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PET
Exams World - Exams Guide - PET
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| Paper 1 Reading and Writing (1 hour 30 minutes) |
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Content
Reading
5 Compulsory questions each with either multiple choice, matching or true/false questions
Writing
- short sentence transformations
- filling in a form
- writing an informal letter
Test Focus
Reading
- understanding signs, notices, etc
- detailed comprehension of factual materials
- skimming and scanning for information
- understanding a writer's intention, opinion and attitude
- understanding simple text markers, grammar and vocabulary
Writing
- understanding grammatical structures
- giving information and short responses
- expressing opinions
- demonstrating linguistic competence and control of errors
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Paper 2 Listening (30 minutes) |
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Content
4 sections with 25 items of the following task types: multiple choice, gap filing, true/false questions
Test Focus
- understanding meaning across a range of topics with a variety of monologues and conversation types
- identifying specific information of a factual nature and writing it all down
- understanding both global and specific meaning
- identifying attitudes and feelings
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| Paper 3 Speaking (10-12 minutes) |
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Content
A conversation divided into 4 parts between two candidates tested by 2 examiners.
Test Focus
- exchanging personal information
- participating in a simulated situation and talking about the contents of visual material
- individual long turn, talking about a photo
- reacting and expressing opinions about the topics raised by the photo
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