2. Eligibility
The Cambridge Preliminary
English Test (PET)
examination is for candidates
who can use everyday written
and spoken English at an
intermediate level.
• PET is the right exam for you if
the following describes your
linguistic skills now or the level
of skills you are working
towards:
Is PET for you?
• Can you use English to:
• deal with everyday events?
• read simple textbooks or
magazine articles?
• write letters on familiar subjects?
• take notes in a meeting?
3. Description: The NEW PET Past Paper
Pack has been especially designed by
Cambridge ESOL to provide teachers
everything they need to give students
authentic practice for the PET
examination.
The pack contains:
• Ten copies of each of the PET papers
• Speaking Test materials, which
include candidate visuals and examiner
scripts
• Teacher Booklet containing answer
keys, mark schemes and sample
answers for Writing, tapescripts for the
Listening paper, and the assessment
criteria and a copy of the Cambridge
ESOL Common Scale for the Speaking
paper
• Resource Booklet with photocopiable
answer sheets, so the packs can be
reused with different groups of
students
• CD with audio recordings for the
Listening paper.
4. PET has three
papers – Reading
and Writing,
Listening, and
Speaking. The
Reading and
Writing paper
contributes 50% of
the total marks,
and the other two
papers each
contribute 25%.
5. • Cambridge English: First, also known
as First Certificate in English (FCE), is
an exam for people who need to prove
they can use everyday written and
spoken English at an upper-intermediate
level for work or study purposes.
6. Is FCE for you?
Can you...
• understand texts from a wide variety of sources?
• use English to make notes while someone is
speaking in English?
• talk to people about a wide variety of topics?
• understand people talking in English on radio or
television programmes?
7. What will FCE do for you?
• Cambridge ESOL is a department of
the world-famous and historic
University of Cambridge. Attaining
one of its certificates is an
achievement and a reward in itself.
However, there are many other
benefits to taking FCE:
1. an FCE certificate is valid for life
2. FCE is truly
international, recognised around the
world for business and study purposes
3. thousands of employers, universities
and government departments officially
recognise FCE as a qualification in
upper-intermediate English.
4. FCE gives you a pathway to higher
qualifications such as the Certificate in
Advanced English
(CAE) and Certificate of Proficiency
in English (CPE)
5. FCE's 'Can Do' skills give you the
confidence to use English in real
8. Cambridge English: Advanced (known
as Certificate in Advanced English -
CAE). This suite consists of five
examinations that have similar
characteristics but are designed for
different levels of English language
ability. Within the five levels, CAE is
at Level CI in the Council of Europe's
Common European Framework of
Reference for Languages: Learning,
teaching, assessment. It has also been
accredited by the Qualifications and
Curriculum Authority in the UK as a
Level 2 ESOL certificate in the
National Qualifications Framework.
The CAE examination is widely
recognised in commerce and industry
and in individual university faculties
and other educational institutions.
9. Cambridge English:
Advanced is developed
by University of Cambridge ESOL
Examinations.
It offers you:
• global recognition – more than
12,000 universities and colleges,
employers and government
departments around the world
accept Cambridge English
examinations
• flexibility – more exam dates mean
you can take the test when you want
• choice – Cambridge English:
Advanced is available as either a
paper-based or computer-based
exam to enable you to speak, read
and write English at an advanced
level.
