Cambridge B1 Preliminary (PET) Practice Test
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- 1. Grammar
I ___ my keys, so I can't get into the flat.
- a.lose
- b.was losing
- c.have lost
- d.losing
Answer: c
Explanation: The present perfect 'have lost' links a past action to a present result (you can't get in now). The past simple would need a finished time expression.
- 2. Grammar
This exercise is ___ than the last one.
- a.difficult
- b.more difficult
- c.most difficult
- d.difficulter
Answer: b
Explanation: 'Difficult' is a long adjective, so the comparative uses 'more difficult', followed by 'than'. Long adjectives do not add -er.
- 3. Grammar
She asked me where I ___ from.
- a.come
- b.came
- c.have come
- d.coming
Answer: b
Explanation: In reported speech the present simple 'come' shifts back to the past simple 'came'. The word order is also statement order after 'where'.
- 4. Vocabulary in Context
Could you ___ after my cat while I'm on holiday?
- a.look
- b.see
- c.watch
- d.care
Answer: a
Explanation: 'Look after' means to take care of someone or something. 'Watch' means to observe, which does not fit caring for a pet over time.
- 5. Vocabulary in Context
We got wet because there was ___ rain during the match.
- a.strong
- b.heavy
- c.big
- d.thick
Answer: b
Explanation: The usual collocation for a lot of rain is 'heavy rain'. 'Strong' collocates with wind, not rain.
- 6. Word Formation
It's ___ to finish all this work in one day.
- a.possible
- b.possibly
- c.impossible
- d.possibility
Answer: c
Explanation: The context ('all this work in one day') needs the negative adjective. The prefix 'im-' before 'possible' gives 'impossible'.
- 7. Word Formation
Please be ___ with the glasses; they break easily.
- a.care
- b.careless
- c.caring
- d.careful
Answer: d
Explanation: The context (glasses break easily) needs 'careful' (showing attention). 'Careless' means the opposite, without attention.
- 8. Prepositions & Articles
Whether we go out will depend ___ the weather.
- a.on
- b.of
- c.from
- d.to
Answer: a
Explanation: The verb 'depend' is always followed by 'on'. 'Depend of' and 'depend from' are common errors.
- 9. Prepositions & Articles
She has been interested ___ astronomy since she was a child.
- a.on
- b.at
- c.in
- d.for
Answer: c
Explanation: The adjective 'interested' is followed by 'in'. 'Interested on/at' are not correct English.
- 10. Error Correction
Which sentence is correct?
- a.Can you give me some information about the trip?
- b.Can you give me some informations about the trip?
- c.Can you give me an information about the trip?
- d.Can you give me many information about the trip?
Answer: a
Explanation: 'Information' is uncountable: it has no plural 's' and does not take 'an' or 'many'. Use 'some information'.