Answers and Discussion

Answer Sheet 1 (PDF)

PET Reading Part 1

Task Description

What do the candidates have to do?
The candidates have to read five short texts (notices / signs / labels / instructions / personal messages etc.) and match the meaning of the short text with one of the three multiple-choice options.

What does this part test?
This part tests the candidates' understanding of the main meaning of various kinds of short, real-world texts.

Is there any other information given to contextualise the texts?
There is often visual information showing the location of the sign or notice, which may help candidates in identifying the purpose of the text.

Where do candidates write their answers?
The instructions at the beginning of the task tell candidates to write their answers on the answer sheet by marking either A, B or C.

Understanding the Task

To understand better how students need to approach this task, it may help you to do the activity yourself, and analyse what you had to do to choose the right answer. Look at this Reading Part 1 from the PET Handbook. Complete the task, thinking about how you are doing it.

Sample Part 1 Task (PDF)
Answers

Look at these questions about how you did the task and consider your answers.

1. Did you recognise the kinds of texts you read in this part?
   
   
2. How did you find the right answer?
   
   
3. What did you look at first?
   
   
4. If you selected a wrong answer, why was that?