Cambridge English: Preliminary for Schools is made up of three papers developed to test students’ English skills. You can see exactly what’s in each paper below.
Paper | Content | Marks (% of total) |
Purpose |
---|---|---|---|
Reading and Writing |
Reading: Writing: |
50% |
Students need to be able to read texts from signs, newspapers and magazines and understand the main points. They will need to show they can use vocabulary and structure by completing tasks such as producing a short message, and writing a story or letter of around 100 words. |
Listening |
4 parts/ |
25% |
Students need to show they can understand the meaning of a range of recorded spoken material, including announcements, interviews and discussions about everyday life. They will also need to be able to understand the attitudes and intentions of the speakers. |
Speaking |
4 parts |
25% |
Students take part in a conversation, asking and answering questions, and talking freely about their likes and dislikes. They take the Speaking test with another candidate or in a group of three. |