B1 CAMBRIDGE

B1 Cambridge

Official exam

B1 Preliminary exam (PET)

It's an optional exam you can take when you have the right level of English in the main communicative skills: writing, reading, listening, speaking and interacting.

Process

Get the level

Communication

Be ready

Date and registration

We will tell you the possible dates to take the exam and we will make the registration.

The exam will cost your parents some money so we want to make sure there is a good chance you can pass.

The teacher will let Richard know which students are ready.

The students who are interested in taking the exam can let the teacher and Richard know as well, but first they have to be ready.

Results

You will receive a separate score for each of the four skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking). These four scores are averaged to give you an overall result for the exam.

Skills

LISTENING

READING

Part 1. Multiple choice Part 2. Matching Part 3. Multiple choice Part 4. Gapped text Part 5. Multiple choice cloze Part 6. Open cloze

Part 1. Multiple choice Part 2. Multiple choice Part 3. Gap fill Part 4. Multiple choice

SPEAKING

WRITING

Part 1. Writing an email Part 2. Choice between an article or a story

Part 1. Interview Part 2. Extended turn Part 3. Discussion Part 4. General conversation