Ready ld PET ——— eld tac The Preliminary English Test- — Nick Kenny Anne-Kelly NENG B BNE HNN a ar rneContents Introduction Practice Test 2 ‘What is the Preliminary English Test (PET)? 2 Reading Part 1 How Ready for PET is organized 3: Reading Part 2 For students studying alone ai Reading Part 3 PET preparation diary 5 Reading Part 4 Reading Part 5 Unit 1 Lesson 1: Personal information 6 Writing Part 1 Lesson 2: A regular thing 9: Writing Part 2 ; Writing Part 3 Unit2 Lesson 1: You live and learn 2 Listening Part 1 Lesson 2: All the best books 15 Listening Part 2 Listening Part 3 Unit3 Lesson 1: Holiday adventures 18 Listening Part 4 Lesson 2: Just the job a Speaking Unit 4 Lesson 1: House and home 24 | Answer sheets Lesson 2: Interesting people 27 £ Irregular verbs Unit 5 Lesson 1: Places of interest Lesson 2: Getting there Unit 6 Lesson 1: What a bargain! Lesson 2: City life Unit 7 Lesson 1: Food and drink Lesson 2: Your own space Unit 8 Lesson 1: Close to nature Lesson 2: The wide world Unit 9 Lesson 1: Free time Lesson 2: Get well soon! Unit 10 Lesson 1: Entertainment Lesson 2: The age of communication Practice Test 1 Reading Part 1 Reading Part 2 Reading Part 3 Reading Part 4 Reading Part 5 Writing Part 1 Writing Part 2 Writing Part 3 Listening Part 1 Listening Part 2 Listening Part 3 Listening Part 4 Speaking | Keys to Units 1-10 © Key to Practice Test 1 ! Key to Practice Test 2 ! Tapescripts for Units 1-10 £ Tapescript for Practice Test 1 £ Notes on the sample Speaking test Tapescript for Practice Test 2 Examples of student writing Wordlist 79 81 83 85 86 87 87 89-91 92-93 94 96-103 104 105 106-114 115-117 118 119-121 122-124 125-26Introduction Ready for PET is for students of English who are preparing to take the University of Cambridge Preliminary English Test (PET). Ready for PET will get you ready for this test in three important ways. First, it will give you practice in doing the kinds of exercises you will do in the test. Then, it will give you advice on how you can do your best in these exercises. Finally, it will help you learn the vocabulary you need to do the writing and speaking exercises fluently. In this way, you can feel confident about your English when you do the test. You can use Ready for PET in your English class with your teacher, or you can use it to get ready for the ‘test by yourself. What is the Preliminary English Test (PET)? The University of Cambridge has tests for students of English at five different levels, from beginners to very advanced students. PET is at level 2 and is for lower intermediate students. PET tests your reading, writing, listening and speaking. You get 25% of the total marks for the test for each of these four skills. There are three different papers. Paper 1 is Reading and Writing and takes 1 hour and 30 minutes. In this paper, there are five reading parts and three writing parts. In the reading part of the paper, you have to read some texts and answer some questions on each one. For these questions, you answer by choosing A, B, C, or D. In the writing part of the paper, you have to do a short grammar exercise, fill in a form and then write a letter. This is a summary of the Reading and Writing paper: Paper 1: Reading and Writing (1 hour 30 minutes) Type of text ‘ype of question Number of questions ‘and marks Reading Part 1 fivesigns or notices reading comprehension: 5 ‘multiple choice Part 2 eight short texts reading comprehension: 5 ‘matching Part 3 one text reading comprehension: 10 ‘correctinot correct Part 4 one text reading comprehension: 5 ‘multiple choice Part one text vocabulary and grammar: 10 ‘multiple choice Writing Part 1 grammar s Part 2 filling in form, 10 Part 3 ‘writing a letter 10