Preliminary English Test-Reading And Writing

R E A D I N G A N D W R I T I N G S A M P L E PA P E R 1

Centre Number

Candidate
Number

Candidate Name

UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE ESOL EXAMINATIONS
English for Speakers of Other Languages

PRELIMINARY ENGLISH TEST
PAPER 1 Reading and Writing
SAMPLE PAPER 1

1 hour 30 minutes

Additional materials:
Answer sheets
Soft clean eraser
Soft pencil (type B or HB is recommended)TIME

1 hour 30 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Write your name, Centre number and candidate number in the spaces at the top of this page.
Write these details on your answer sheets if they are not already printed.
Answer all questions.
Write your answers clearly on the separate answer sheets. Use a pencil.
You may use the question paper for any rough work, but you must write youranswers in pencil on the
answer sheets. You will have no extra time for this, so you must finish in one and a half hours.
At the end of the examination, you should hand in both the question paper and the answer sheets.

INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES
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 fifteen marks.

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This question paper consists of 14 printed pages and 2 blank pages.
© UCLES 2004

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Entry Level Certificate in English (ESOL) - Entry 3

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Answer:

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B

C

Saturday's Disco

A

There aren't any tickets left.
Anyone who ordered a ticket
andhasn't given me the
money should do so before
tomorrow.
José Martin

Example:

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C Press the button to close the lift doors.

B Press the button while the doors are closing.

A Press the button after the doors close.

C Reserved tickets for the disco must be paid
for today.

B It is possible to reserve a disco ticket if you
do so by tomorrow.

A Tickets for the discocan be collected after
tomorrow.

C Remember your luggage when you leave.

B Do not let someone else look after your
luggage.

A You must stay with your luggage at all times.

Look at the text in each question.
What does it say?
Mark the correct letter A, B, or C on your answer sheet.

Questions 1-5

Part 1

Reading

2

5

4

3

Missa – your Spanish class
Missa - yourSpanish class
is on Friday evening this
is on Friday evening this
week instead of Thursday,
week instead of Thursday,
starting 15 minutes earlier
starting 15 minutes earlier
than usual.
than usual.

( Message

Did I leave a scarf in your house?
The problem is it’s not mine – I
borrowed it and I must give it
back.

Pablo
Fatima

3

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C Unopened bottles of medicinemust be
thrown away within one month.

B This bottle contains enough medicine for one
month.

A You can use this medicine up to one month
after opening it.

C will no longer be on Thursday.

B will be a day later than normal.

A will not be in the evening this week.

Missa's Spanish class

C look for the borrowed scarf

B lend her a scarf

A return the scarf he borrowedWhat does Fatima want Pablo to do?

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Monica is a history teacher in London. She enjoys reading
about the history of people in other parts of the world and how
events changed their lives.

Silvia likes reading true stories which people have written about
themselves. She's particularly interested in people who have
had unusual or difficult lives.

Daniel is a computer salesman whospends a lot of time
travelling abroad on planes. He enjoys detective stories which
he can read easily as he gets interrupted a lot.

Takumi doesn’t have much free time so he reads short stories
which he can finish quickly. He likes reading stories about
ordinary people and the things that happen to them in today's
world.

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8

9

10

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Ali enjoys reading crime...