PET Preliminary English Writing 3

Question 1

Your PET task asks you to write a story ending with: 'She never forgot that day.' What writing technique is most important here?

Accepted Answer

Building events that logically lead to an emotional or memorable moment

Answer

A story with a given ending requires plotting events that naturally lead to that conclusion.

Question 2

Which sentence is written in the past continuous tense?

Accepted Answer

They were walking through the park when it started to rain.

Answer

The past continuous uses 'was/were + -ing' to describe an ongoing past action interrupted by another event.

Question 3

In PET Part 1, you rewrite a sentence so it means the same. Choose the correct rewrite: 'It's a long time since I saw him.'

Accepted Answer

I haven't seen him for a long time.

Answer

'It's a long time since' is rewritten using the present perfect with 'for' to express the same duration.

Question 4

Which word is spelled correctly?

Accepted Answer

Necessary

Answer

'Necessary' has one 'c' and two 's's — a common spelling tested in PET writing tasks.

Question 5

You need to write 35-45 words for PET Part 1. Your draft has 55 words. What should you do?

Accepted Answer

Remove unnecessary words and combine sentences to meet the word limit

Answer

PET Part 1 word limits are strict; candidates must edit for conciseness without losing meaning.

(PET) Preliminary English Test Practice Test