UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE ESOL EXAMINATIONS
English for Speakers of Other Languages
PRELIMINARY ENGLISH TEST
PAPER 1 Reading and Writing
SAMPLE PAPER 1 1 hour 30 minutes
Additional materials:
Answer sheets
Soft clean eraser
Soft pencil (type B or HB is recommended)
TIME 1 hour 30 minutes
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Writ e your name, Centre number and candidate number in the spaces at the top of this page.
Writ e t hese details on your answer sheets if they are not already printed .
Answer all questions.
Writ e your answers clearly on the separate answer sheets. Use a pencil.
You may use the question paper for any rough work, but you must write your answers in pencil on the
answer sheets. You will have no extra time for this, so you must finish in one and a half hours.
At the end of the examination, you should hand in both the question paper and the answer sheets.
INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES
READING
Q uestions 1-35 carry one mark.
WRITING
Q uestions 1-5 carry one mark.
Part 2 (Question 6) carries five marks.
Part 3 (Question 7 or 8) carries fifteen marks.
