PET Reading, part 3 - true/false questions

In this part of the exam you need to read a long text and answer 10 True/False
questions.
Read the text about some English villages. Then look at the sentences at the
bottom of the page and decide if each sentence is True or False.

Explore the Villages around Hartbridge

Many visitors come to Hartbridge to see the wonderful art galleries and museums,
the beautiful buildings and the fantastic parks. Few people go outside the city, and
so they miss out on experiencing the scenery and the fascinating history of this
beautiful area. This brochure will tell you what you can see if you take a short bus
ride out of the city.
Camberwell
The historic village of Camberwell was once the home of the wealthy Hugo family.
They lived in a huge country house, Camberwell Court, and owned all the land in
the area. The family sold their house in the 1940s, and it is now open to the public.
You can spend a whole day walking around the house and gardens. There is a small
exhibition about the family, a childrens play area, a gift shop and a restaurant. But
the village of Camberwell is also worth a visit. There are some beautiful cottages
with well kept gardens, and there is a small church which dates back to the eleventh
century. To get to Camberwell, take Bus 46 from the Bus station. Buses leave every
two hours.
Hidcot
Hidcot is an attractive village situated on the River Owell. Wildlife lovers should visit
the Nature Park to the south of the village, where there are large numbers of rare
birds and flowers. However, you will probably see plenty of wildlife from the bridge
in the village centre! In Hidcot, you can take a two-hour river cruise - a great way to
see the countryside and learn about the local wildlife from a guide. If you prefer to
explore the river by yourself, its well worth walking one and a half miles along the
river to the pub The Boat which cannot be reached by road. Here, you can hire
small boats and explore the river at your leisure. To get to Hidcot, take Bus 7A to
Reeford. Hidcot is half way between Hartbridge and Reeford.
Tatterbridge
The beautiful village of Tatterbridge was home to the childrens writer Jane Potter,
whose stories of Benjamin Bear are loved by adults and children around the world.
Jane Potters home is now a museum and tea shop, and is well worth a visit just for

its wonderful gardens. It also has a gift shop where you can buy souvenirs and
books. Tatterbridge has a number of interesting shops including an excellent cake
shop, and Wendys Gift shop where you can find lots of unusual gifts made by hand
by local artists. Lovers of Jane Potters books should also walk to the Green Valley
woods, which have not changed since Jane Potter wrote her stories there one
hundred years ago.
To get to Tatterbridge, take Bus 4 from outside the cinema. It takes about 40
minutes to get there.
Moordale
This old industrial village is the highest village in the area. Here in the hills, coal was
found in the late eighteenth century, and people came here in great numbers to
take it out of the ground and transport it to the nearby towns. Many industries grew
up in the area, including a paper factory and a cotton factory. The industries all
closed down in the nineteenth century, and since then Moordale has gone back to
being a quiet farming village. However, if you walk from the village centre up the
steep hill to the north, you can still see the paths where horses used to carry the
coal. There is a four mile walk around the village which has some amazing views,
but walkers are must be careful as the path is steep in places and they could slip. To
get to Moordale, take Bus 7A to Reeford, and then take the number 38 bus to
Moordale.
1. It is unusual for visitors to visit the villages near Hartbridge. TRUE
2. The Hugo family allows people to visit their current home. FALSE
3. The leaflet advises visitors not to spend all day at Camberwell Court. TRUE
4. You can hire small boats from the bridge in Hidcot. FALSE
5. You can take the bus directly to The Boat pub near Hidcot. FALSE
6. The leaflet says that the gardens are the best part of Jane Potters home. TRUE
7. Jane Potter wrote her books in the Green Valley woods. TRUE
8. You can visit the paper factory and the cotton factory in Moordale. FALSE
9. You will see horses on farms as you walk around Moordale. FALSE
10. You can get to all four villages directly from Hartbridge. FALSE

In this part of the exam you need to read a long text and answer 5 multiple choice
questions.
Read the text and then answer questions 1-5.
Different Colours can affect us in many different ways; thats according to Verity
Allen. In her new series Colour me Healthy, Verity looks at the ways that colours
can influence how hard we work and the choices we make. They can even change
our emotions and even influence how healthy we are.

Have you ever noticed how people always use the same colours for the same
things? says Verity. Our toothpaste is always white or blue or maybe red. Its
never green. Why not? For some reason we think that blue and white is clean,
while we think of green products as being a bit disgusting. Its the same for
businesses. We respect a company which writes its name in blue or black, but we
dont respect one that uses pink or orange. People who design new products can
use these ideas to influence what we buy.
During this four-part series, Verity studies eight different colours, two colours in
each programme. She meets people who work in all aspects of the colour industry,
from people who design food packets, to people who name the colours of lipsticks.
Some of the people she meets clearly have very little scientific knowledge to
support their ideas, such as the American Colour Doctor who believes that serious
diseases can be cured by the use of coloured lights. However, she also interviews
real scientists who are studying the effects of green and red lights on mice, with
some surprising results.
Overall, its an interesting show, and anyone who watches it will probably find out
something new. But because Verity is goes out of her way to be polite to everyone
she meets on the series, its up to the viewers to make their own decisions about
how much they should believe.
1
What is the writer doing in this text?
giving information about how colours influence us

reporting what happens in a new television series

giving information about a television presenter

giving his opinion of a recent television show

2
Which of the following shows the probable content of the four shows?
Part 1 Health; Part 2 Products and Industry; Part 3 Emotions; Part 4
Decisions

Part 1 Blue and Black; Part 2 Red and Orange; Part 3 White and
Grey; Part 4 Green and Yellow
Part 1 Meeting Designers; Part 2 Meeting People who Name Colours; Part 3
Meeting Doctors; Part 4 Meeting Scientists
Part 1 Cleaning Products; Part 2 Make-up; Part 3 Clothes; Part 4 Food

3
According to Verity, why is a knowledge of colour important?
It can help you to choose the best products.

It can give you new ideas.

It can help you to change peoples minds.

It can help you to sell products.

4
Who does the writer respect least?
Verity Allen

The people who name lipsticks

The Colour Doctor

The scientists who work with mice

5
Which of the following would make a good title for the text?
Enjoy it, but dont believe everything.

Another great show from Verity Allen! Five Stars!

Dont miss this if you work in Business!

Watch this programme! It will make you healthy!

Easter Island
Easter Island is a small triangle of rock situated in the Pacific Ocean. Its about
2,000 miles

the nearest city. Easter Island is

Select

for its
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statues. Hundreds of these huge, stone faces can be

all over the

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island. Who made them? How

they move these giant pieces of rock?

Select

What happened

the people who lived there? Studies show that people

Select

arrived on the island about 1600 years ago. They had a very
Select

advanced culture. They made many objects and they had their

written
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language. However, the number of people on the island grew and grew
Select

it reached about 10,000 people. Soon there were too many people and there

wasnt

food to eat. A terrible war started and

Select

of the
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statues were broken. When western explorers

the island on Easter

Select

Day in 1722, the huge rock statues were the only sign that a great society had once
lived there.

There are 7 questions in this quiz. Here are some questions about music. For each
question, complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the the first
sentence.
Use no more than three words. Type only the missing words in the box.
1. I haven't been to a concert for a long time.
It's a long time since

a concert.

I went to
2. Why don't you learn a musical instrument?
If I were you,

learn a musical instrument.

I would
3. If you don't practise the piano every day, you won't improve.
You won't improve unless

the piano every day.

you practise
4. There are only a few concerts this month.
There aren't very

concerts this month

many
5. This room is too small for us to play music in.

This room isn't

for us to play music in.

big enough
6. I prefer playing the guitar to playing the piano.
I like playing the guitar

playing the piano.

more than
7. It took them a long time to decide which concert to go to
They spent a long time

which concert to go to.

deciding

GRAMMAR TEST
PET Grammar Test
This activity helps with the following grammar points that you need to master for the Preliminary English
Test: verb forms, pronouns, prepositions, quantifiers, countable/uncountable nouns, 'Wh' questions,
phrasal verbs, comparatives, inverted questions.

There are 25 questions in this quiz. Choose the correct answer.

1 ________ is my iPod.
These

Those

That

2 That's Joe and that's Anne. This is ________ house.

they're

there

their

3 Does this book belong to ________?

you

your

yours

4 ________ exams did you do last summer?

How much

How long

How many

5 It's not ours, it's ________.

theirs

their

they're

6 I'm going to walk to work ________ get fit.

so

to

in

7 My father ________ move house next year.

going

going to

is going to

8 I always ________ a raincoat in winter.

carrying

carry

to carry

9 At the moment I ________ my oldest jacket.

'm wearing

wear

'm wear

10 He ________ football on Saturday afternoons.

plays

play

playing

11 Who ________ you about the film?

telled

told

tell

12 ________ it a hospital before?

Were

Was

Did

13 ________ a huge mountain range in the west of the country.

Is

There

There is

14 It's Sunday. I ________ go to work.

don't have to

have not to

don't have

15 I've ________ been to North America.

ever

have

never

16 She talks ________.

softly

softer

soft

17 How ________ money have you got in your purse?

many

cost

much

18 There are ________ tomatoes in the fridge.

any

some

much

19 ________ did you stay at the restaurant?

How long

How much

How many

20 Do you ________ going to restaurants to eating at home?

prefer

enjoy

like

21 ________ is really difficult in New York.

To commute

Commuting

Commute

22 A: What is he ________? B: He's buying some things for lunch.

to do

doing

do

23 She loves ________ at home at the weekend.

stay

stays

staying

24 When ________ you have dinner?

does

do

are

25 I'm on holiday at the moment but I ________ in a hotel.

'm working

work

working

VOCABULARY TEST
1 Do you like ________ films?
rock 'n roll

horror

boring

2 Have you got any ________ paper for the present?

wrap

wrapper

wrapping

3 He's short-sighted. He wears ________.

spectators

binoculars

glasses

4 Try to get home before rush ________ .

hour

time

traffic

5 The opposite of 'hungry' is ________.

thirsty

famished

full

6 He eats fast food every day. It's very ________.

healthy

unhealthy

fat

7 There is often a traffic ________ at rush hour.

jam

congestion

queue

9 My niece is my sister's ________.

nephew

son

daughter

10 Can you put the plates in the ________.

washing machine

dishwasher

cooker

11 She's about 50. She's ________.

medium-aged

middle-ages

middle-aged

12 What did you ________ for breakfast?

go

have

leave

13 Her apartment is on the ________ floor.

thirteenth

thirteen

lowest

14 What ________ have you got?

certification

qualifications

examinations

15 We study past events in ________.

sociology

history

mathematics

16 John doesn't like talking to people at parties. He's ________.

friendly

shy

a party animal

17 Can you give him something to drink? He's very ________.

thirsty

tired

hungry

18 The opposite of 'forwards' is ________.

backwards

behind

in front

19 What a grey day! It's very ________ .

sunny

cloudy

cloudless

20 This book is great. It's very ________.

useless

usefully

useful

21 There were four ________ in the car.

peoples

persons

people

22 My mother's or father's sister is my ________.

niece

cousin

aunt

23 Justine has got fair ________.

eyes

hair

ears

24 There is an excellent art ________ in the town.

gallery

factory

station

25 Will you ________ the match on TV tomorrow night?

watch

see

look