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.
Dilbilgisi
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.
Kelime dağarcığı
- 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
- Kelime dağarcığı: Parts of the body
- Dilbilgisi: Present Tenses
- Kelime dağarcığı: Clothes
- Dilbilgisi: Articles
- Kelime dağarcığı: Phrasal verbs 4
- Kelime dağarcığı: Wordbuilding 01
- Spelling: Spelling 09
- Okuma: Who invented the internet?
- Dinleme: The internet
- Konuşma: Answering the phone
- Okuma: Billy Elliot
- Dinleme: Paranormal activity
- Yazma: 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
- Kelime dağarcığı: Physical appearance
- Dilbilgisi: Past Tenses
- Kelime dağarcığı: Character and mood
- Dilbilgisi: Used to
- Kelime dağarcığı: Phrasal verbs 5
- Kelime dağarcığı: Wordbuilding 02
- Spelling: Spelling 10
- Okuma: Like father, like son
- Dinleme: Waiting at the airport
- Konuşma: Chatting1
- Okuma: Changes in the family
- Dinleme: Best friends
- Yazma: 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
- Kelime dağarcığı: Things in the bathroom
- Dilbilgisi: Going to and Will
- Kelime dağarcığı: Things in the bedroom
- Dilbilgisi: Present continuous with future reference
- Kelime dağarcığı: Phrasal verbs 6
- Kelime dağarcığı: Wordbuilding 03
- Spelling: Spelling test 01
- Okuma: My first day at school
- Dinleme: University in Britain
- Konuşma: Reading Aloud 1
- Okuma: The morning after
- Dinleme: Which man to choose?
- Yazma: 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
- Kelime dağarcığı: Things in the kitchen
- Dilbilgisi: Present Perfect
- Kelime dağarcığı: Things in the living room
- Dilbilgisi: Still, Yet, and Already
- Kelime dağarcığı: Phrasal verbs 7
- Kelime dağarcığı: Wordbuilding 04
- Spelling: Spelling test 02
- Okuma: What dreams mean
- Dinleme: Sleep
- Konuşma: Shopping for clothes
- Okuma: Sporting moments
- Dinleme: Football fans
- Yazma: 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
- Kelime dağarcığı: The family and relations
- Dilbilgisi: Dependent Prepositions
- Kelime dağarcığı: Jobs and professions
- Dilbilgisi: Countable and Uncountable nouns
- Kelime dağarcığı: Phrasal verbs 8
- Kelime dağarcığı: Wordbuilding 05
- Spelling: Spelling test 03
- Okuma: Hawaii
- Dinleme: Three days in Rio
- Konuşma: Reading Aloud 2
- Okuma: Top ten London attractions
- Dinleme: Working in London
- Yazma: 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
- Kelime dağarcığı: Shops
- Dilbilgisi: Comparatives and superlatives
- Kelime dağarcığı: Shops
- Dilbilgisi: Very and Too
- Kelime dağarcığı: Phrasal verbs 9
- Kelime dağarcığı: Wordbuilding 06
- Spelling: Spelling test 04
- Okuma: Changes in the family
- Dinleme: My strange day
- Konuşma: Travelling by train
- Okuma: Twins
- Dinleme: Fast Food
- Yazma: 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
- Kelime dağarcığı: Sports
- Dilbilgisi: Possibility
- Kelime dağarcığı: Sports
- Dilbilgisi: Adverbs of manner
- Kelime dağarcığı: Phrasal verbs 1
- Kelime dağarcığı: Wordbuilding 07
- Spelling: Spelling test 05
- Okuma: Too old to be in a band?
- Dinleme: Bridget Jones’ Diary
- Konuşma: Reading Aloud 3
- Okuma: The great storm of 1987
- Dinleme: Working in London
- Yazma: 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
- Kelime dağarcığı: Confusing words
- Dilbilgisi: Gerunds and Infinitives
- Kelime dağarcığı: Confusing Words 1
- Dilbilgisi: Affirmative and negative agreement
- Kelime dağarcığı: Phrasal verbs 4
- Kelime dağarcığı: Wordbuilding 01
- Spelling: Spelling test 06
- Okuma: The moment of truth
- Dinleme: Pet hates
- Konuşma: Conversations 1
- Okuma: How to choose fine art
- Dinleme: Radio Broadcasting
- Yazma: 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
- Kelime dağarcığı: Animals
- Dilbilgisi: Passive
- Kelime dağarcığı: Animals
- Dilbilgisi: Conjunctions and connectors
- Kelime dağarcığı: Phrasal verbs 5
- Kelime dağarcığı: Wordbuilding 02
- Spelling: Spelling test 07
- Okuma: The Naadam festival in Mongolia
- Dinleme: Rain at last!
- Konuşma: Reading Aloud 4
- Okuma: A tricky situation
- Dinleme: Smoking
- Yazma: 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
- Kelime dağarcığı: Containers
- Dilbilgisi: Relative pronouns and clauses
- Kelime dağarcığı: Numbers
- Dilbilgisi: Irregular Verbs
- Kelime dağarcığı: Phrasal verbs 6
- Kelime dağarcığı: Wordbuilding 03
- Spelling: Spelling test 08
- Okuma: Oxford
- Dinleme: Africa
- Konuşma: Talking about your country
- Okuma: A dreadful day
- Dinleme: The Tin Drum
- Yazma: 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
- Kelime dağarcığı: Feeling ill
- Dilbilgisi: First Conditional
- Kelime dağarcığı: Feeling ill
- Dilbilgisi: Say and Tell
- Kelime dağarcığı: Phrasal verbs 4
- Kelime dağarcığı: Wordbuilding 04
- Spelling: Spelling test 09
- Okuma: Shakespeare’s early life
- Dinleme: The origin of crosswords
- Konuşma: Reading Aloud 5
- Okuma: A Winter’s Tale
- Dinleme: The Party
- Yazma: 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
- Kelime dağarcığı: Parts of the house
- Dilbilgisi: Second Conditional
- Kelime dağarcığı: Household chores
- Dilbilgisi: Verb patterns
- Kelime dağarcığı: Phrasal verbs 5
- Kelime dağarcığı: Wordbuilding 05
- Spelling: Spelling test 10
- Okuma: Novelist Alistair Maclean
- Dinleme: Michelangelo
- Konuşma: Directions
- Okuma: An interview with a government minister
- Dinleme: Mexico City
- Yazma: 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.