PET LISTENING TEST

PET LISTENING TEST

What’s in the Listening paper?

The Cambridge English: Preliminary Listening paper has four parts. For each part, you have to listen to a recorded text or texts and answer some questions. You hear each recording twice.

Summary

Time allowed:	About 30 minutes, plus 6 minutes to copy answers onto the answer sheet
Number of parts:	4
Number of questions:	25
Marks:	25% of total

Parts 1–4

Part 1 (Multiple choice)

What's in Part 1?	Seven short recordings. For each recording there is a question and three pictures (A, B or C). You have to listen to the recordings and choose the right answers.
What do I have to practise?	Listening to find key information.
How many questions are there?	7
How many marks do I get?	One mark for each correct answer

Part 2 (Multiple choice)

What's in Part 2?	A longer recording (one person speaking or an interview) and six questions. You have to listen to the recording and choose the right answer (A, B or C) for each question.
What do I have to practise?	Listening to find specific information and detailed meaning.
How many questions are there?	6
How many marks do I get?	One mark for each correct answer.

Part 3 (Gap-fill)

What's in Part 3?	A longer monologue (one person speaking) and a page of notes which summarise the text. Six pieces of information are missing from the notes. You have to listen to the recording and fill in the missing information.
What do I have to practise?	Listening for information.
How many questions are there?	6
How many marks do I get?	One mark for each correct answer.

Part 4 (True/False)

What's in Part 4?	A longer informal conversation and six sentences. You have to listen to the conversation and decide if each sentence is true or false.
What do I have to practise?	Listening for detailed meaning, attitude and opinion.
How many questions are there?	6
How many marks do I get?	One mark for each correct answer.

LET'S PRACTISE! 

1. http://www.englishaula.com/en/pet-exam-listening-cambridge-preliminary-english-test-video-lessons-practice-tests-exercises.php
2. http://www.examenglish.com/PET/pet_listening_part1.htm
3. http://www.aulafacil.com/cursos/l15547/idiomas/ingles/ingles-nivel-pet/listening-test
4. http://www.english-online.org.uk/petfolder/petlistenp1.php?name=The%20Listening%20part%201

PRESENT PERFECT QUESTIONS

PRESENT PERFECT QUESTIONS

Here you have some exercises about the present perfect. You need to do them if you want to get extra points. Do them in your notebooks or in the computer and print the answers.

Present Perfect Simple Questions 

Make ‘yes / no’ present perfect questions:

1. (They / go / to the USA?) _______________________________________________________________
2. (You / read / ‘War and Peace’?) _______________________________________________________________
3. (She / be / late for a meeting?) _______________________________________________________________
4. (He / meet / your family yet?) _______________________________________________________________
5. (They / live / here as long as we have?) _______________________________________________________________
6. (You / go / to Australia?) _______________________________________________________________
7. (She / miss / the bus?) _______________________________________________________________
8. (I / meet / you before?) _______________________________________________________________
9. (They / take / the exam?) _______________________________________________________________
10. (She / work / in this company for fifteen years?) _______________________________________________________________

REPORTED SPEECH: Commands and questions

REPORTED SPEECH: COMMANDS 

LET'S PRACTISE!

1. http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/reported_speech/commands.htm
2. http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/reported-speech/exercises?08
3. http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/multi/repspee.htm
4. http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=5381
5. https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/reported-speech-quiz.htm

REPORTED SPEECH: QUESTIONS

• Direct Speech → Susan: “Does Mary work in an office?”
• Reported Speech → Susan asked if/whether Mary worked in an office.

LET'S PRACTISE!

1. http://www.edufind.com/english-grammar/question-forms-and-reported-speech/
2. http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/pt-br/grammar-reference/reported-questions
3. http://tx.english-ch.com/teacher/julia/others/changing-direct-to-indirect-speech/
4. http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/reported_speech/questions.htm

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.

William Shakespeare

In class we have read about the most important and famous playwrights of all the time, William Shakespeare. Here you have an amazing webapage where you can find information about his life and work. 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/famouspeople/william_shakespeare/

http://www.folger.edu/Content/Teach-and-Learn/Shakespeare-for-Kids/