B1 Preliminary for Schools Handbook

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Part 1
Questions 1 – 5
 
 
For each question, choose the correct answer.
 
1 
A
All campers must reserve a place in advance.
B
Groups bigger than four are not allowed on 
this site.
C
Groups of more than three should contact 
the campsite before arriving.
 
2 
A
Those who don’t pay punctually won’t be 
able to go to Oxford.
B
There are very few places left on the Oxford 
trip.
C
This is the last chance for students to 
register for the Oxford trip.
 
3 
A
You must have signed permission to take 
part in sports day.
B
You have to limit the number of sports day 
races you take part in.
C
You need to write your name here to get 
more information about sports day.
 
Reading Part 2
THE TASK
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Candidates have five short descriptions of people and have to match this 
content to five of eight short texts on a particular topic.
HOW TO APPROACH THE TASK
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Candidates should begin by reading the five descriptions of the people.
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Next, they need to read all eight texts carefully, underlining any matches 
between these and anything in the descriptions of the people.
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Candidates should then compare the description again with any possible 
matches. They need to check that the text meets all the requirements of 
the description.
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They should avoid using one or two identical words in the description and 
the text to choose an answer (‘word-spotting’). Instead they need to focus 
on the meaning of the whole text.
ASSESSMENT
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This part tests the candidate’s detailed comprehension of factual material.