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PET  for schools.   Level B1

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Listening
30 minutes Four parts, 25 questions

1 Multiple-choice short texts
Listen to seven short texts for specific information and choose the right picture (A, B, C)

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2 Multiple-choice short texts
Listen to six short texts for attitudes and opinions, and choose the right option (A, B, C).

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3 Gap fill
Listen to a longer text and write down missing information in the gaps. Same as old Part 3

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4 Multiple-choice long text
Listen to a longer text for specific information, detailed meaning, attitudes and opinions. Same as old Part 2.

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Reading 45'
32 questions

Part 1 (Multiple choice) 
Understanding five short messages of different types. 

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Part 2 (Matching)
Match five descriptions of people to eight short texts, reading for specific information and detailed comprehension. 

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Part 3 (Multiple choice)
Read to understand gist, global and detailed meaning, attitude, opinions and feelings, and answer five multiple-choice questions with four options (A, B, C, D). Same as old Part 4.

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Part 4 (Gapped text)
Read to understand gist and text structure: choose the correct sentence to put in the gaps.

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Part 5 (Multiple choice cloze)
Read a text and choose missing words (A, B, C, D) to fill in the gaps. Same as old Part 5 but shorter

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Part 6 (Open cloze)
Read a text and write words in the gaps.

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Two parts.

1 Write an email Write an email in response to information given. This is a longer task (100 words) than the message task in the old paper (35–45 words).



2 Write an article or story Write either an article or a story on the topic given (100 words). The article option is instead of the letter option in the old paper.

Writing 
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45´ minutes
Online Test
Speaking
12minutes

1 Introductory phase Candidates show ability to use general interactional and social language. Same as old Part 1.

 

2 Individual long turn Describing photographs and managing discourse, using appropriate vocabulary in a longer turn. Same as old Part 3 but photos are not necessarily on the same topic.

 

3 Collaborative task Using functional language to make and respond to suggestions, discuss alternatives, make recommendations and negotiate agreement, based on picture prompts. Same as old Part 2.

 

4 Discussion Talking about likes/dislikes, preferences, habits, opinions and agreeing/disagreeing. Similar to old Part 4 but is now linked to the collaborative task. In the old paper it was linked to the long turn picture description.

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