PEIC B1 study guide
PEIC B1 · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Pearson English International Certificate (PEIC) is an English proficiency credential awarded by Edexcel, the awarding body named by Pearson for this certificate. Pearson positions it as evidence that a candidate's English skills are ready for the real world, and describes it as recognized globally as evidence of a required level of English. That framing tells you what kind of test it is: a general, real-life English certificate rather than a narrowly academic one, aimed at people who need to demonstrate a defined level of English for study, work, or other life steps. PEIC is listed among Pearson's tests for test takers and among its key tests for educators, alongside Pearson Test of English (PTE), PTE Express, PTE Core, and Versant by Pearson. The PEIC B1 study guide has 5 sections and about 1,967 words.
01Speaking (PEIC B1)
PEIC B1 Speaking is a short, recorded, face-to-face interview with one examiner, lasting roughly six to eight minutes. It moves through four stages: warm-up questions about your life, a picture task where you describe and compare, a discussion where you give opinions, and a decision or role-play task you do together with the examiner.
402 words, about 2 min02Listening (PEIC B1)
PEIC B1 Listening has three parts. Part 1 uses short dialogues or announcements with multiple-choice questions, often three pictures.
388 words, about 2 min03Reading (PEIC B1)
PEIC B1 Reading checks whether you understand the main idea and the specific details of everyday texts - emails, notices, adverts, short articles, instructions and web pages. Questions target gist, detail, inference, opinion, reference and text organisation.
398 words, about 2 min04Writing (PEIC B1)
PEIC B1 Writing has two tasks. The first is a short transactional message - an email, note or card of roughly 50–70 words giving information.
413 words, about 2 min05Use of English (PEIC B1)
PEIC B1 Use of English tests grammar and vocabulary inside short sentences rather than long texts. Expect multiple-choice cloze, word formation (changing a root word so it fits a gap), and matching or gap-fill items on collocations, prepositions and phrasal verbs.
366 words, about 2 min