Cambridge Exams
Pre A1 Starters for Pre-school Learners
A1 Movers for Pre-school Learners
A2 Flyers for Pre-school Learners
B1 Preliminary and Preliminary for Schools
B2 First and First for Schools
C1 Advanced
C2 Proficiency
Exam format
B1Preliminary is made up of three papers developed to test your English skills. You can see how the test is made up below.
| Paper | Content | % of total score | Purpose |
| Reading and Use of English (45 minutes) | 7 parts/ 52 questions | 40% | Students need to be able to understand a range of texts, including how they are organised and the opinions and attitudes expressed in them. The texts will be from sources familiar to school-aged learners, such as magazines, articles, fiction and advertisements, but targeted at the interests of students. Students’ use of English will be tested by tasks which show how well they can control their grammar and vocabulary. |
| Writing (1 hour 20 minutes) | 2 parts/ 2 questions | 20% | Students are required to produce two pieces of writing. The first piece is compulsory and will be an essay of 140–190 words. For the second, they can choose from an article, email/letter, essay, review or story of 140–190 words. |
| Listening (40 minutes, including 6 minutes’ transfer time) | 4 parts/ 30 questions | 20% | Requires being able to follow and understand a range of familiar spoken materials, such as news programmes, public announcements and other sources, but targeted at the interests of school-aged learners. |
| Speaking (12–17 minutes per pair of candidates) | 4 parts | 20% | A face to face test taken with one or two other candidates and an examiner. Students have to show how well they can produce spontaneous spoken language, talking with either the examiner, the other candidate, or by themselves. |
Sample Reading and Use of English for Schools
Writing for Schools
Sample Listening for Schools
Sample Speaking for Schools
Sample Reading and Use of English
Writing
Sample Listening
Sample Speaking
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