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Important for the choice of topic for essay practice

You have to follow the guidelines when practicing your essay. Because the completion of a given assignment constitutes a large part of the essay grade. The student's ability to adequately complete a given assignment is evaluated. In order not to receive a grade deduction, the aspects of the assignment must be completely and correctly put on paper. 

Therefore, do not submit essays without the assignment in hand. Always choose a given topic, not one of your own choosing. Only in this way it is possible to issue a report that corresponds to the evaluation system of high schools.

Essay practice topics

If you would like to do essay training with the help of our essay correction service, you must first select a topic. 

However, the essay topics differ according to whether they are intended for essays in primary school or for the grammar school examination for the long grammar school or for essays in secondary school or for the grammar school examination for the short grammar school.

We have compiled a list of essay topics that are suitable for Year 5 / 6 primary school students and that can be used for essay practice with our essay corrector. It is important that you include the topic with the assignment so that we know whether you have adhered to the requirements of the assignment.

Essay topics from past long-term grammar school exams 

However, you can also use essay topics from past long-term grammar school examinations to practise your essay. In this case, you would also have to provide us with the topic and the task when you submit your essay. 

At the long-term grammar school exam, i.e. the central entrance examination for the long-term Gymnasium (ZAP), candidates are given several essay topics to choose from in the ‘Examination section German: Writing a text (essay)’.   

To give you an idea of what kind of essay topics are available in the long-term grammar school entrance exam and what the respective tasks look like, we have listed the essay topics of the grammar school exams from recent years here, which - as mentioned - you can also use for essay practice during essay training:

Essay topics for the grammar school exam 2024 (long grammar school)

1. Promise!

Tell a story in which a promise is broken. It must be clear in the text how the promise came about and why it was not kept.   

Tell the story in the past tense.   

Give the number of the topic and use the title.       

2. ...

The conversation had cost me a lot of effort, but afterwards I felt relieved.

Tell a story that ends with the sentence above.   

Tell it in the past tense and in the first person.   

Give the number of the topic and formulate a suitable title.       

3. ...

A zoo opens a new facility that the public has been waiting for a long time. Report on the opening ceremony and the opportunities offered by the new facility for a newspaper.   

State the number of the topic and formulate a suitable title.

Essay topics for the grammar school exam 2023 (long grammar school)

1. Confusingly similar 

Two objects that look the same have been confused. Tell how this mix-up came about and what the consequences were.   

The story should be possible in our world.   

Use the title.   

Tell the story in the past tense.     

2. ‘That was a waste of money!’

Tell a story in which a person says or thinks the following sentence: ‘That was a waste of money!’ The story must make it clear why money was spent on something and why it was regretted afterwards.   

Use the title.   

Tell the story in the past tense.     

3. ... 

When a woman came home from work, she found a wild boar on the sofa in her parlour. Report for a newspaper how this situation came about and what happened next.   

Determine the time and place of the incident yourself.   

Report in the past tense and not in the first person.   

State the number of the topic and set a suitable title.     

You can find the essay topics for the long grammar school exams from previous years in our grammar school exam archive.

We have also put together a compilation of essay topics for essay training in secondary school for the short-term grammar school exam, which are suitable for the 1st to 3rd grade of secondary school and can be used for practising essay writing with the help of our essay corrector. Please include the topic with the assignment when uploading your essay so that we know whether you have complied with the requirements of the assignment.

Essay topics from past short grammar school exams

For essay practice, i.e. as essay training in the upper school, you can also use the essay topics from past grammar school exams for the short-term high school. We would also like to ask you to provide us with the topic and the task when you upload your essay. 

Also in the short-term grammar school exam, i.e. the central entrance examination for the short-term Gymnasium (ZAP), candidates are given several essay topics in the ‘Examination section German: Writing a text (essay)’, from which the candidate must choose one.

Below, we have listed the essay topics for the short-term grammar school examinations from recent years, which you can also use for essay practice during essay training:

Essay topics for the grammar school exam 2024 (short grammar school)

1. The perfect place

Start by describing why this castle in the picture could be ‘the perfect place’ for someone. Then explain what you imagine a perfect place to be and give reasons why your place is perfect. 

[See picture in PDF of the essay topics for the 2024 grammar school exam]

2. 24 hours left ...

You've been hit hard: the deadly bite of a poisonous snake and no antidote available! You only have 24 hours until the poison takes effect. What will you do in your last 24 hours? Tell a well-constructed story.     

3. ‘I am proud of this’

Briefly describe a specific situation or event when you thought: ‘Now I'm proud of myself.’ Based on this, explain in the main section what constitutes pride and why people are proud. Finally, describe as precisely as possible how pride makes you feel.     

4. ‘That should be banned!’

Explain what or which behaviour you think should really be banned. Argue and explain in detail why you think such a ban is necessary.

Essay topics for the grammar school exam 2023 (short grammar school)

Topic 1: Waste and recycling

What does the picture show about how we deal with waste and recycling? Discuss possible problems and opportunities and formulate your opinion at the end.     

[See picture in PDF of the essay topics for the 2023 grammar school exam]

Topic 2: Away from home

Tell us about a situation in which you spent the night alone in an unfamiliar environment without your family. Make it clear what was going on inside you when you were in a place far away from home at night.     

Topic 3: Change Switzerland

What would you change in Switzerland? Explain a specific idea in the main section and explain what it would achieve.     

Topic 4: A promise is a promise 

Explain exactly what a promise is. Argue and explain in the main part using a suitable example whether or not, in your opinion, a promise can be broken in a certain situation.     

You can find the essay topics for the grammar school exams for the short-term high school from previous years in our grammar school exam archive.

Below you can also download a file that you can use to print out lined paper on your computer on which you can then write the essay.

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