Preliminary (PET) Reading Part 6 is primarily a grammar test that focusses on B1 level structures, fixed phrases or even phrasal verbs. The gapped text has eight spaces which need to be completed with a single word. The key to success with this task is mastering the essential B1 level grammatical structures which often come up in this part of the exam. Here, you’ve got five open cloze activities that focus on different grammatical structures, so you’re prepared for whatever Cambridge can throw at you.
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How can you prepare for Preliminary (PET) Reading Part 6?
Preparing for this part of the exam involves knowing your B1 level grammar and syntax. You should be comfortable with grammar such as the simple, continuous and perfect aspects as well as some more complex constructions such as passive and conditionals. Understanding syntax, the way words combine to make sentences or phrases, is also a huge help in your ability to overcome PET Reading Part 6.
The five areas which we’ll focus on in these practice activities are:
- Auxiliary verbs
- Articles
- Quantifiers
- Relative pronouns
- Dependent prepositions
Here are five more areas to study that may appear in open cloze tests:
- Modal verbs
- Phrasal verbs
- Passive
- 1st and 2nd conditionals
- Connectives (and, but, so, although etc)
The materials – 5 open cloze tests
In the exam, this task will have a mix of different grammar. By practising each structure separately, it will help to identify what type of grammar is needed for each question when you do the real exam. Use these tasks all together or after studying the grammatical structure in a lesson.
Each task is written on a different topic that could be expanded upon for class discussion.
EXAM PART: Reading
EXAM SKILLS: Understanding B1 grammar and syntax
TIME: 5-10 minutes per task
PREPARATION: One copy of each worksheet per student
