Preliminary English Test (PET)

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ABOUT PET

PET is a pre-intermediate-level Cambridge ESOL exam, at Level B1 of the Council of Europe's Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). What is Level B1?

What's in PET?

The table below shows you the different parts of PET. You can also view the PET papers in more detail.

Paper	Content	Time	Marks (% of total)
Reading and Writing	Reading: 5 parts/35 questions Writing: 3 parts/7 questions	1 hour 30 minutes	50%
Listening	4 parts/25 questions	about 30 minutes plus 6 minutes' transfer time	25%
Speaking	4 parts	10 - 12 minutes per pair of candidates	25%

SUPPORT FOR PET

To help you get started, Cambridge ESOL have lots of FREE material which you can download for PET.

Information for Candidates
These short booklets explain what's in the exam in more detail.

Download the PET Information for Candidates (English) (794 Kb)