Cambridge B1 Preliminary (PET) Exam Cram Sheet (2026)

The highest-yield points on the Cambridge B1 Preliminary (PET)exam, grouped by the exam's real content areas. Print it, review the ones you keep missing, then drill them with free practice questions.

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5content areas

Intermediate Grammar

24% of the exam

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Present Perfect vs Past Simple
Conditionals and Modals
Comparatives and Superlatives

Vocabulary in Context

22% of the exam

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Phrasal Verbs
Collocations

Word Formation

18% of the exam

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Noun and Adjective Suffixes
Negative Prefixes

Prepositions and Articles

18% of the exam

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Dependent Prepositions
Articles including Zero Article

Error Correction

18% of the exam

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Tense and Time Markers
Countable and Uncountable Nouns

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