OBJECTIVE
for Schools
Practice Test Booklet
WITH A N S W E R S
Louise Hashemi
Barbara Thomas
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CAMBRIDGE
U N I V E R S I T Y PRESS
Contents
Contents
Acknowledgements
4
Introduction
5
Test 1
Paper 1
6
Paper 2
19
Paper 3
25
Visual materials for Paper 3
(Tests 1 and 2)
26
Test 2
Paper 1
30
Paper 2
43
Paper 3
49
Test 1
Key
50
Test 2
Key
57
Test 1
Paper 3 Examiner's script
65
Test 2
Paper 3 Examiner's script
69
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Acknowledgements
T h e authors and publishers acknowledge the following sources of copyright material and are grateful for the permissions granted. While every effort has been made, it has not always been possible to identify the sources of all
the material used, or to trace all copyright holders. If any omissions are brought to our notice, we will be happy
to include the appropriate acknowledgements on reprinting.
Cambridge ESOL for the table on page 5 with reference to ALTE Can Do statements. Copyright © UCLES 2009;
First News for the adapted article on p. 11 'Fish farming for the future' written by Aimswell, First News 16-22 May
2008, for the listening exercise and adapted article on p. 22 'Making a buzz' written by Piers Morgan, First News
16-22 May 2008. Copyright © First News 2008. Reproduced with kind permission.
Artwork a c k n o w l e d g e m e n t s
Illustrations by John Batten.
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Author a c k n o w l e d g e m e n t s
The authors would like to thank Sara Bennett and Joanne Hunter for their editorial support, and eMC
Design for their design solutions.
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Introduction
Introduction
This booklet contains t w o c o m p l e t e practice tests for the University of C a m b r i d g e ESOL Examinations
Preliminary English Test for Schools. T h e tests cover topics typically included in the e x a m a n d also the
Objective PET Student's Book. Students c a n use these tests on their o w n or with a teacher.
PET for Schools is a n e w version of t h e PET e x a m for candidates b e t w e e n the ages of 11 a n d 14. PET
for Schools has t h e s a m e format a n d task types as PET, a n d t h e level of the t w o versions is identical,
but the content a n d topics are dealt with in w a y s which reflect the experiences a n d interests of
y o u n g e r candidates.
PET is at level B1 of t h e Council of Europe C o m m o n European F r a m e w o r k of Reference for Languages.
T h e following ' C a n D o ' statements s h o w w h a t language learners at PET ( B l ) level are generally able to
do.
T y p i c a l abilities
Listening a n d S p e a k i n g
Reading and Writing
Overall g e n e r a l
ability
C A N understand straightforward
instructions or public a n n o u n c e m e n t s .
C A N express simple opinions on abstract/
cultural matters in a limited w a y or offer
advice within a known area.
C A N understand routine information a n d
articles.
C A N write letters or m a k e notes on familiar
or predictable matters.
Social a n d Leisure
C A N understand the main points of TV
p r o g r a m m e s on familiar topics.
C A N talk about things such as films a n d
music a n d describe his/her reactions to
them.
C A N understand factual articles in
magazines a n d letters f r o m friends
expressing personal opinions.
C A N write to his/her friends about the
books, music a n d films that he/she likes.
School and Study
C A N understand instructions on classes and
h o m e w o r k given by a teacher or lecturer.
C A N repeat back w h a t people say to check
that he/she has understood.
C A N give detailed practical instructions on
h o w to do s o m e t h i n g he/she k n o w s well.
C A N understand most information of a
factual nature in his/her school subjects.
C A N write a description of an event, for
e x a m p l e a school trip.
C A N take basic notes in a lesson.
T h e PET e x a m is part of the C a m b r i d g e ESOL Main Suite e x a m s , w h i c h cover C E F R levels A2 to C2.
T h e following table* d e m o n s t r a t e s h o w the five Main Suite e x a m s correlate to the C E F R levels.
CPE
C2 Mastery
CAE
CI Effective proficiency
FCE
B2 Vantage
PET
KET
B l Threshold
A2 Waystage
T h e PET / PET for Schools e x a m is a lower-intermediate qualification in English a n d can also be a first
step for those wishing to progress t o w a r d s t h e First Certificate in English and other C a m b r i d g e
ESOL e x a m s .
G o o d luck with these tests, a n d with PET for Schools!
*© U C L E S 2008, produced with reference to A L T E C a n Do statements.
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Paper 1
(1 hour 30 minutes)
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:
You can only buy single tickets on this bus.
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RETURN FARES
ARE NOT AVAILABLE
B
Return tickets must always be shown.
C
A return ticket will save you money on this
bus.
A
Henri will leave Mia's bike at school.
B
Henri will return the bike before Mia goes
to school.
C
Henri is going out to meet Mia after school.
A
The entrance to the library is through the
computer rooms.
B
The entrance to the computer rooms has
changed.
C
The physics department is now used as
computer rooms.
ON THIS BUS
Answer:
COMPUTER
ROOMS
T H E NEW E N T R A N C E I S B E T W E E N
THE P H Y S I C S D E P A R T M E N T AND
THE L I B R A R Y
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Paper 1 : Reading and Writing
STUDENTS WITHOUT
MEAL TICKETS FOR
TODAY MUST PAY FOR
ALL FOOD, SNACKS
AND DRINKS
A
You cannot use a ticket to pay for your
meal today.
B
If you need a meal ticket, you can pay for
it here.
C
You have to pay for meals if you don't have
a ticket.
A
This list should be signed by people who
want to go on the trip.
B
If you find your name on this list, you can
go on the trip.
C
The list shows who is allowed to go on the
trip.
A
Some of Guido's relatives are playing golf
with him this weekend.
B
Guido is preparing a surprise for his parents
at their new home.
O
ADD YOUR NAME TO THE
LIST IF YOU WANT TO
GO ON THE TRIP
As the weather has improved, Guido wants
Marc to play golf with him.
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Test 2
Listening Part 4
Questions 6 - 1 0
The teenagers below all want to attend a summer camp in the UK.
On the opposite page there are descriptions of eight summer camps for young people.
Decide which summer camp would be the most suitable for the following people.
For questions 6 - 10, mark the correct letter (A - H) on your answer sheet.
Nina and Peta would like to learn acting and singing skills. They'd
also like to try a new sport. They're happy to share a room with
each other, but not with other people.
Mikki wants a part-time English course with opportunities to spend
time outside trying different sports and activities. She wants family
accommodation as she's never stayed away from home before.
Hannu is hoping to find a holiday offering individual lessons with
experienced tennis teachers. He also wants to improve his English
and spend time with teenagers from other countries.
Benny and Tomas are very keen on science and would love to spend
a week with teenagers who share their interest. They'd also like to
be able to go swimming and watch films to relax.
Jean-Pierre loves going camping and reading books about spies. He's
looking for a holiday where he can share these interests and also
spend time in the open air with other teenagers.
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Paper 1 : Reading and Writing
Summer camps
Learn English w h e r e English children also
g o for their holidays. W i t h ActionCamp,
you'll s p e n d four m o r n i n g s a w e e k learning
English, using g r a d e d tasks a n d g a m e s a n d
acting out everyday situations. The rest of
y o u r t i m e y o u take part in t e a m sports a n d
other o u t d o o r activities. You'll stay w i t h
a friendly family who'll entertain y o u at
weekends.
All Rounders offers two activities each day.
Spend each morning doing football, horse
riding, tennis, singing or English lessons
and in the afternoon try trips to the cinema,
theatre or the seaside. Or go walking in the
beautiful countryside around the campsite.
Sportcamp offers teenagers from
the UK and abroad coaching from
specialist teachers in groups or alone.
Five different levels in swimming,
athletics, tennis, golf and dance are
available. Plus, for our foreign students,
English language is studied in a relaxed
atmosphere. Share a well-equipped
lodge with up to six others.
A t Summerfun you stay at the home of a
local family with another student in a double
room. Y o u take part in exciting sports and
water sports as well as other activities
including music, dance, singing and drama.
Enjoy the beach and all the fun offered by
being in a lively city by the sea.
If you choose to attend a week's training
at Special Agents' Camp, you will learn
how to use codes for secret messages, makeup and acting skills for undercover work,
judo to protect yourself from enemies, and
outdoor survival skills such as making fires,
climbing and mountain biking, necessary for
chasing or escaping. Sleep under the stars in
well-equipped tents.
W i t h its s a n d y b e a c h , p r i v a t e c i n e m a ,
a n d c o m f o r t a b l e hostel a c c o m m o d a t i o n ,
Stake House is ideal for h o l i d a y f u n .
O u r special-interest c a m p s i n c l u d e filmmaking, using the purpose-built studio,
a n d i n v e n t o r s ' school, w h e r e q u a l i f i e d
a n d enthusiastic teachers h e l p y o u
choose a n d c o m p l e t e c r a z y e n g i n e e r i n g
projects or original e x p e r i m e n t s in
c h e m i s t r y a n d physics.
W o u l d y o u like to paint all week, or carry
out scientific e x p e r i m e n t s ? Or s t u d y the
m e t h o d s of real a n d fictional s p i e s ? Or
write a n d perform a p l a y ? C o m e to
Hobby Camp, meet our enthusiastic
staff a n d m a k e friends from E n g l a n d a n d
a r o u n d the world. A c c o m m o d a t i o n with
local families.
On our Sports for All programme you focus
on three sports a week, staying in a hostel.
You spend mornings on your chosen sport,
and afternoons are divided between two
others. We offer tennis, golf, swimming, horse
riding, basketball, badminton, squash, water
polo and wall climbing.
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Testl
Reading Part 3
Questions 11 - 20
Look at the sentences below about fish farming in Tobago.
Read the text on the opposite page to decide if each sentence is correct or incorrect.
If it is correct, mark A on your answer sheet.
If it is not correct, mark B on your answer sheet.
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Some of the fish caught by local fishermen is sold.
12
Local fishermen avoid catching young fish.
13
The school programme aims to encourage more local people to eat fish.
14
Mr Peters runs a holiday company as well as working as a teacher.
15
The children are learning about a fish which lives in fresh water.
16
Aimswell sells the fish they produce at school.
17
The students are trying out different kinds of food for their fish.
18
Mr Peters would like the school project to influence people all over Tobago.
19
Aimswell is keen on the school fish farm for several reasons.
20
The students are looking forward to cooking the tilapia.
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Paper 1 : Reading and Writing
Fish farming for the future
by Aimswell, 14, Tobago
I'm A i m s w e l l and I live on the island of T o b a g o in
the W e s t Indies. Like lots of people here, my father
is a fisherman and he taught me to fish w h e n I was
about five. I love it and have even w o n s o m e prizes
in fishing competitions. Local people here fish f o r
themselves and s o m e of them even supply fish to
the big hotels. Recently everyone has started to
notice that there are not as many fish in the sea as
there used to be and the fish that we are catching
n o w are really small, still young. If everyone keeps
catching all the fish w h e n they are so young, we
may soon run out.
I am involved in a p r o g r a m m e at my school to find
eat in about f o u r months. We have t w o different
a way f o r people in Tobago to be able to continue
types of tilapia and they will each taste different
eating fish w i t h o u t making the ones in the sea rare.
w h e n we eat them at last. They are really easy to
My teacher, Mr Peters, started it a little while ago
look after as all they need to eat is w a t e r plants
with help f r o m a holiday company and a UK charity
w h i c h w e g r o w here t o o . M r Peters hopes that
that cares for places w h e r e people go on holiday.
w h e n all the kids at my school go h o m e and s h o w
T h e project is teaching all the kids in my school
their parents h o w we have g r o w n fish at school,
about fishing sustainably. This means learning about
they can do the same at home. He hopes that one
ways that we can eat fish w i t h o u t running o u t in
day everyone in Tobago will be able to do it.
the future. We are farming a freshwater fish called
tilapia which people can g r o w in their homes and
gardens in tanks, instead of catching lots of fish o u t
of the seas.
I love w o r k i n g on the project because it is fun but
also because it teaches us business skills and ways
to help p r o t e c t the environment. F o r example,
none of the w a t e r we use for the fish is wasted as
W e l o o k after the fish during o u r agricultural
we use it to w a t e r o u r vegetables.
science lessons. It's my favourite lesson because we
get to go outside and w o r k in o u r school vegetable
garden and look after the fish. I am in charge of the
fish at the moment. They will g r o w big enough to
It w o n ' t be long until o u r fish are big enough to eat
and then we will learn s o m e nice recipes so we can
c o o k and enjoy them at last.
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Test 2
Listening Part 4
Questions 21 - 25
Read the text below and answer the questions opposite.
For each question, mark the correct letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.
The Hockey Dad - one to watch?
There's an old saying in the theatre world
'Never work with children or animals'.
It's a great pity that Harold Greymont has
never heard this piece of advice, or if he
has come across it, that he didn't pay more
attention to it. It's not so much that The
Hockey Dad is a bad film, although I can't
find many reasons for saying it's a good
one. It's more that it makes me angry. The
thing that annoys me is that Greymont is
a brilliant actor. Anyone who saw him in
Romeo and Juliet on the stage in New York
knows that. So what's he doing in this kind
of nonsense?
It's a story about a shy, small-town bank
clerk who is temporarily mistaken for the
manager of the unsuccessful hockey team
at his son's primary school. He has to find
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a way to encourage the players when they
are about to play the regional champions,
who haven't been beaten for three seasons.
His unusual methods are surprisingly
successful and by the middle of the season
the team has done much better than
anyone expected.
Unfortunately, there's trouble waiting
because the real team manager (who is
an unpopular local businessman) is very
jealous of him. But, surprise, surprise, the
team's school friends find a way to solve
his problems. I won't say how, as it's the
only part of the film that's even slightly
original or amusing. If you see it, you'll be
annoyed with me for telling you. But my
advice is, when it comes to a cinema near
you - go and play hockey instead.
Paper 1 : Reading and Writing
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What is the writer trying to do in the text?
A
compare the attractions of the theatre and the cinema
B
compare Harold Greymont with another actor
C
give an opinion about working with children in films
D
22
23
24
25
give an opinion about The Hockey Dad
The writer suggests that in this film Harold Greymont
A
is wasting his talent.
B
doesn't understand how to talk to children.
C
isn't good at comedy.
D
gives a surprisingly good performance.
Why did the writer mention Romeo and Juliet?
A
It's an example of a really good play.
B
Greymont proved that he was a good actor in it.
C
It was produced in New York.
D
The central characters are very young.
What caused problems for Harold Greymont's character in this film?
A
the age of the members of the team
B
his lack of experience in hockey
C
the attitude of the champion team's manager
D
the feelings of the businessman who usually manages the team
Which one of these DVD guides is describing The Hockey Dad?
B
A quiet man discovers an
A father succeeds in earning his
unexpected talent for hockey
son's respect in spite of the fact
and is surprised when he
he's no good at sport.
becomes a star player.
C
D
A bank clerk finds a way to help
A businessman realises that
a school sports team improve
spending money doesn't always
their performance.
bring success in the world of
sport.
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Test 2
Listening
Part
4
Questions 26 - 35
Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space.
For each question, mark the correct letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.
Example:
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A
both
B
neither
C
also
D
yet
Running shoes
Running is now very popular with teenagers in many countries (0)
as a sport and as a way of keeping fit. (26)
if you only run twice
to wear good shoes. (28)
a week, you (27)
choice in running shoes, so decide how (29)
you can afford to pay
for your shoes, then find a pair that fits you (30)
to (31)
is a lot of
Be prepared
different sizes in different shoes. If you wear adult shoes,
remember that women's are made narrower (32)
men's and,
although most girls and women will find a woman's shoe which suits them,
there is no reason (33)
they shouldn't wear a man's shoe. The
same is true for men and boys - (34)
better, then wear it. If you (35)
a woman's shoe fits you
a mistake and buy the wrong
shoes, you may do serious damage to your feet.
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Paper 1 : Reading and Writing
26
A
Although
B
But
C
Also
D
Even
27
A
would
B
should
C
need
D
must
28
A
It
B
There
C
This
D
That
29
A
far
B
long
C
many
D
much
30
A
good
B
best
C
better
D
well
31
A
look
B
ask
C
try
D
experiment
32
A
as
B
like
C
than
D
from
33
A
why
B
as
C
therefore
D
for
34
A
since
B
because
C
so
D
if
35
A
do
B
make
C
cause
D
decide
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Test 2
Listening Part 4
Questions 1 - 5
Here are some sentences about a café.
For each question, complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first.
Use no more than three words.
Write only the missing words on the answer sheet.
Example:
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Shall we have lunch at the new café in the square?
What
lunch at the new café in the square?
Answer:
1
The café is called Amazing Taste.
The name
2
is
Amazing
I haven't been here before.
This is the first time I
3
for students.
He recommended the soup of the day.
He said I
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all the food.
My friend told me it was cheap enough for students.
My friend told me it wasn't
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here.
All the food is cooked by the café owner.
The café owner
4
Taste.
try the soup of the day.
Paper 1: Reading and Writing
Writing Part 2
Question 6
Last week your English friend, Jack, lent you his dictionary. You promised to return it by yesterday but
you didn't.
Write an email to Jack. In your email, you should
•
apologise for not returning the dictionary
•
explain why you couldn't see him yesterday
•
offer to bring it to his house today.
Write 35 - 45 words on your answer sheet.
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Test
2
Listening Part 4
Write an answer to one of the questions (7 or 8) in this part.
Write your answer in about 100 words.
Mark the question number in the box at the top of your answer sheet.
Question 7
•
This is part of a letter you receive from an English penfriend.
•
Now write a letter to your penfriend, answering the questions.
•
Write your letter on your answer sheet.
Question 8
.
Your English teacher has asked you to write a story.
•
Your story must begin with this sentence:
I had a
•
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very exciting day on my birthday.
Write your story on your answer sheet.
Paper 2: Listening
Paper 2
(35 minutes)
Listening Part 1
Questions 1 - 7
There are seven questions in this part.
For each question, choose the correct answer, A, B or C.
Example:
1
What is the boy going to buy?
Where will the girl meet her friend?
B
2
When does the man want to watch a television programme?
B
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Test 1 Key
3
Which sport does the girl prefer to take part in?
A
4
What should the girl avoid eating?
A
What was the weather like during their walk?
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B
B
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