentences are fine. Chatty openers (Hej, słuchajcie) and formal letter closings (Z poważaniem) are both wrong for a notice on a board. Życzenia, the other short form, is different: it needs a greeting to a person and a wish, not a price and a phone number.
Word count is part of the task. A notice that runs into a full letter misses the genre. Draft the facts first, then cut anything that does not help a stranger act on the notice.
Practise by writing the notice by hand against a real prompt, then get feedback on whether the facts, the genre, and the length are there. Closed grammar items from a past paper will not tell you if this notice would pass.