- 1 class / week
- 1.5 hrs / class
- Max.6
Preliminary exam (PET) Format
*Approx. 2.5 hours | Each components is graded
Paper
Reading
(45 minutes)
Content
6 parts / 32 questions
Marks (% of total)
Purpose
Shows you can read and understand the main points from signs, newspapers and magazines.
Paper
Content
Marks
(% of total)
Purpose
Reading
(45 minutes)
6 parts/
32 questions
Writing
(45 minutes)
2 parts/
2 questions
Listening
(30 minutes, including
6 minutes' transfer time)
4 parts/
25 questions
Speaking
(10-12 minutes per pair
of candidates;
15-17 minutes per
group of three)
4 parts
Samples:
Paper
Writing
(45 minutes)
Content
2 parts / 2 questions
Marks (% of total)
Purpose
Shows you can use vocabulary and structure correctly.
and the material covered is geared towards students in the upper levels of primary school, or beginninSamples:
Paper
Listening
(30 minutes, including
6 minutes' transfer time)
Content
4 parts / 25 questions
Marks (% of total)
Purpose
You have to be able to follow and understand a range of spoken materials including announcements and discussions about everyday life.
Samples:
Paper
Speaking
(10-12 minutes per pair
of candidates;15-17 minutes per
group of three)
Content
4 parts
Marks (% of total)
Purpose
Shows how good your spoken English is as you take part in conversation by asking/answering questions and talking, for example, about your likes and dislikes. Your Speaking test will be face to face with one or two other candidates and two examiners. One of the examiners (who could be online, examining remotely) talks to you and the other examiner listens. This makes your test more realistic and more reliable. Examiners may use their mobile phones for entering marks using an app.