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Page Paper Task Type Task Description3–28 Paper 1: Reading

and Writing• 1 hour 30 minutes• Reading: 5 parts;

35 questions• Writing: 3 parts; 7

questions• All questions

carry one mark, except Writing Part 2 (5 marks) and Writing Part 3 (15 marks)

• The Reading and Writing sections each account for 25% of the total marks for PET

ReadingPart 1: 3-option multiple-choice cloze (5 Qs)Part 2: Matching (5 Qs)Part 3: True/False (10 Qs)Part 4: 4-option multiple choice (5 Qs)Part 5: 4-option multiple-choice cloze (10 Qs)WritingPart 1: Sentence transformations (5 Qs)Part 2: Short communicative messagePart 3: Longer piece of continuous writing

ReadingPart 1: Understand the main message from short texts such as signs, emails, etc.Part 2: Read for specifi c information in order to match people to short textsPart 3: Scan a long factual textPart 4: Read a long text for detail, attitude, opinion, writer purpose, gist, inference and global meaningPart 5: Complete a factual or narrative text, requiring understanding of the vocabulary and grammar patternsWritingPart 1: Rephrase and reformulate information, using appropriate grammatical structuresPart 2: Write a short message (35–45 words) and communicate 3 content pointsPart 3: Choose either an informal letter or a story and write about 100 words. Candidates are assessed on control of language, organisation, spelling and punctuation

29–42 Paper 2: Listening• 30 minutes

(approx)• 4 parts• 25 questions• All questions

carry one mark• 25% of the total

marks

Part 1: Multiple-choice (discrete) (7 Qs)Part 2: Multiple choice (6 Qs)Part 3: Gap-fi ll (6 Qs)Part 4: True/False (6 Qs)

Part 1: Identify key information in short monologues or dialogues. Select appropriate image.Part 2: Listen for specifi c information in a longer monologuePart 3: Identify, understand and interpret information in a longer monologuePart 4: Listen for details, attitudes and opinions in a dialogue

43–48 Paper 3: Speaking• 1 0–12 minutes

per pair of candidates

• 4 parts• 25% of the total

marks

Part 1: Interlocutor asks the candidates questions in turn (2–3 minutes)Part 2: Candidates interact in a simulated situation (2–3 minutes)Part 3: Extended individual turn (3 minutes)Part 4: General conversation between candidates (3 minutes)

Part 1: Factual, personal questions about the past, present and futurePart 2: Using a visual stimulus, candidates discuss alternatives, make recommendations and negotiate agreementPart 3: Candidates describe a colour photograph, using appropriate vocabulary, for about 1 minutePart 4: Candidates talk about opinions, likes/dislikes, preferences, experiences, habits, etc.

Sample exam material has been reproduced from the PET for Schools Handbook for Teachers, with the kind permission of Cambridge ESOL www.CambridgeESOL.org/Resources/Teacher

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