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Top Tips for Preparing for the Cambridge PET Listening Exam

If you want to score high marks in the listening part of the PET exam, you will need to have two things: a good intermediate level of listening, and the techniques to answer the questions well in the time you are given.

Listen to an interview for a detailed understanding of meaning. 6 questions.

Listen to a monologue and complete six gaps.

Listen to six short dialogues and understand the gist of each.

Identify key information in seven short monologues or dialogues and choose the correct visual.

Part 1 (Multiple choice)Part 2 (Multiple choice)Part 3 (Gap fill) Part 4 (Multiple choice)

The B1 Preliminary Listening paper has four parts. For each part, you have to listen to a recorded text or texts and answer some questions. You hear each recording twice. This part is about 30 minutes long.

In the PET listening exam, there are four parts for you to answer questions on.

You might need to listen for a lot of information, or sometimes only one small detail. If a picture is quite detailed, then you will have to pay extra attention to the details.

Know the answers can be at the start, middle or end of each recording. They might try to trick you by putting what could be the answer at the start, when the key information is at the end.

Always read the question carefully and look at the pictures before you listen. Underline keywords in the question.

In this part, you will be given 7 short listening texts, and for each one you will have a question with three pictures (A, B or C). You have to listen to each recording and choose the right answer from the 3 choices.Because the answers will always be visual, this might make it sound easy. However, you will have to pay attention to the details in each small picture.When deciding the answer, there are certain things you will need to remember or do:

HOW TO DO PART 1

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The questions will often use different words from the recording, so think about synonyms and paraphrasing.

If you don’t hear the answer to one question, don’t worry. Keep focused or you could miss the answer to the next. You can get the answer in the second chance.

Before the recording starts, you get some time to read through the instructions and questions. Use it to help you focus on and understand what you are likely to hear. Underline keywords.

This part has 6 multiple-choice questions, so you will hear six short messages. You have to listen to the recording and choose the right answer (A, B or C) for each question. When deciding the answer, there are some advice:

HOW TO DO PART 2

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