Cambridge English: Preliminary uses real-life situations that are especially designed to help you understand factual information and show awareness of opinions, attitudes and mood in both spoken and written English.
Real-life language skills
Cambridge English: Preliminary is set at Level B1 of the European CEFR EnglishFrench B1 is the level of English needed to:
deal with everyday events
read simple textbooks or magazine articles
write letters on familiar subjects
take notes in a meeting.
It shows that you can use English to communicate with native speakers for everyday purposes.
For example, at B1 level, you can expect to:
understand the main points of straightforward instructions or public announcements
deal with most of the situations you might meet when travelling as a tourist in an English-speaking country
ask simple questions and take part in factual conversations in a work environment
write letters or make notes on familiar matters.
A pass mark in the whole test is approximately 70% of all the available marks over the three papers, Reading & Writing, Listening and Speaking. A 'Pass with Merit' is approximately 85% of the total marks. There are no pass/fail levels in individual papers.
Preliminary English Test
Cambridge English: Preliminary uses real-life situations that are especially designed to help you understand factual information and show awareness of opinions, attitudes and mood in both spoken and written English.Real-life language skills
Cambridge English: Preliminary is set at Level B1 of the European CEFR English FrenchB1 is the level of English needed to:
- deal with everyday events
- read simple textbooks or magazine articles
- write letters on familiar subjects
- take notes in a meeting.
It shows that you can use English to communicate with native speakers for everyday purposes.For example, at B1 level, you can expect to:
A pass mark in the whole test is approximately 70% of all the available marks over the three papers, Reading & Writing, Listening and Speaking. A 'Pass with Merit' is approximately 85% of the total marks. There are no pass/fail levels in individual papers.
*Do an online PET test
*Computer based sample test
*Test your English now
Listening practice
University of Cambridge PET website
Objective PET (pdf download 32MB)
Vocabulary List**
BBSI online English test
Websites to revise for the PET exam
Lots of resources here for PET preparation
Englishpage .com
http://www.englishpage.com/index.html
Revision lesson on food.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/youmeus/videonation/video_lunch.shtml
Revision lessons on towns and entertainment.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/multimedia/london/
Jobs /C.V’s and interviews
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/business/wab/federico.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/business/getthatjob/
Revision lesson on extreme sports
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/youmeus/videonation/video_ski.shtml
Revision lesson on holidays
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/youmeus/videonation/video_holiday.shtml
Reading exercise practice for the PET
http://esl-bits.net/main2.htm
READING AND LISTENING TO SHORT STORIES
http://www.rong-chang.com/qa2/
Other
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=269548
http://www.examenglish.com/vocabulary/B1_vocabulary_topics.htm