WRITING SECTION PET Writing section Part PET Writing

WRITING SECTION

PET - Writing section • Part

PET - Writing section Writing: THREE PARTS, including: ü One task focusing on vocabulary and grammar ü One communicative task of 35– 45 words ü One longer piece (choice between an informal letter or a story) of about 100 words

PART 1: Complete Sentences (Transformation) ü Part 1 of PET Writing Paper contains 5 questions. ü In each question you have to re-write a sentence so that both sentences have the same meaning. ü Task focused on Vocabulary and Grammar.

Task 1 -3 words

PART 1 – Question 1 - 5

PART 1 Answers

LET’S PRACTISE

PART 2: Short Communicative Message (email, postcard, note, etc. ) ü In this part you have to answer a task by writing a short message to a friend or relative. ü The message must be 35 -45 words and has to answer a specific set of writing prompts.

Task As you can see in the task above, you are given: o o A situation A task Prompts or subtasks Number of words : Your friend, Chris, has invited you to a special party… : Write an email to Chris. : Accept the invitation, Suggest how…, Ask Chris… : Write 35 - 45 words…

Example: As you can see in the sample answer, we: o o o Greet our friend Thank him Suggest how to help him Ask him for ideas Say goodbye : Hi Chris! : Thanks a lot for… : Shall I give you a hand…? : …what could I get for the teacher as a present? : Write back soon, … And all of the above is what you have to do in virtually any short message you may have to write for Cambridge English: Preliminary (PET), except that the writing prompts will change.

PART 3: Choice between a Story or a Short Letter ü In this part of the test, you are given some instructions to write a story in about 100 words. ü These instructions may involve the title or the first or last sentence of the story. ü Why do they give you this prompt? Well, if they asked you to simply “write a story”, you could memorise a story at home and simply write it out in the exam, which isn’t really fair.

STRUCTURE Task : a Letter a) Greeting b) Opening p. c) Main p. 1 d) Main p. 2 e) Closing p. f) Goodbye g) Signature

Example: A Letter

Task : A Story

Task : A Story STRUCTURE a) Title b) Exposition c) Action d) Resolution

STRUCTURE

Task : A Story In the story you can see different things: • Well-defined structure: 3 clear paragraphs. • A variety of past tenses: Past simple (was tired, didn’t want, etc. ), Past continuous (was getting off, was sleeping, etc. ) Past perfect (had broken, had stopped, etc. ). • Time expressions: in the end, when, a few hours later. • Suspense elements: all of a sudden, without a warning.

Now…It’s time to Practise