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 I’ve never had a similar experience before. But when I saw the tasks I felt safer and became calm. Every task was explained well and I’m just glad that I had the chance to do the exam.”Bernd Koch Cambridge English: Preliminary candidateCambridge English: Preliminary for Schools enables you to:

Prove students have practical English for everyday useOffer 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 examTrust a high-quality test that is fair to everyoneOffer your students globally accepted certificatesGet lots of support to help students achieve success

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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.

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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 I’ve never had a similar experience before. But when I

saw the tasks I felt safer and became calm. Every task was explained well and I’m 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 themChoose where, when and how students take the examTrust a high-quality test that is fair to everyoneOffer your students globally accepted certificatesGet lots of support to help students achieve successPretesting – 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.