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HOW TO PREPARE PET EXAM ( B1 LEVEL)

Cambridge English: Preliminary, también conocido como Preliminary English Test (PET), es un examen de nivel intermedio. Certifica que eres capaz de utilizar sus competencias lingüísticas en inglés para trabajar, para estudiar y para viajar.
Con la equiparación de los estudios superiores en Europa,tendrás que certificar tu nivel de inglés a la hora de optar al mercado laboral y al terminar una carrera universitaria.
Creo en ti y en tus posibilidades,sólo necesitas entrenamiento.Para empezar te muestro un esquema sobre las partes de este examen y después un link donde podrás ver los tipos de ejercicios que hay que realizar:

Paper	Content	Marks (% of total)	Purpose
Reading and Writing (1 hour 30 minutes)	Reading: 5 parts/ 35 questions Writing: 3 parts/ 7 questions	50%	Shows you can read and understand the main points from signs, newspapers and magazines, and can use vocabulary and structure correctly.
Listening (30 minutes, plus 6 minutes' transfer time)	4 parts/ 25 questions	25%	You have to be able to follow and understand a range of spoken materials including announcements and discussions about everyday life.
Speaking (10–12 minutes per pair of candidates)	4 parts	25%	Shows how good your spoken English is as you take part in conversation by asking/answering questions and talking, for example, about your likes and dislikes. Your Speaking test will be conducted face to face with one or two other candidates and two examiners. This makes your test more realistic and more reliable.

En este enlace podrás ver los diferentes tipos de ejercicios en cada una de las partes en  información para candidatos.
Después práctica y estudio, práctica y estudio ....más práctica y más estudio
YES WE CAN!!!

 

 Online PET EXAM   just follow the instructions and practise :

Reading and Writing sample

Listening sample

SAMPLE EXAMS

Here you'll find information about the exam, practice tests, vocabulary exercises and grammar activities to help you succeed in your exam preparation. Come back regularly as we'll be adding more materials every week  PET SAMPLES.

READING AND WRITING PART

To prepare this part see also Vocabulary topics and Grammar explanations.

LISTENING PART

 How can I improve my listening skills?

Try listening to real people speaking. You can find many different things to listen to online on websites and you may find it easier to watch videos so that you can see the person speaking at the same time as listening to them. You could
listen to:

• videos on the Cambridge English TV  YouTube channel
• the recordings in the balloon burst game in Funland
• News, dramas and documentaries on English TV channels
• sample chapters from Cambridge University Press graded readers 
• epIsodes of a drama called The Flatmates on the BBC World Service website  www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/flatmates/ (you can find worksheets to go with these episodes too.

SPEAKING PART

To prepare this part see also HOW TO PASS PET SPEAKING PART

In this link you'll print exercises for the exam PRINTABLE EXAMS

 

EXPRESSING OPINIONS II

EXPRESSING MY EMOTIONS

If you want to answer these questions What do you think about the video? How does it make you feel? in an excellent way follow the instructions:

I feel...   

because it's...

Examples:
I feel happy and peaceful because it's pleasant.
I feel funny because it's excited and amused.

EXPRESSING OPINIONS I

Below are some phrases that you can use to help express opinions. Some of these phrases are more appropriate for written English such as giving your opinion in an essay whereas some can also be used in spoken English.

Personal Point of View

We use these words and phrases to express a personal point of view:

• In my experience…
• As far as I'm concerned…
• Speaking for myself…
• In my opinion…
• From my point of view...
• Personally, I think…
• I'd say that…
• I'd suggest that…
• I'd like to point out that…
• I believe that…
• What I mean is…

Examples:

• How acceptable is it for wild animals to be kept in zoos?
  I believe that it is quite unacceptable for animals to be kept in zoos. It seems to me that when they are confined to a cage they never have enough room to move around. I would argue that it is kinder to allow a rare animal to die naturally in the wilds rather than to prolong its life artificially in a zoo
• From my point of view it makes no difference whether you return on Saturday night or Sunday morning.
  
• From a political point of view, the agreement of the UN is extremely important.
  
  
• From the point of view of safety, always wear a helmet when you are on the building site.

General Point of View

We use these words and phrases to express a point of view that is generally thought by people:

• It is thought that...
• Some people say that...
• It is considered...
• It is generally accepted that...

Agreeing with an opinion

We use these words and phrases to agree with someone else's point of view:

• Of course.
• You're absolutely right.
• Yes, I agree.
• I think so too.
• That's a good point.
• Exactly.
• I don't think so either.
• So do I.
• I'd go along with that.
• That's true.
• Neither do I.
• I agree with you entirely.
• That's just what I was thinking.
• I couldn't agree more.

Disagreeing with an opinion

We use these words and phrases to disagree with someone else's point of view:

• That's different.
• I don't agree with you.
• However…
• That's not entirely true.
• On the contrary…
• I'm sorry to disagree with you, but…
• Yes, but don't you think…
• That's not the same thing at all.
• I'm afraid I have to disagree.
• I'm not so sure about that.
• I must take issue with you on that.
• It's unjustifiable to say that...

• Clarifying an opinion

  It may sometimes be necessary to explain a thought in greater detail. Useful linking expressions for doing this include:
  By this I mean…
  Here I'm referring to…
  To be more precise…
  That is to say…

Example:

• By spending money on confining wild animals to zoos, we are wasting resources. By this I mean there are more urgent economic problems to deal with: hospitals and schools should be our first priority.

PEOPLE DESCRIPTION by BusyTeacher

What Does She Look Like?

To us native speakers it feels quite obvious what this question is asking, but for ESL students it may be easily confused with the more idiomatic question of What is she like?

What does he or she look like is a question that is a perfect jumping off point for some combined grammar practice.

Keep excess language to a minimum and describe the concept of appearance and describing people and objects. You can begin with basic appearance subjects such as: hair color, eye color, height and weight, and then move into the more general subjects that describe overall appearance with opposites. Here are some examples of what you’ll want to include:

• Blond hair
• Blue eyes
• Mustache/beard/goatee
• Wears glasses
• Bald/balding
• Long/short hair
• Straight—curly
• Shapes: circular, round, square, rectangular, oval, big, small

Also some opposites to include:

• Tall—short
• Handsome/beautiful/attractive/lovely—ugly/unattractive
• Pretty/cute—plain
• Young/old
• Heavy-set (a better option than fat)—thin/slim/slender

What Is She like?

This question sounds similar to the one above but has a totally different meaning. We are no longer focusing on physical appearance, but character. This is referring to someone’s personality. Here are some good adjectives to start with and add to. As always provide clear definitions with concrete examples:

• Confident
• Smart/intelligent/clever
• Silly/funny
• Nice/lovely/cute
• Sweet
• Generous
• Honest
• Friendly
• Shy/quiet
• Outgoing
• Polite/rude 
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Describe pictures or photos

In some speaking exams you have to talk about photos or pictures. The video and tips below will help you to do really well in this type of speaking exam.

- See more at: http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/exams/speaking-exams/describe-photo-or-picture#sthash.YrPTTZHx.dpuf

If you are asked to describe a photo or a picture in the exam, here is some language you can use:

What is in the picture?

In the picture I can see ...
There’s / There are ...
There isn’t a ... / There aren’t any ...

Say what is happening with the present continuous

The man is ...ing
The people are ...ing
It’s raining.

Where in the picture?

At the top/bottom of the picture ...
In the middle of the picture ...
On the left/right of the picture ...
next to
in front of
behind
near
on top of
under

If something isn’t clear

It looks like a ...
It might be a ...
He could be ...ing
Maybe it’s a ...

- See more at: http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/exams/speaking-exams/describe-photo-or-picture#sthash.YrPTTZHx.dpuf

REPORTED SPEECH PRACTICE

Explanation and exercices:
REPORTED SPEECH http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/reported-speech
exercices http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/reported.htm

CONDITIONALS

From zero to third conditionals

And do exercises at: Mixed conditionals

Passive and active Voice

Active and Passive Voice

Present perfect

Quiz
Present Perfect on target

Different types of thinking

SHORT FILMS

During this year we have worked with films in English classes to improve our skills about this language.It has been a very motivating tool for pupils and the teacher.These are some of the videos we have worked about.Some are cartoons ,others short films but all are meaningful for us:

ALMA  http://youtu.be/dUH5RnBESgc

THE SMOKE SELLER http://youtu.be/dwWqMgddes4

THE LADY AND THE REAPER http://youtu.be/tnJCFVUhghU

THE DESK http://youtu.be/k_kIyihNd-A

LOVE SICK  http://youtu.be/JFDAvcwDPTA

EMI http://youtu.be/lXtK12q7qJw

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING http://youtu.be/IP8psM4LWXk

2+2=5 http://youtu.be/EHAuGA7gqFU

ENGLISH DICTIONARY

http://oxforddictionaries.com/

TIPS FOR LEARNING ENGLISH

Use this link and follow the tips for learning English,Enjoy!!!

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5146C9A4FD908B6D