The B1 Preliminary Reading paper has 6 parts and 32 questions.

Shows you can read and understand the main points from signs, newspapers and magazines.

This paper accounts for 25% of the total mark.

The B1 Preliminary paper has two parts. You have to show that you can write different types of text in English.

Shows you can use vocabulary and structure correctly.

This paper accounts for 25% of the total mark.

The B1 Preliminary Listening paper has 4 parts and 25 questions. For each part, you have to listen to a recorded text or texts and answer some questions. You hear each recording twice.

You have to be able to follow and understand a range of spoken materials including announcements and discussions about everyday life.

This paper accounts for 25% of the total mark.

The B1 Preliminary Speaking test has four parts and you take it together with another candidate. There are two examiners. One of the examiners talks to you and the other examiner listens.

Shows how good your spoken English is as you take part in conversation by asking/answering questions and talking, for example, about your likes and dislikes. Your Speaking test will be face to face with one or two other candidates and two examiners. One of the examiners (who could be online, examining remotely) talks to you and the other examiner listens. This makes your test more realistic and more reliable. Examiners may use their mobile phones for entering marks using an app.

The Speaking test accounts for 25% of the total mark.