B1 Preliminary (PET) Reading Test 2
A complete practice Reading paper in the format of the Cambridge B1 Preliminary exam: 6 parts and 32 questions. Every part checks your answers instantly and explains why each answer is right or wrong.
Part 1Questions 1–5 · Five short texts: notices, a message, an email and a label.Part 2Questions 6–10 · Match five people to eight arts courses.Part 3Questions 11–15 · A longer text about a year on a city farm.Part 4Questions 16–20 · A gapped text about a street book-swap library.Part 5Questions 21–26 · A multiple-choice cloze about a screen-free day.Part 6Questions 27–32 · An open cloze about a first job in a café.
About the B1 Preliminary Reading paper
The Reading paper of B1 Preliminary has 6 parts and 32 questions, and you have 45 minutes to complete it. Source: Cambridge English – B1 Preliminary exam format.
To practise under exam conditions, try to complete all six parts in 45 minutes, then check your answers and read the explanations.