Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-70822-7 - Cambridge Vocabulary for PET Sue Ireland and Joanna Kosta Frontmatter More information Map of the book Unit number Title Topics Exam practice Unit 1 Where are you from? Countries Speaking Part 1 (Talk about yourself) Geography Listening Part 4 (True/false questions) Nationalities and languages Speaking Part 4 (Discuss a topic) Unit 2 How do I look? Appearances Reading Part 1 (Multiple choice questions) Clothes Writing Part 3 (Story) Unit 3 Making friends Best friends Reading Part 2 (Matching questions) Personalities and social interaction Unit 4 Family life Relatives and relationships Listening Part 2 (Matching questions) Daily life Speaking Part 3 (Talk about a photograph) Special occasions Unit 5 In the home Describing your home Reading Part 3 (True/false questions) Kitchen and living room Bedroom and bathroom Unit 6 What do you think? The environment Reading Part 4 (Multiple choice questions) Opinion and attitude Feelings Unit 7 Spend, spend, spend Shopping Reading Part 5 (Multiple choice questions) On the High Street Speaking Part 3 (Talk abut a photograph) Unit 8 Eating and drinking Eating out Listening Part 1 (Multiple choice questions) Talking about food Writing Part 3 (Informal letter) Cooking Unit 9 Going places Public transport Listening Part 2 (Matching questions) Holidays Writing Part 3 (Story) Unit 10 Having fun Hobbies Speaking Part 2 (Discuss a situation) Outdoor and indoor leisure Writing Part 2 (Short message) activities Party time iv © Cambridge University Press www.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-70822-7 - Cambridge Vocabulary for PET Sue Ireland and Joanna Kosta Frontmatter More information Map of the book Unit number Title Topics Exam practice Unit 11 Education Subjects Reading Part 2 (Matching questions) Teaching and studying Learning a language Unit 12 How are you? Aches and pains Reading Part 4 (Multiple choice questions) Medical problems Healthy living Unit 13 Keeping fit Sports Writing Part 1 (Sentence transformation) Health and fitness Listening Part 3 (Fill in the spaces) Unit 14 The natural world Animals Listening Part 1 (Multiple choice questions) The countryside Listening Part 3 (Fill in the spaces) Unit 15 What’s the weather like? The weather Speaking Part 2 (Discuss a situation) Forecasting the weather Writing Part 2 (Short message) Climates and seasons Unit 16 The media Television Reading Part 4 (Multiple choice questions) Reading books Newspapers and magazines Unit 17 Around town Towns and cities Reading Part 1 (Multiple choice questions) Places and buildings Speaking Part 3 (Talk about a photograph) Vehicles Unit 18 What’s on? The arts Reading Part 3 (True/false questions) Theatre and music Cinema Unit 19 Technology Communicating Listening Part 4 (True/false questions) Computers Writing Part 1 (Sentence transformation) Unit 20 Working life Jobs Speaking Part 3 (Talk about a photograph) Applying for a job Speaking Part 4 (Discuss a photograph) Business and industry v © Cambridge University Press www.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-70821-0 - Cambridge Vocabulary for PET with Answers Sue Ireland and Joanna Kosta Excerpt More information Introduction Who is this book for? the end of the book and use it to test yourself. Can you remember what the words mean? This book is for pre-intermediate level students working on their own who want to revise and learn vocabulary for the Using a dictionary PET exam. Teachers can also use it in the classroom and for homework. Some exercises have a dictionary symbol beside them.
Use the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary, or any other What is in the book? suitable English – English dictionary, to look up the meanings of the words you don’t know. Write the meanings The book contains 20 units and covers all the topics and down in your notebook. The dictionary will give you the areas of vocabulary you need for the PET exam. There plenty of useful information about the word, including its are four short tests at the end of every five units so you can meaning, part of speech, and how it is used in a sentence.
check how you are getting on. At the front of the book there If you are not sure about the pronunciation of a word, use is an overview of the PET exam and helpful advice about the CD ROM that comes with the dictionary. Click on the learning vocabulary. At the back there are appendices with word and you will hear it.
useful lists of vocabulary, extra practice and hints for the exam. There is a full key as well as sample answers for the How do I do the exam writing practice? writing and speaking activities. Read the question and the tip carefully. Then plan your What is in each unit? answer.
Look through the unit to see which words you can use in your answer. Look at the Writing checklist on page Each unit is based on a topic area from the PET exam. 97 before you begin. Remember: you must not pre-learn There are three pages of activities and exercises based answers for the writing paper (it’s easy for the examiner to on that topic and the fourth page contains one or two spot this and you will lose marks).
authentic PET examination questions. There are at least two examples of each type of question in the three papers How do I do the exam speaking practice? of the PET exam in this book. Read the instructions and the tip carefully. Make a note What is on the audio CD? of any useful words and expressions you think you may need.
Look through the unit for the vocabulary you will The audio CD contains all the listening activities from each need and at the Speaking checklist on page 96. Then do unit and any PET listening tasks from the exam practice the task, either with a friend or recording yourself if you section. There are also examples of answers to the PET are studying alone. If there is a sample answer on the speaking tasks.
In the real exam you hear each recording audio CD, compare your answer with this one. If not, listen twice so you will need to replay that track from the audio to yourself and see if there is anything you could do to CD. Of course you can play the recordings for the other improve. activities as many times as you like.
How shall I use the book? When should I do the tests? There are four tests in the book, one after every five units. You can do the units in any order and you can study on Each test has 30 questions based on the previous five your own or with a teacher in a classroom. You will find it units. After you have finished the five units do the test useful to have a notebook with you as you work through and then mark it to see how well you did.
Highlight the the units as some of the exercises ask you to do a short questions you got wrong and go back to the units you need writing task. You can also use this notebook to record the to look at again. new vocabulary that you learn as you go through the book. When you have finished each unit, look at the wordlist at 1 © Cambridge University Press www.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-70821-0 - Cambridge Vocabulary for PET with Answers Sue Ireland and Joanna Kosta Excerpt More information How do I learn and revise vocabulary? Recording new vocabulary It’s a good idea to have a notebook with you when you use this book.
As you work through a unit, write down the new vocabulary that you are learning. This will help you to remember it. Leave several pages for each topic so that you will have lots of space to record new words. Put each word into an example sentence.
This is especially important if a word goes with a particular preposition or can only be used with one grammatical structure. Example John is interested in football. (preposition) I suggest that you stay behind to finish your work. (grammar) Write down the translation of the word in your own language.
Don’t forget to include the pronunciation of the word and what part of speech it is. Write down words which have similar meanings together. Example anxious, nervous, worried: you feel like this before an exam miserable, depressed, sad: upset Recording opposites Recording opposites together can be helpful too, such as boring / interesting, bright / dull, difficult / easy. Diagrams Look at this spidergram from Unit 6.
transport fuel climate THE ENVIRONMENT change rubbish nature bottle bank Spidergrams are useful because you can make them as big as you like in any direction. You just add more lines and more bubbles to them. 2 © Cambridge University Press www.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-70821-0 - Cambridge Vocabulary for PET with Answers Sue Ireland and Joanna Kosta Excerpt More information How do I learn and revise vocabulary? Another kind of diagram is a word tree. Add these words from Unit 20 to this word tree.
lawyer carpenter actor salary interview office to work jobs Tables Tables are also useful for recording new vocabulary. Look at the table in Unit 15, 1.3 as an example. Tables are also very good for recording word families, as in the following example. Noun Person Adjective Verb photograph photographer photographic photograph production producer productive produce happiness happy enjoyment enjoyable enjoy Labelling a drawing hair head Labelling a drawing or photograph is nose eye another way to record vocabulary.
ear mouth finger arm body leg foot Study regularly A final piece of advice is to try to do 10 to 15 minutes of work every day and to revise frequently. You will learn more vocabulary this way than by trying to study for a long period once a week, for example. 3 © Cambridge University Press www.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-70821-0 - Cambridge Vocabulary for PET with Answers Sue Ireland and Joanna Kosta Excerpt More information PET Exam Summary Paper 1 Reading and Writing (1 hour 30 minutes) This paper carries 50% of the total marks for the exam. Part What are the tasks? What do I have to do? Practice in this book Reading 1 Five multiple choice You read five short texts, for example notices, emails, Unit 2, Unit 4, Unit 17 Exam practice questions text messages.
You choose from three possible answers to each question. 2 Five matching You read five descriptions of people and eight short Unit 3, Unit 11 Exam practice questions texts. You match the people’s requirements to five of the texts. 3 10 true/false You read a longer text and decide whether the ten Unit 5, Unit 18 Exam practice questions statements are true or false.
4 Five multiple choice You read a text and choose from four possible Unit 6, Unit 12, Unit 16 Exam questions answers to each question. practice 5 10 multiple choice There are ten spaces in a short factual text. You Unit 7 Exam practice, questions choose the correct word for each space from four Unit 8, Unit 11, Unit 16 possible answers. Writing 1 Five sentence You are given a sentence followed by a second Unit 3, Unit 13, Unit 19 Exam transformations sentence with some words missing.
You complete the practice second sentence with no more than three words, so that it means the same as the first one. 2 Short message You are given three pieces of information that you Unit 10, Unit 15 Exam practice must include in a short message, such as a postcard or email. You must write 35–45 words. 3 A longer piece of Either: You write an informal letter answering some Letter: Unit 8 Exam practice writing questions.
Story: Units 2 and 9 Exam practice OR: You write a story. You are given the title or the opening sentence. 4 © Cambridge University Press www.