What are the KET and PET tests? What conditions should candidates have?

Registration is not limited by age, sex, occupation, region, education, etc. Anyone (including students and unemployed people) can register at the local test center with their identity documents. Foreigners and servicemen working in China can also register for the exam with their valid identity documents.

KET: english introduction exam

After 2 hours of study, candidates have the ability to travel to English-speaking countries and cope with ordinary daily conversations in English at home and abroad.

KET test includes three parts: reading and writing, listening and speaking, in which reading and writing account for 5% of the total score, listening and speaking account for 25% respectively.

1. reading and writing

reading: candidates should understand the main idea of the article and extract detailed information on the basis of reading short articles (including notices) and popular articles. Writing: Candidates need to complete three tasks: fill in the blanks, complete the form and write a note.

2. Listening

Candidates extract factual information on the basis of listening to short announcements, longer dialogues and monologues.

3. Oral test

The oral test examines the candidates' ability to talk and communicate in English. In the form of two candidates at the same time. Candidates talk to an examiner; Candidates use prompts to ask and answer questions.

PET: Elementary English Test

After 38 hours of study, you should have the ability to handle daily affairs in English at home and abroad and to communicate with people whose mother tongue is English and non-English.

the p>PET test examines the reading and writing, listening and conversation abilities of candidates, in which the reading and writing parts account for 5% of the total score, and the listening and oral tests each account for 25%.

1. Reading and writing

Reading: 5 parts, including articles with different forms and lengths, to test reading skills: require candidates to understand notices, symbols or marks on public occasions; Able to read factual short articles and extract information; Can explain the language structure, the author's intention and understand the possible influence of the article on readers.

Writing: It consists of three parts, requiring candidates to complete tasks such as sentence pattern conversion, filling in forms, providing information, reporting events, describing situations and expressing opinions.

2. Listening

Listening consists of four parts, including dialogues and monologues of different lengths: candidates are required to understand public announcements and responses, understand dialogues, extract tentative information, and understand the speaker's attitude and intention.

3. oral test

oral test: there are four parts: candidates in pairs will have a one-on-one conversation with the examiner at the same time; Candidates and candidates talk to each other according to the tips. Assess candidates' ability to participate in, understand and respond to questions during communication.

Extended information

Grading overview

The MSE)*** is divided into five levels:

Level 1, entry level: english introduction Test (KET);

Level 2, primary level: Preliminary English Test (abbreviated as PET);

level 3, independent level: First Certificate in English (FCE);

level 4, fluent use: Certificate in Advanced English (CAE);

level 5, proficiency: certificate of proficiency in English (CPE).

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