Intelligent Business elementary is benchmarked to the Preliminary level. The BEC Preliminary exam tests Reading , Writing, Listening and Speaking skills and is organised as follows:

• Reading and Writing Test - 1 hour and 30 minutes - Reading divided into 7 parts; Writing divided into 2 tasks (Please note Reading and Writing)
• Listening Test - approx. 40 minutes - divided into 4 parts
• Speaking Test - 12 minutes - divided into 3 parts

The Intelligent Business website allows teachers to download a complete BEC Preliminary test. Material is available for every part of the exam - simply click on the links below:

Reading Test
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four
Part Five
Part Six
Part Seven

Writing test
Part One
Part Two

Listening Test
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four

Listening Test Audio
Click on the links below to listen to the BEC Preliminary Test audio MP3s.

Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four

Listening test audio scripts

Speaking Test
Part One
Part Two
Part Three

Answer key