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Preliminary English Test for Schools
paper 1 reading and Writing
INformatIoN reaDING Questions 1–35 carry one mark. WrItING Questions 1–5 carry one mark. Part 2 (Question 6) carries five marks. Part 3 (Question 7 or 8) carries 15 marks.

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Complete pet for sChools © Cambridge University Press 2010 this Page may be PhOtOCOPiedReading • Part 1 Questions 1–5 Look at the text in each question. What does it say? mark the correct letter a, B or C on your answer sheet. example: 0 Jack, can you bring the bicycle you borrowed to my house today? Thanks, Karl a Karl needs Jack to lend him a bike. B Jack has to return the bike that Karl lent him. C Jack is invited to meet Karl at his house and go cycling.

Answer:

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BUSES TO THE CITY CENTRE LEAVE THIS BUS STOP EVERY 20 MINUTES

a it will be 20 minutes before a city centre bus leaves from this stop. B you can get buses to the centre from here every 20 minutes. C it takes 20 minutes to get to the city centre by bus from here.

Harry is contacting Tom to 2
Tom, My mum forgot to get us any snacks! Can you bring some when you come to my housetonight? Jake’s bringing lots of CDs! Harry

a tell him to provide some music for tonight. B invite him to harry’s house tonight. C ask him to take food with him tonight.

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3 Ben, I’m at the cinema – where are you? Film starts in 2 minutes! Ciara

Ciara is texting Ben to a warn him he’ll be late forthe film. B ask him to contact her about the film. C confirm the time the film begins.

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Billy, the hes are in r sandwic You in your put them fridge – . lunchbox get! Don’t for Mum

What is Mum reminding Billy to do? a make sandwiches for his lunch B take his lunchbox out of the fridge C add his sandwiches to his lunchbox

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PUPILS SHOULD BRING MONEY FOR THE SCHOOL TRIP BY FRIDAY AT THELATEST

a Pupils are late paying for the school trip on Friday. B Pupils have until Friday to pay for the school trip. C Pupils should bring money to spend during Friday’s school trip.

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Reading • Part 2 Questions 6–10 the teenagers below all want to visit a museum exhibition in their city. Onthe opposite page there are descriptions of eight different exhibitions to visit. decide which exhibition would be the most suitable for the following teenagers. For questions 6–10, mark the correct letter (a–h) on your answer sheet. 6 sarah likes inventing useful things and finding out how new inventions are designed and produced. she’s good at using computers, and wants to see how they can be usedin design.

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Jake is keen on large vehicles and machines, and would like to go somewhere he can have experience of one actually working. he’d also like to take some good photos.

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marta is doing a project on the environment and the effects of waste products we throw away. she wants to learn more about the problem and what individuals can do about it.

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tom likes animals andwants to understand more about them. he wants to go somewhere he can take part in activities and buy a souvenir to make at home.

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Karina is keen on art and photography. she likes exploring areas of the city to see what things she can find for her art, and then put them into her work.

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aSmithson Museum Come along and see this exhibition of everything to do with animals – from unusual animal prints to the latest computer designs of cartoon animals for films. Try designing a new and fantastic film creature on the computer – you might even see it appear in a film!

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The Willis Centre Come and join the museum’s guided walks along the river bank. You’ll collect objects that have...