Pet Sample

Preliminary
English
Test for Schools
PAPER 1 Reading and Writing
Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
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.

PRACTICE TEST
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Look at thetext in each question.
What does it say?
Mark the correct letter A , B or C on your answer sheet.
E xample:
0

Jack, can you bring the bicycle
you borrowed to my house
today?
Thanks,
Karl

Answer:

1

2

0

A

B

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.

C

BUSESTO THE
CITY CENTRE
LEAVE THIS BUS
STOP EVERY 20
MINUTES

Tom,
My mum forgot to get us any
snacks! Can you bring some
when you come to my house
tonight? Jake’s bringing lots of
CDs!

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.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.

Harry

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Ben,

A warn him he’ll be late for the film.

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

B ask him to contact her about the film.Ciara

C confirm the time the film begins.

4
A make sandwiches for his lunch
B take his lunchbox out of the fridge
C add his sandwiches to his lunchbox

5

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

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 spendduring Friday’s
school trip.

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The teenagers below all want to visit a museum exhibition in their city.
On the 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 thecorrect 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 used in design.

7

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
goodphotos.

8

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.

9

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

10

Karina is keen on art and photography. Shelikes 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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A

Smithson Museum

B

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!

C

Come and join the museum’s
guided walks along the river bank.
You’ll collect objects that have come
from the river, such as interesting
stones and old pieces of wood and
machines. And then try making
pictures with what you’ve picked
up!

Railton Museum

D

The Allen...