Reading
The B1 Preliminary Reading paper has six parts and 32 questions, and you have 45 minutes for all of them. Choose a part to practise: every answer is checked and comes with a clear explanation.
Choose what to practise
Part 1 · Short texts
Read five short texts – notices, labels, messages and emails – and choose what each one says. Choose A, B or C.
Start practising →Part 2 · Matching
Read about five people and eight short texts, and decide which text is best for each person.
Start practising →Part 3 · Multiple choice
Read a longer text and answer five questions. Choose A, B, C or D.
Start practising →Part 4 · Gapped text
Five sentences have been taken out of a text. Put each one back in the right place. There are three extra sentences you don't need.
Start practising →Part 5 · Multiple-choice cloze
Read a short text and choose the right word (A, B, C or D) for each of the six gaps.
Start practising →Part 6 · Open cloze
Read a short text and write one word in each of the six gaps.
Start practising →Mistake review
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