WHAT WILL YOU FIND IN A B1 EXAM??? (CAMBRIDGE)

PAPER 1 READING AND WRITING (1 hour 30 minutes)

1 - Reading (5 parts and 35 questions):

a)      Three Option Multiple Choice (5 questions).

b)      Matching (5 questions).

c)      True / False (10 questions).

d)     Four Option Multiple Choice (5 questions).

e)      Four Option Multiple Choice Cloze (10 questions) .

2- Writing

a)      Sentence transformations (5 questions).

b)      Short Communicative Message (1 exercise).

c)      Longer Piece of Continuous Writing (1 exercise).

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PAPER 2: LISTENING (around 30 minutes)

There are 4 parts. You will hear each part twice. 

a)      Multiple choice (short monologues or dialogues).

b)      Multiple choice (longer monologue or an interview).

c)      Gap-fill.

d)     True / False.

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PAPER 3: SPEAKING (10-12 minutes)

You will do this part in pairs or group of three.

a) A conversation between the interlocutor and each candidate (answer questions about yourself, your past experiences and past).

b) A simulated situation which candidates do together (discuss a task based on pictures).

c) An extended turn for each candidate (talk about a photograph for approximately 1 minute).

d)  A general conversation between the candidates (discuss topics related to the photographs).

Let's practice English with a funny TV Show!!! EPISODE 1

Last week I heard about this TV Show designed to learn English, so I thought it'd be funny to work in the classroom with it.

Let's start with the first episode!!!!

After watching the first part of this EPISODE 1, you can do the following exercises:

1. Explain what's happening.
2. Find and write down all the verbs that appear in the dialogues. Classify them into regular and irregular verbs.
3. Find and write down all the nouns. Classify them into countable and non-countable nouns.
4. Identify the verb tenses used in the dialogues.
5. Create different dialogues for the scenes.

Now, do the same after you've watched part 2 of EPISODE 1:

GRAMMAR TOPICS FOR B1 EXAMINATION (CAMBRIDGE PET)

These are the grammar topics you need to pass your Cambridge B1 examination. 

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B1 Grammar topics

Alternative comparison 

Both, either, neither 

Conditional, 2nd 

Conditional, 3rd 

Connecting words 

Embedded questions 

Future Continuous 

So, such, too, enough 

May, might + adverbs of probability 

Modals for Recommendations 

Modals for Past Deduction  

Modals for Present Deduction 

Prepositions of place 

Prepositions of time 

Present Perfect Continuous 

Present Perfect vs Past Simple 

Passives  

Past Perfect  

Reported Speech 

Question Tags 

Should have 

CHARACTERISTIC OF B1: Preliminary (CAMBRIDGE PET)

Exam format

Paper	Content	Marks (% of total)	Purpose
Reading and Writing  (1 hour 30 minutes)	Reading:  5 parts/  35questions Writing:  3 parts/  7questions	50%	Shows you can read and understand the main points from signs, newspapers and magazines, and can use vocabulary and structure correctly.
Listening  (36 minutes, including 6 minutes' transfer time)	4 parts/  25questions	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.

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