PET / B1 MOCK TESTS: READING AND LISTENING

Mock exams are taken as practice before an official examination to give you the experience of the test process. Moreover, you can find out your strengths as well as identifying the areas which need to improve. 
It´s made up of four papers:

1) Reading (45 minutes)
2) Writing (45 minutes)
3) Listening (30minutes)
4) Speaking  (12-17 minutes)

Click on the links below to check your knowledge:

TEST 1

READING: PART 1     PART 2     PART 3     PART 4     

LISTENING: PART 1     PART 2     PART 3     PART 4

TEST 2

READING:   PART 1     PART 2     PART 3     PART 4

LISTENING: PART 1     PART 2     PART 3     PART 4

TEST 3

READING: PART 1     PART 2     PART 3     PART 4

LISTENING: PART 1     PART 2     PART 3     PART 4

B1 / PET MOCK TESTS

Mock exams are taken as practice before an official examination to give you the experience of the test process. Moreover, you can find out your strengths as well as identifying the areas which need to improve. 
It´s made up of four papers:

1) Reading (45 minutes)
2) Writing (45 minutes)
3) Listening (30minutes)
4) Speaking  (12-17 minutes)

Click on the links below to check your knowledge:

TEST 1

READING: Part 1     Part 2     Part 3     Part 4     Part 5

WRITING: Part 1     Part 2     Part 3     Part 3 B     

LISTENING: Part 1     Part 2     Part 3     Part 4

TEST 2

READING: Part 1     Part 2     Part 3     Part 4     Part 5

WRITING: Part 1     Part 2     Part 3     Part 3 B

LISTENING:Part 1     Part 2     Part 3     Part 4

B1 LISTENING - PET - APTIS

Are you an intermediate (B1) learner of English? Practice and improve your listening skills with these listening and exercises.

Listening part 1 consists of seven short recordings. For each recording, there is a question and three pictures (A, B or C). You have to listen to the tapes and choose the right answers.

Listening part 2 consists of a more extended 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.

Listening part 3:You will listen to 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.

Listening part 4:There is a longer informal conversation and six sentences. You have to listen to the interview and decide if each sentence is true or false.

Follow the links below and do the exercises. Click on the buttom to check your answers.

Test 1: PART 1     PART 2     PART 3     PART 4

Test 2: PART 1     PART 2     PART 3     PART 4

Test 3: PART 1     PART 2     PART 3     PART 4

READING B1

Here are some links to help you for reading exams. There are five types of exercises: signs, details, matching, gist and gap. First click on a number, then click the bottoms above to choose different kinds of exercises and finally click home when finishing.

Exercises:           
                              1 / 2 / 3 / 4  / 5 /  6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 /
                             11 / 12  /13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 

PET READING AND WRITING PRACTICE TEST

Here you will find reading and writing practice tests: 

You have 90 minutes to do it.

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

test 2: reading part 1, reading part 2, reading part 3, reading part 4, reading part 5, writing part 1, writing part 2, writing part 3

test 3: reading part 1, reading part 2, reading part 3, reading part 4, reading part 5,   writing part 1, writing part 2, writing part 3

test 4: reading part 1, reading part 2, reading part 3, reading part 4, reading part 5,  writing part 1, writing part 2, writing part 3

test 5: reading part 1, reading part 2, reading part 3, reading part 4, reading part 5, writing part 1, writing part 2, writing part 3 

TIPS FOR WRITING PET QUESTIONS

Writing part 1: sentence transformation:
TASK INFORMATION: 
You have to rewrite the sentence  using between three and five words so that it has the same meaning as the original given.
ACTION PLAN: 
First, identify what you have to do: passive voice, reported speech, comparison, present perfect, etc.
Then, check it means the same as the first sentence and check the spelling.

Writing part 2: writing a short message of about 35-45 words:
TASK INFORMATION: 
You are told who to write to and why and you have to include three content points in which you have to apologise, suggest, invite, thank, recommend, give advise, etc.
ACTION PLAN: 
First, read the task and underline who you are writing to, why you are writing, what you are writing and the three content points.
Think how to open and close your message, then write your message, don`t forget to include the three points, use linking words and check for mistakes and the number of words written.

Writing part 3: 
TASK INFORMATION:
You will have to write either an informal letter or a story in around 100 words.
TASK INFORMATION:
First, read the questions and choose the best one for you, then, underline who will read it and the keywords. Afterwards, write down your ideas, choose the best one and write a brief plan.

TIPS FOR PET READING QUESTIONS

Here you will find some tips and advice on the five parts of the reading.
Part 1: three-option multiple choice
TASK INFORMATION: 
You will be given five short texts (signs, messages, emails, labels, postcards, notes, etc) and there is a three-option multiple choice with each one.
ACTION PLAN:
First, read the text carefully and then read each of the three options. Choose your answer and read both the text and the answer to check your choice is correct.

Part 2: matching
TASK INFORMATION: 
You will be given five short descriptions of people and you have to match them to five short description of eight on a particular topic such as holiday, books, films, etc.
ACTION PLAN:
First, read the five description of the people and underline the key words. Then, read the eight topic texts and underline any information that matches. Finally,check that your choice match on all points.

Part 3: true or false
TASK INFORMATION: 
You will be given a long text with ten true/false statements. If the statment is correct, writes A and if the statement is incorrect, writes B.
ACTION PLAN:
First, read the ten statements which come in the order on the information of the text and underline the key words. Then, read the text and find the key information.

Part 4: four-option multiple choice
TASK INFORMATION: 
You will be given a long text with four-option multiple choice. The text is usually about someone´s attittude, opinion and what their purpose is.
ACTION PLAN:
First, read the text quickly to get a general idea of it. Then, read the text carefully and answer the questions.

Part 5: four-option multiple choice cloze test
TASK INFORMATION: 
You will have to fill in the 10 gaps of a text and you will be given four options for each gap. You are tested on grammar and vocabulary.
ACTION PLAN:
First, read the text to get a general idea. Then, read again and remember to read what comes before and after the gap before choosing.

PET / B1: LISTENING PART 4

There is a longer informal conversation and six sentences. You have to listen to the conversation and decide if each sentence is true or false.

Here you have some useful links:

EXERCISE 1     EXERCISE 2     EXERCISE 3     EXERCISE 4

PET / B1: LISTENING PART 3

You will listen to 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.

Here there are some links:

EXERCISE 1     EXERCISE 2     EXERCISE 3     EXERCISE 4

PET / B1: LISTENING PART 2

Listening part 2 consists of 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.

Here you have some links:

EXERCISE 1     EXERCISE 2     EXERCISE 3      EXERCISE 4 

PET / B1 :LISTENING PART 1

Listening part 1 consists of seven short recordings. For each recording, there is a question and three pictures (A, B or C). You have to listen to the tapes and choose the right answers.

Here you can find some links:

EXERCISE 1     EXERCISE 2     EXERCISE 3     EXERCISE 4

PET / B1 WRITING PART 3: LETTERS OR STORIES

You have a choice of two questions: an informal letter or a story. You have to write 100 words. 

Here you some links: 

EXERCISE 1     EXERCISE 2     EXERCISE 3     EXERCISE 5

PET / B1 WRITING PART 2: WRITING SHORT MESSAGES

The instructions tell you who to write to and what you should write for example a postcard, note, email, etc. You have to write 35-40 words.

Here you have some links: 

EXERCISE 1     EXERCISE 2     EXERCISE 3     EXERCISE 4

PET / B1 WRITING PART 1

Writing part 1 has five questions which are all about the same theme. For each question, there is one complete sentence and a second sentence which has a missing word or words. You have to complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first sentence. 

Links to improve your test: 

EXERCISE 1     EXERCISE 2     EXERCISE 3     EXERCISE 4   

EXERCISE 5     EXERCISE 6     EXERCISE 7

PET / B1 READING PART 5: MULTIPLE CHOICE-CLOZE

Part 5 is A short text with 10 numbered spaces. Each space represents a missing word and you have to choose the right answer from a choice of four (A, B, C or D).

Here you have some links:

EXERCISE 1     EXERCISE 2     EXERCISE 3     EXERCISE 4

PET / B1 READING PART 4: MULTIPLE CHOICE

Part 4 has a long text and five questions. You have to read the text and choose the right answer (A, B, C or D) for each of the five questions.

Here you have some links where to practice: 

EXERCISE 1     EXERCISE 2     EXERCISE 3     EXERCISE 4

PET / B1 READING PART 3: TRUE OR FALSE

Part 3 consists of a long text and 10 sentences about the text. You have to read the text and say if each sentence is true or false. Here you have some links to practice: exercise 1     exercise 2     exercise 3     exercise 4

PET / B1: READING PART 2: MATCHING

There are five short descriptions of people and eight short texts to read. You have to match each person to a text.

Here you have some links to improve this part: 

exercise 1     exercise 2     exercise 3     exercise 4

PET / B1: READING PART 1 MULTIPLE CHOICE

There are five very short texts (they may be signs and messages, postcards, notes, emails, labels, etc.). You have to read them and choose which of the three sentences (A, B or C) is the best description of the text.

Here you have some links to improve your reading: 

exercise 1      exercise 2     exercise 3     exercise 4