B1 Preliminary 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which sentence correctly uses the past simple?
- She visited London last summer. (Correct answer)
- She visit London last summer.
- She has visit London last summer.
- She visiting London last summer.
Correct answer: She visited London last summer.
Regular past simple verbs add '-ed' and pair with finished time expressions.
Question 2: What is the main focus of the Writing Part 1 task in B1 Preliminary?
- Writing an email in response to a message (Correct answer)
- Writing a 500-word essay
- Writing a poem
- Filling in a survey form
Correct answer: Writing an email in response to a message
Writing Part 1 asks candidates to write an email replying to a given message.
Question 3: Choose the correct preposition: 'I'm interested ___ learning English.'
- in (Correct answer)
- on
- at
- for
Correct answer: in
'Interested in' is the fixed prepositional collocation.
Question 4: Which is the correct question form?
- Where do you live? (Correct answer)
- Where you live?
- Where lives you?
- Where you do live?
Correct answer: Where do you live?
Present simple questions use 'do' + subject + base verb.
Question 5: Select the correct relative pronoun: 'The man ___ called you is my uncle.'
- who (Correct answer)
- which
- where
- whose
Correct answer: who
'Who' refers to people as the subject of a relative clause.
Question 6: What does the prefix 'un-' usually do to a word like 'happy'?
- Makes it negative (unhappy) (Correct answer)
- Makes it past tense
- Makes it plural
- Makes it a verb
Correct answer: Makes it negative (unhappy)
The prefix 'un-' reverses the meaning to negative.
Question 7: Which linking word shows contrast?
- however (Correct answer)
- because
- so
- and
Correct answer: however
'However' introduces a contrasting idea.
B1 Preliminary 3
Which sentence correctly uses the past simple?