B1 Preliminary Reading Test 1 Practice 📚
About B1 Preliminary Reading
⏱ 45 Minutes | 6 Parts | 32 Questions
The Reading paper of B1 Preliminary and B1 Preliminary for Schools is worth 25% of the total marks. Here is what you do in each part:
| Part | Task type | What you do | Questions | Practice |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Multiple choice | Read five real-world notices, messages and short texts for the main message | 5 | Part 1 |
| 2 | Matching | Match five descriptions of people to eight short texts on one topic | 5 | Part 2 |
| 3 | Multiple choice | Read a longer text for detailed comprehension, gist, inference and the writer’s attitude | 5 | Part 3 |
| 4 | Gapped text | Put five removed sentences back into a longer text | 5 | Part 4 |
| 5 | Multiple-choice cloze | Choose the correct words to fill the gaps in a shorter text | 6 | Part 5 |
| 6 | Open cloze | Write one word for each of six gaps in a shorter text | 6 | Part 6 |
Source: Cambridge English – B1 Preliminary exam format.
You can also practise listening in B1 Preliminary Listening or return to the B1 Preliminary (PET) overview.
Full Test 1
Complete Reading Practice
Includes all exam parts:
- Part 1: Short texts
- Part 2: Matching
- Part 3: Multiple choice
- Part 4: Gapped text
- Part 5: Multiple choice cloze
- Part 6: Open cloze
Full Test 2
Complete Reading Practice
A second full test with new texts and explanations for every answer:
- Part 1: Short texts
- Part 2: Matching
- Part 3: Multiple choice
- Part 4: Gapped text
- Part 5: Multiple choice cloze
- Part 6: Open cloze