PET

What's in the PET test?

Cambridge English: Preliminary for Schools is made up of three papers developed to test your students' English skills. You can see exactly what is in each paper below.

PAPER	CONTENT	MARKS (% of total)	PURPOSE
Reading and Writing (1 hour 30 minutes)	Reading:   5 parts / 35 questions Writing: 3 parts / 7 questions	50 %	Students need to be able to read texts from signs, newspapers and magazines and understand the main points. They will need to show they can use vocabulary and structure by completing tasks such as producing a short message, and writing a story or letter of around 100 words.
Listening (about 30 minutes plus 6 minutes transfer time)	4 parts /  25 questions	25%	Students need to show they can understand the meaning of a range of recorded spoken material, including announcements, interviews and discussions about everyday life. They will also need to be able to understand the attitudes and intentions of the speakers.
Speaking (10-12 minutes per pair of candidates)	4 parts	25%	Students take part in a conversation, asking and answering questions, and talking freely about their likes and dislikes. They take the speaking test with another candidate or in a group of three.

To read about the different parts in detail click on the links below:

PAPER 1: READING AND WRITING

PAPER 2: LISTENING

PAPER 3: SPEAKING


PET ONLINE PRACTICE TESTS:
Test 1
Test 2