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Cambridge Preliminary English Test PET course title

1 class / week
1.5 hrs / class
Max.6

Cambridge PET (Preliminary English Test) is a step from the KET program and adds to the students’ base lexis and grammar. Expanded activities include skills such as reading simple textbooks and articles in English, writing letters and emails on everyday subjects, and showing awareness of opinions and moods in spoken and written English. The course aligns with level B1 of the CEFR and the material covered is geared towards students in the upper levels of primary school, or beginning secondary school.

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Preliminary exam (PET) Format

*Approx. 2.5 hours | Each component is graded

Reading

Paper

Reading

(45 minutes)

Content

6 parts / 32 questions

Marks (% of total)

25%

Purpose

Shows you can read and understand the main points from signs, newspapers and magazines.

Paper

Content

Marks

(% of total)

Purpose

Reading

(45 minutes)

6 parts/

32 questions

25%

Shows you can read and understand the main points from signs, newspapers and magazines.

Writing

(45 minutes)

2 parts/

2 questions

25%

Shows you can use vocabulary and structure correctly.

Listening

(30 minutes, including

6 minutes transfer time)

4 parts/

25 questions

25%

You have to be able to follow and understand a range of spoken materials including announcements and discussions about everyday life.

Speaking

(10-12 minutes per pair

of candidates;

15-17 minutes per

group of three)

4 parts

25%

Shows how good your spoken English is as you take part in conversation by asking/answering questions and talking, for example, about your likes and dislikes. Your speaking test will be face to face with one or two other candidates and two examiners. One of the examiners (who could be online or examining remotely) talks to you and the other examiner listens. This makes your test more realistic and more reliable. Examiners may use their mobile phones for entering marks using an app.

Samples:

Reading

Writing

Paper

Writing

(45 minutes)

Content

2 parts / 2 questions

Marks (% of total)

25%

Purpose

Shows you can use vocabulary and structure correctly.

and the material covered is geared towards students in the upper levels of primary school, or beginnin

Samples:

Listening

Paper

Listening

(30 minutes, including

6 minutes' transfer time)

Content

4 parts / 25 questions

Marks (% of total)

25%

Purpose

You have to be able to follow and understand a range of spoken materials including announcements and discussions about everyday life.

Samples:

Speaking

Paper

Speaking

(10-12 minutes per pair

of candidates;15-17 minutes per

group of three)

Content

4 parts

Marks (% of total)

25%

Purpose

Shows how good your spoken English is as you take part in conversation by asking/answering questions and talking, for example, about your likes and dislikes. Your Speaking test will be face to face with one or two other candidates and two examiners. One of the examiners (who could be online, examining remotely) talks to you and the other examiner listens. This makes your test more realistic and more reliable. Examiners may use their mobile phones for entering marks using an app.