Success story Cambridge English: Preliminary for Schools

I took the exam because I wanted to find out how good I am at English. The day of the exam I felt
very nervous because Ive never had a similar experience before. But when I saw the tasks I felt
safer and became calm. Every task was explained well and Im just glad that I had the chance to do
the exam.
Bernd Koch
Cambridge English: Preliminary candidate
Cambridge English: Preliminary for Schools enables you to:
Prove students have practical English for everyday use
Offer students a qualification specifically designed for them
Cambridge English: Preliminary for Schools is a version of Cambridge English:
Preliminary that isparticularly targeted at the interests and experiences
of school children. It is at the same level asCambridge English:
Preliminary and follows exactly the same format.
Cambridge English: Preliminary for Schools is based on familiar topics and
situations so it:
suits the interests of students

increases their motivation to learn English

gives them confidence to use their language skills to move on to

further qualifications.
Choose where, when and how students take the exam
Trust a high-quality test that is fair to everyone
Offer your students globally accepted certificates
Get lots of support to help students achieve success

Pretesting ensuring our exams are reliable

Before any of our exams are released for use, up to 150,000 real learners around the world pretest
them to ensure that they are accurate and fair.
Find out more about pretesting, how it benefits learners, teacher and schools, and how you can take
part

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Success story Cambridge English: Preliminary for Schools

I took the exam because I wanted to find out how good I am at English. The day of the
exam I felt very nervous because Ive never had a similar experience before. But when I
saw the tasks I felt safer and became calm. Every task was explained well and Im just glad
that I had the chance to do the exam.
Bernd Koch
Cambridge English: Preliminary candidate
Cambridge English: Preliminary for Schools enables you to:
Prove students have practical English for everyday use
Cambridge English: Preliminary for Schools is an intermediate level
qualification that shows a student can use everyday written and spoken
English.
Preparing for the exam helps learners develop skills to communicate in English
and:

deal with everyday events

read simple textbooks or magazine articles

write letters on familiar subjects

take notes in a lesson.

What level is Cambridge English: Preliminary for Schools?

Cambridge English: Preliminary for Schools is set at Level B1 of the Common
European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). Reaching this level
means a student can:

understand the main points of straightforward instructions or public

announcements
deal with everyday situations when going out
ask simple questions and take part in factual conversations with
friends, family and at school
write letters or make notes on familiar matters.

Offer students a qualification specifically designed for them

Choose where, when and how students take the exam
Trust a high-quality test that is fair to everyone
Offer your students globally accepted certificates
Get lots of support to help students achieve success

Pretesting ensuring our exams are reliable

Before any of our exams are released for use, up to 150,000 real learners around the world
pretest them to ensure that they are accurate and fair.
Find out more about pretesting, how it benefits learners, teacher and schools, and how you
can take part

Colegio Mayor students take the PET because they not only want to know
how good they are at English but also they want to know which areas they
need most practice in, and gives them experience and confidence in taking
tests.