introduction
Focus on PET is an online course designed for students who are thinking of taking the Cambridge Preliminary English Test. It consists of 12 modules and 200 units of English and provides approximately 120 hours of study for students.
Course aims
- Take students from Pre-Intermediate CEFR A2 up to B1.
- Provide coaching and practice in all areas of the PET exam to ensure students are fully prepared when taking the test.
- Blend grammatical structures necessary for this level with vocabulary, including verb + preposition combinations, spelling, reading, listening, writing, and speaking.
문법
By the end of the course, students will be able to…
- Use present simple and present continuous verb forms as well as simple past with regular and irregular verbs in the affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms.
- Talk about future prediction and intention using will and going to, and present continuous with future reference.
- Use the present perfect simple to talk about past experience and actions that began in the past and continue in the present, along with adverbs and time references.
- Identify things using there is/there are, have got, possessive adjectives and pronouns, articles, and the possessive genitive.
- Talk about adjectives, including using comparative and superlative forms.
- Create yes/no and information questions, and agree with someone in the affirmative and negative.
- Use modal verbs such as can, could, must, should, may, and might.
- Use adverbs of manner to describe how an action is performed.
- Identify verbs that are followed by gerunds, bare infinitives, and full infinitives.
- Use simple connecting words and basic passive verb forms.
- Compare adjectives and adverbs using comparatives and superlatives.
- Talk about quantity, including countable and uncountable nouns.
- Use conditional sentences to talk about possible future and impossible alternative present situations.
어휘
- Learn approximately 1000 lexical items, including common nouns, verbs, adjectives, and simple lexical sets.
Skills
- Exposure to and practice in reading and hearing formal and informal English from a variety of registers, contexts, descriptions, stories, and opinions.
Unit Summary
Introduction
- General Introduction: An introduction to the course the student will be taking
- Exam: PET Basics: general information
- Exam: PET Basics: Paper 1
- Exam: PET Basics: Paper 2
- Exam: PET Basics: Paper 3
- Exam: Entry Test
Module 1
- Introduction
- 어휘: Parts of the body
- 문법: Present Tenses
- 어휘: Clothes
- 문법: Articles
- 어휘: Phrasal verbs 4
- 어휘: Wordbuilding 01
- Spelling: Spelling 09
- 읽기: Who invented the internet?
- 듣기: The internet
- 말하기: Answering the phone
- 읽기: Billy Elliot
- 듣기: Paranormal activity
- 글쓰기: Filling in forms
- Revision: Module 1 revision test
- Exam: PET Coaching: Paper 1 Part 1
- Exam: PET Practice: Paper 1 Part 1 Practice test 3
Module 2
- Introduction
- 어휘: Physical appearance
- 문법: Past Tenses
- 어휘: Character and mood
- 문법: Used to
- 어휘: Phrasal verbs 5
- 어휘: Wordbuilding 02
- Spelling: Spelling 10
- 읽기: Like father, like son
- 듣기: Waiting at the airport
- 말하기: Chatting1
- 읽기: Changes in the family
- 듣기: Best friends
- 글쓰기: Half a story
- Revision: Module 2 revision test
- Exam: PET Coaching: Paper 1 Part 2
- Exam: Paper 1 Part 2 Practice test 3
Module 3
- Introduction
- 어휘: Things in the bathroom
- 문법: Going to and Will
- 어휘: Things in the bedroom
- 문법: Present continuous with future reference
- 어휘: Phrasal verbs 6
- 어휘: Wordbuilding 03
- Spelling: Spelling test 01
- 읽기: My first day at school
- 듣기: University in Britain
- 말하기: Reading Aloud 1
- 읽기: The morning after
- 듣기: Which man to choose?
- 글쓰기: Writing about your family
- Revision: Module 3 revision test
- Exam: PET Coaching: Paper 3 Part 1
- Exam: PET Practice: Paper 3 Part 1 Practice test 3
Module 4
- Introduction
- 어휘: Things in the kitchen
- 문법: Present Perfect
- 어휘: Things in the living room
- 문법: Still, Yet, and Already
- 어휘: Phrasal verbs 7
- 어휘: Wordbuilding 04
- Spelling: Spelling test 02
- 읽기: What dreams mean
- 듣기: Sleep
- 말하기: Shopping for clothes
- 읽기: Sporting moments
- 듣기: Football fans
- 글쓰기: Writing about your job
- Revision: Module 4 revision test
- Exam: PET Coaching: Paper 1 Part 4
- Exam: PET Practice: Paper 1 Part 4 Practice test 3
Module 5
- Introduction
- 어휘: The family and relations
- 문법: Dependent Prepositions
- 어휘: Jobs and professions
- 문법: Countable and Uncountable nouns
- 어휘: Phrasal verbs 8
- 어휘: Wordbuilding 05
- Spelling: Spelling test 03
- 읽기: Hawaii
- 듣기: Three days in Rio
- 말하기: Reading Aloud 2
- 읽기: Top ten London attractions
- 듣기: Working in London
- 글쓰기: Half a story
- Revision: Module 5 revision test
- Exam: PET Coaching: Paper 1 Part 3
- Exam: PET Practice: Paper 1 Part 3 Practice test 3
Module 6
- Introduction
- 어휘: Shops
- 문법: Comparatives and superlatives
- 어휘: Shops
- 문법: Very and Too
- 어휘: Phrasal verbs 9
- 어휘: Wordbuilding 06
- Spelling: Spelling test 04
- 읽기: Changes in the family
- 듣기: My strange day
- 말하기: Travelling by train
- 읽기: Twins
- 듣기: Fast Food
- 글쓰기: Writing about your experiences
- Revision: Module 6 revision test
- Exam: PET Coaching: Paper Part 4
- Exam: PET Practice: Paper 3 Part 4 Practice test 3
Module 7
- Introduction
- 어휘: Sports
- 문법: Possibility
- 어휘: Sports
- 문법: Adverbs of manner
- 어휘: Phrasal verbs 1
- 어휘: Wordbuilding 07
- Spelling: Spelling test 05
- 읽기: Too old to be in a band?
- 듣기: Bridget Jones’ Diary
- 말하기: Reading Aloud 3
- 읽기: The great storm of 1987
- 듣기: Working in London
- 글쓰기: Writing postcards
- Revision: Module 7 revision test
- Exam: PET Coaching: Paper 1 Part 5
- Exam: PET Practice: Paper 1 Part 5 Practice test 3
Module 8
- Introduction
- 어휘: Confusing words
- 문법: Gerunds and Infinitives
- 어휘: Confusing Words 1
- 문법: Affirmative and negative agreement
- 어휘: Phrasal verbs 4
- 어휘: Wordbuilding 01
- Spelling: Spelling test 06
- 읽기: The moment of truth
- 듣기: Pet hates
- 말하기: Conversations 1
- 읽기: How to choose fine art
- 듣기: Radio Broadcasting
- 글쓰기: Writing a narrative
- Revision: Module 8 revision test
- Exam: PET Coaching: Paper 1 Part 6
- Exam: PET Practice: Paper 1 Part 6 Practice test 3
Module 9
- Introduction
- 어휘: Animals
- 문법: Passive
- 어휘: Animals
- 문법: Conjunctions and connectors
- 어휘: Phrasal verbs 5
- 어휘: Wordbuilding 02
- Spelling: Spelling test 07
- 읽기: The Naadam festival in Mongolia
- 듣기: Rain at last!
- 말하기: Reading Aloud 4
- 읽기: A tricky situation
- 듣기: Smoking
- 글쓰기: Writing about your job
- Revision: Module 9 revision test
- Exam: PET Coaching: Paper 3 Part 3
- Exam: PET Practice: Paper 3 Part 3 Practice test 3
Module 10
- Introduction
- 어휘: Containers
- 문법: Relative pronouns and clauses
- 어휘: Numbers
- 문법: Irregular Verbs
- 어휘: Phrasal verbs 6
- 어휘: Wordbuilding 03
- Spelling: Spelling test 08
- 읽기: Oxford
- 듣기: Africa
- 말하기: Talking about your country
- 읽기: A dreadful day
- 듣기: The Tin Drum
- 글쓰기: Writing about your family
- Revision: Module 10 revision test
- Exam: PET Coaching: Paper 2 Part 1
- Exam: PET Practice: Paper 2 Part 1 Practice test 3
Module 11
- Introduction
- 어휘: Feeling ill
- 문법: First Conditional
- 어휘: Feeling ill
- 문법: Say and Tell
- 어휘: Phrasal verbs 4
- 어휘: Wordbuilding 04
- Spelling: Spelling test 09
- 읽기: Shakespeare’s early life
- 듣기: The origin of crosswords
- 말하기: Reading Aloud 5
- 읽기: A Winter’s Tale
- 듣기: The Party
- 글쓰기: Punctuation
- Revision: Module 11 revision test
- Exam: PET Practice: Paper 2 Part 2a Practice test 3
- Exam: PET Practice: Paper 2 Part 2b Practice test 3
Module 12
- Introduction
- 어휘: Parts of the house
- 문법: Second Conditional
- 어휘: Household chores
- 문법: Verb patterns
- 어휘: Phrasal verbs 5
- 어휘: Wordbuilding 05
- Spelling: Spelling test 10
- 읽기: Novelist Alistair Maclean
- 듣기: Michelangelo
- 말하기: Directions
- 읽기: An interview with a government minister
- 듣기: Mexico City
- 글쓰기: Describing a person’s character
- Revision: Module 12 revision test
- Exam: PET Practice: Paper 3 Part 2 Practice test 3
Follow-up
Students completing the Focus on PET course should feel confident in tackling any upper-intermediate course, including our Upper Intermediate Power or Focus on FCE course.