PET oral exam sample

SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION. PART 1 WRITING

These are examples of sentence transformation, you can only write a maximum of three words in the gap. You can do it and send me the solutions, or ask any doubts

SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION

SPEAKING USEFUL PHRASES

SPEAKING USEFUL PHRASES

WRITING LETTERS

Below there are some examples to practise writing letters for PET, try to answer all what you are asked to, it is more important to be communicative than paying too much attention to the grammar mistakes.

 

1.  This is part of a letter you receive from your penfriend James.

In your next letter, please tell me about the music you like.  What’s your favourite kind of music? Do you play an instrument?

 

          Now write a letter, answering your penfriend’s questions.

2.   A friend in your English class called Elena has invited you to her wedding.

Write an email to Elena. In your email you should:  Write 35-         45 words.
 

- congratulate her on her marriage - say how pleased you are to be invited - ask her if there is anything she would like as a  present

 

3.  This is part of a letter you receive from an English pen friend.

We're doing a project on life in the UK at school and I wondered if you could tell me something about a particular festival you celebrate as a family.

 You are writing a letter to this pen-friend. Write the letter in     about 100 words.

4.      Your teacher has asked you to write a story.

This is the title of the story.

My old friend

Write your story in about 100 words.

 

PHOTOS TO DESCRIBE

 

 

 

 

 

 

TIPS FOR writing informal letters

PHRASES FOR INFORMAL LETTER

Starting your letter (Paragraph 1)

Thanks for your letter.
Lovely to hear from you.
How are you?
How are things?
Hope you're well.

Commenting on something (Paragraph 1)

I'm sorry to hear/learn ...
I'm so pleased to hear ...
It's great to hear ...
What wonderful news about ...

Moving the topic on (Paragraph 2)

Anyway, the reason I'm writing ...
I thought I'd write to tell/ask you
Anyway, I was wondering ...

Ending your letter (Paragraph 3)

Well, that's all for now
Write back soon
Looking forward to hearing from you again
All the best
Best wishes
See you soon
Take care
Yours
Love
Lots of love