Professional Documents
Culture Documents
PET Buster PDF
PET Buster PDF
PET Buster
ISBN
978-88-536-1269-4
ISBN
978-88-536-1268-7
ISBN
ISBN
978-88-536-1271-7
978-88-536-1270-0
Summary of PET
There are three Papers in the Cambridge ESOL PET examination: Paper 1: Reading and Writing, Paper 2: Listening and
Paper 3: Speaking. Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking are each worth 25% of the total marks. These are added
together to determine the final grade: Pass with Merit, Pass, Narrow Fail and Fail.
PAPER 1
90 minutes
Task
Number of questions
Part
1
10
10
Part
Task
Number of questions
PAPER 2
Part
1
2
3
4
LISTENING
30 minutes*
Task
Number of questions
7
6
6
6
PAPER 3
Part
SPEAKING
Task
Time
2-3 minutes
2-3 minutes
3 minutes
3 minutes
Contents map
Grammar /
Use of English
Topic
Unit 1
Pronunciation
Exam Buster
Adverbs of Frequency
Present Simple
Imperatives
Summer Festivals
(Comprehension
questions)
A note
True / False
Describing an
event
Speaking Part 1
Reading Habits
Comics and Books
Present Continuous
Present Simple v Present Continuous
Manga Time
(True / False)
E-mail
Multiple choice
Describing
characters
/n/ /m/ //
Speaking Part 3
Sports Activities
Teenage Sports
Phenomena
(Comprehension
questions)
Letter
Gap filling
Negotiating
// // //
Listening Part 1
Communication
and Technology
Must / Have to
Mustnt / Don't have to
Are mobile
phones safe?
(Comprehension
questions)
E-mail
True / False
Negotiating
/hv/
/hft/
Reading Part 1
Food and
Nutrition
Comparatives / Superlatives
Gap filling
Negotiating
Word Stress
Reading Part 2
Past Simple
Will Smith
(Comprehension
Questions)
Fact File
Gap filling
Describing a
photograph
Writing Part 2
Environmental
Matters
Present Perfect
Past Simple v Present Perfect
Paradise Lost
(True / False)
E-mail
Matching / Gap
filling
Describing a
photograph
/bin/
/bin/
Reading Part 3
Social Interaction
Used to
Sir Bob
(Multiple-choice
cloze)
Story
Multiple choice
Negotiating
/just/
Writing Part 1
Clothes
Past Continuous
Past Simple v
Past Continuous
The Price of
Fashion
(Comprehension
questions)
Story
Sentence
completion
Describing a
photograph
//
Listening Part 2
8 - 13
Reading Time !
Listening /
Speaking
Festivals
Festival Fun!
Unit 2
Reading /
Writing
14 - 19
Unit 3
Are you a good
sport?
20 - 25
Unit 4
Are you receiving
me?
26 - 31
Review Units 1 - 4
32 - 33
Unit 5
Healthy Eating?
34 - 39
Unit 6
Famous Faces
40 - 45
Unit 7
The world we live in
46 - 51
Unit 8
Peaceful People
52 - 57
Review Units 5 - 8
58 - 59
Unit 9
Fashion
60 - 65
Contents map
Topic
Unit 10
Music for your ears!
Grammar /
Use of English
Pronunciation
Exam Buster
Past Perfect
Past Perfect v Past Simple
Review of Tenses
Listening to
Music: Freedom
or Piracy?
(Multiple-choice
cloze)
Story
Matching /
comprehension
questions
Negotiating
/ei/ /e/
Speaking Part 4
Travel and
Holidays
Where on Earth
am I?
(Comprehension
questions)
E-mail
Matching /
comprehension
questions
Negotiating
Pronounced r
Silent r
Reading Part 4
Destinations
/want/
/wnt/
Listening Part 3
Education
Imperatives
Make and Let
Infinitives and Gerunds
Bullying
(Comprehension
questions)
Letter
Gap filling
Decribing a
photograph
/ju/ /
/
Listening Part 4
Relations with
other people
Friendship
(Multiple-choice
cloze)
Note
Multiple choice
Negotiating
/t/ /f/
Speaking Part 2
Entertainment
and Media
The Passive
The Causative
Reality Bites
(Comprehension
questions)
Note
True / False
Decribing a
photograph
/d / //
Reading Part 5
Shopping
Shopping Centres
(True / False)
Letter
Multiple choice
Negotiating
ll d
Writing Part 3
72 - 77
Unit 12
Listening /
Speaking
Music and
Technology
66 - 71
Unit 11
Reading /
Writing
78 - 83
Review Units 9 - 12
84 - 85
Unit 13
School life
86 - 91
Unit 14
Forever Friends
92 - 97
Unit 15
Whats on tonight?
98 - 103
Unit 16
Spend! Spend!
Spend!
104 - 109
Review Units 13 - 16
110 - 111
112 - 131
Grammar Reference
132 - 138
Phrasal Verbs
139 - 140
Visuals
141 - 143
Irregular Verbs
144
Introduction
Unit 1
Unit 1
Festival Fun!
Warm-up
Warm-up
Now
w answerr thesee questions.. Telll yourr partner.
a
Reading
Unit 8
Reading
3 Lookk att thee photoss andd givee yourr opinionn onn charityy events.
Sirr Bob
each
h space.
which
h match
h thee followingg definitions.
1 A is
B are
C be
D being
2 A of
B to
C from
D at
3 A slower
B faster
C slowest
D fastest
4 A wide
B huge
C big
D grand
5 A over
B up
C more
D much
6 A strengths B efforts
C tries
D helps
7 A habit
B manner
C way
D action
8 A from
B of
C enter
D by
Reading Tip
If you dont know which option to choose, try saying each word out loud to see if it sounds
right in the gap.
53
Grammar
Unit 6
Speaking
Speaking
6 Workk inn pairs.. Telll yourr partnerr whatt youu cann seee inn yourr photograph..
Grammar
Past Simple
7 Cann youu rememberr thee pastt simplee off thesee verbs?? Iff youree nott sure,, checkk thee articlee aboutt Willl Smiithh onn pagee 41!
started
____________
form
____________
find
____________
become ____________
win
be
____________
have
____________
prefer
____________
called
____________
record
____________
come
____________
add
____________
lose
____________
make
____________
start
get
8 Lookk att thee comicc andd writee a captionn forr eachh picture..
1
verbb in
n brackets.
Din
ask
____you______(ask)
him for his autograph?
10 Makee sentencess inn thee pastt simplee withh thee promptss below..
42
____________
____________
Speaking Tip
Use the following words to describe different areas of the picture: in the bottom right-hand corner,
top left-hand corner, background, foreground, middle of the picture.
Introduction
Listening
Pronunciation
Unit 14
Listening
11 Howw doo youu thinkk attitudess too lovee andd marriagee havee changedd overr thee ages?? Discusss yourr ideass withh a partner.
12 Noww listenn too ann extractt fromm a radioo programmee entitledd A historyy off love.. Forr eachh question,, putt a tickk ()) inn
thee correctt box.
T2.38
A
B
C
h Love.
h Money.
h Age.
Pronunciation
T2.38
B
C
Writing
T2.38
Exam Buster
T2.38
laugh /f/
might /t/
.............. ..............
.............. ..............
.............. ..............
.............. ..............
Writing
If the three options confuse you, consider how you would answer the question in your own
words and choose the option which best matches your own answer.
Listening Tip
95
Exam Buster 3
Exam Buster 3
4 Readd thee questionn andd describee thee differencess inn the
You can
learn a lot by
listening!
T2.38
Letss have
e a try!
pictures.
Listening
g Partt 1
Questionss 1-7
There are seven questions in this part. For each question there are three pictures and a short recording.
Choose the correct picture and put a tick in the box below it.
whatt you
u thinkk the
3 Readd thee questionn andd tickk I
e I 11.40
f I 212
g I 22
h I 6.10
in
n boxx A,, B,
Pointer 5 Listenn againn andd putt a tickk I
orr C..
I
I
T2.38
I
I
6 Listenn too thee recordingg forr Ex.. 4.. Choosee thee correct
picturee andd putt a tickk inn boxx A,, B,, orr C..
Putt them
m inn thee orderr youu hearr them.
Answer:
0 A B C
24
25
Review
At the end of every four units the students can check their
progress by completing the vocabulary, grammar, reading,
listening, writing and speaking activities provided in the two page
Review.
Review
4 Rearrangee thee wordss inn thee rightt order.. Thee firstt word
Practice Tests
Units 1-4
Vocabulary
Thanksgiving ?
a How do you celebrate ____________
Oh, our family always gather together and I have
a big dinner with my ________!
b ______ Sunday doesnt have a precise date.
It usually falls in March or April, though.
c Our local kite _______ for children takes place on
the first Saturday in June.
d What I like most about Carnival is watching the
______ in the streets.
e This musical event ______ the best artists from a
lot of different countries.
f Join our festival! You can help support our ______.
m (Present
3 Completee thee textt withh thee correctt form
Simplee orr Presentt Continuous)) off thee followingg verbbs.
SEATS IN THE
FRONT ROW
RESERVED FOR
ELDERLY PEOPLE
For each question, fill in the missing information in the numbered space.
d
e
5 Lookk att thee textt inn eachh question.. Whatt doess itt say?
A
B
C
Grammar
Partt 3
T2.38
Questionss 14-19
You will hear a woman talking to a tour group.
Reading
a
A
B
C
learn
A
B
C
T2.38
3
2
BREAK GLASS
ONLY IN CASE
OF DANGER
A You may be in danger if you break the glass.
B You can break the glass only for emergency use.
C You mustnt panic if the glass breaks.
Things to do at night:
4
5
32
129
Unit 1
Unit 1
Festival Fun!
Warm-up
Unit 1
Reading
Glastonbury Festival
In June Glastonbury hosts a huge contemporary music
event. Glastonbury Festival is the largest greenfield
festival in the world (past performers have included
Coldplay, Radiohead, The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Franz
Ferdinand). As well as having some of the best
contemporary pop, rock, folk and jazz music, Glastonbury
also supports charities such as Oxfam, Fairtrade, WaterAid
and Greenpeace. There are also talks on alternative
medicine and displays of environmentally friendly
products and techniques.
Eisteddfod
questions.
to their definitions.
1 choir
a fabulous
2 display
b long clothes
3 druid
4 floats
What is Eisteddfod?
5 greenfield
e pagan priest
6 robes
7 fab
Reading Tip
If you cant find an answer, leave it and come back to it later. You may find it when youre
reading the text (scanning) for a different answer.
Unit 1
Speaking
take place
put
wear
play
go
dance
takes place
The Festival of the Tuareg 1______________in
Ghadames, in the Libyan desert, every October.
It is a three day long festival full of music, dance and
traditions. The men 2__________ traditional turbans
Grammar
Adverbs of Frequency
See Grammar Reference page 132
around their heads and faces with only their eyes free.
The women 3__________ on bright, colourful clothes
of purple, blue, green or silver. They 4_________
traditional songs, 5______ and 6________ the imzad, a
type of violin, or drums. On the last day of the festival
everyone 7_________to the Great Dune to see a parade
of decorated white camels.
Present Simple
See Grammar Reference page 132
10
Speaking Tip
Imperatives
See Grammar Reference page 132
Give your partner as much information as you can, eg: type of festival, where it takes place, when, etc.
Unit 1
Listening
Kwanzaa
Kwanzaa
Chinese New Year
Hanukkah
a ...................................................................................................................
Hanukkah
A Hanukkah is the Festival of Lights.
B
/i/
/ai/
live
free
light
..........
CD 1
3
..........
..........
Writing
c ...................................................................................................................
CD 1
1
Listening Tip
Read the sentences carefully before you listen! First listening: listen for general meaning and decide
if the statements are true or false. Second listening: listen for more detailed meaning and check
your answers.
11
Exam Buster 1
what / name?
whats your name?
A: Now, ____________________________
B: Its Carlotta.
and / surname?
A: _________________________________
B: Its Lopez
12
CD 1
5
__ B __ D __ F G __ I __ K L M N __ P __ R S T __ V W __ Y __
CD 1
6
________________________________________
Exam Buster 1
Pointer 3 Always listen carefully.
It is important to listen carefully to the Examiners
questions. When you dont understand something, ask
the examiner to repeat it.
CD 1
7
L e t s have a try!
Speaking Part 1
Work with your partner and do Part 1 of the Speaking test; one is the Examiner and one is the Candidate.
Ask questions and give personal answers. Change roles.
Thank you.
13
Unit 1
Unit 2
Reading Time!
Warm-up
14
Unit 2
Reading
3 What do you know about Manga? Read the article and find out.
MANGA TIME
What is Manga?
Manga is the Japanese word for comics or print
cartoons, but outside Japan it usually refers to
comics only. The storylines cover every genre:
romance, comedy, gothic, horror and historic
fiction. Most Manga are in black and white,
although there are exceptions, for example, the
cover or first few pages might be in colour. The
word Manga means random pictures. Animated
cartoons such as Full Metal Alchemist, on the
other hand, are known as anime.
Its origins
Manga took its current form shortly after World War
II when Japanese artists were increasingly exposed to
western art. However, as far back as the 12th century
Japanese art often used simple graphics
and artists are still using this
technique today. It is a common
feature of todays Manga.
Osamu Tezuka
Reading Tip
The facts
The Japanese language does not have
singular or plural nouns so Manga can refer
to just one comic or to many comics.
Weekly sales of comics in Japan are
increasing day by day. They are now greater
than the complete annual output of the
American comic industry.
More and more people are going to Manga
cafs where you buy a drink and read Manga.
Japanese readers can read a 300 page Manga
in about 20 minutes.
tragic (paragraph 3)
Read the sentences and underline any keywords. Find similar words in the text and read the
information. Then decide if the statements are true or false.
15
Unit 2
Speaking
Celebrity Authors
Grammar
Present Continuous
Nowadays everyone
writes (write) books
2___________
Continuous.
a
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
f
16
_______________________________________
It might be a bestseller!
_______________________________________
Paul, Switzerland
Speaking Tip
Try and describe the characters as fully as possible. Say what they look like, what they are wearing
and what they are doing.
Unit 2
Listening
CD 1
8
2
1
A
B
C
book shop.
cultural centre.
history museum.
A
B
C
600,000 books.
60,000 books.
6,000 books.
A
B
C
famous artists.
large parties.
various exhibitions.
An award-winning journalist is
A
B
C
A
B
C
A
B
C
Listening Tip
CD 1
10
/m/
//
London
material
taking
......................
.......................
.......................
........................
........................
......................
.......................
.......................
........................
........................
......................
.......................
.......................
........................
........................
Writing
Read the options before you listen. First listening: tick the boxes in pencil.
Second listening: confirm your ideas.
17
Exam Buster 2
sunny
weather
dress
clothes
children
people
at home
places
writing
activities
Exam Buster 2
Pointer 5 Get organised.
CD 1
11
c folktale __________________________________
________________________________________
d library __________________________________
________________________________________
1 in the foreground
b a young woman
reading
c train tracks
3 in the background
summer.
Dont only talk about what you see. Include your personal
opinions and ideas, and use: perhaps, probably, may, might,
could, etc.
d In this picture I can see a young woman in her
L e t s have a try!
Speaking Part 3
19