Multiple-choice questions can test your spelling, grammar and knowledge. They cannot tell you whether the email, article or essay you wrote would actually earn the marks. That is the gap marked writing fills: you write a full answer to an exam-style task, and Nova, PassNova's AI tutor, marks it against the published criteria and tells you what to fix.
- Courses Functional Skills English Level 1 and Level 2, GCSE English Language, A-level Psychology
- Tasks 40 exam-style writing tasks across the four courses
- Free One marked piece per account
- Premium Up to 10 marked pieces a day
- Marked by AI, against the published criteria. It can be wrong
How it works
- Pick a task. Each one gives you a scenario, an audience, a purpose and a word range, in the style of the real paper: a formal email of complaint, an article, a description, a 16-mark psychology essay.
- Write your answer in the box. There is no timer, so you can also draft on paper and type it up.
- Send it for marking. You need to be signed in. Your first marked piece is free; after that, marking is part of Premium.
- Read the feedback, fix the piece, and try another task.
What the feedback tells you
- An overall verdict: on track, close, or not yet at the standard for that level.
- A note on each criterion. For Functional Skills English these follow the writing criteria in the Department for Education's subject content, such as format and structure, detail, and spelling, punctuation and grammar. GCSE English Language is marked for content and organisation and for technical accuracy. A-level Psychology essays are marked against the assessment objectives: knowledge (AO1), application (AO2) and evaluation (AO3).
- Specific errors quoted from your own writing, with the correction.
- What to fix first, so the next draft is better than this one.
What it is not
The marking is done by an AI model, not by an examiner, and it can be wrong. Treat the verdict as an indication of where you are, not as a predicted grade. A real examiner may mark the same piece differently. It is most useful for the things a learner cannot easily see in their own writing: a missing sign-off, paragraphs that do not follow the bullet points, an evaluation point that is stated but never developed.
Your writing is sent to our AI provider only to produce the feedback. PassNova does not store it. Do not include personal details about yourself or anyone else: invent the names and addresses a task needs.
Getting the most from it
- Write the whole piece. Half an answer gets half the feedback, and the exam marks the full response.
- Stick to the word range. Very long answers are not marked, and in the exam extra length rarely earns extra marks.
- Redraft once. Fix what the feedback found and compare the two versions. That comparison is where most of the learning happens.
- Keep practising the questions too. The question bank and timed practice tests on each course stay free.
Try a task. Your first marked piece is free with an account: Functional Skills English Level 1, Level 2, GCSE English Language or A-level Psychology.