Reading - Signs & Notices
B1
Cambridge English B1 Exam
Look at the text of each sign. What does it suggest? Select the option that best captures the meaning of the sign.
Cambridge B1 Signs Practice
Sign 1
Staff only beyond this door. Visitors must wait in the reception area.
What does this sign suggest?
Visitors should ask a member of staff to guide them to the offices behind this door.
Visitors must wait beyond this door in the reception area.
Visitors are not permitted to go past this door and should stay in reception.
Sign 2
Please keep your ticket ready. You may be asked to show it at any time.
What does the text say?
You may ask staff to show your ticket at any time.
You must buy your ticket at any time before you travel.
You should have your ticket with you because staff could check it whenever they want.
Sign 3
Wet floor after cleaning. Walk carefully and use the handrail on the stairs.
What does this sign suggest?
The floor is wet only on the stairs after cleaning.
Be careful because the floor is slippery, especially on the stairs.
You must clean the floor and then use the handrail on the stairs.
Sign 4
Cyclists must dismount here. Please walk your bike through the market.
What does the notice mean?
People on bikes have to get off and push them in this area.
Cyclists must ride here and walk their bike through the market.
Cyclists should dismount only if the market is busy.
Sign 5
Free Wi-Fi for customers. Ask at the counter for today’s password.
What does the sign say?
Free Wi-Fi password for customers is written on the counter today.
Customers must pay at the counter to get Wi-Fi for the day.
Customers can use the internet without paying, but they need to get the password from staff.
About Reading Signs & Notices — Cambridge English B1
This Cambridge English B1 Reading Signs & Notices exercise shows short public messages — signs, labels, emails and notes. For each one, choose the option that best explains its meaning.
It tests your understanding of everyday English and the real purpose behind short, functional messages you meet in daily life.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Reading Signs & Notices?
You read a short message such as a sign, label or note and choose the option that best explains what it means or wants you to do.
What does it test?
Understanding the purpose and meaning of short, real-world English messages.
Any tips for Signs & Notices?
Ask yourself who wrote the message and why — the correct option matches its real purpose, not just individual words in it.
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What to do
This part of the reading test consists of five images with messages. Each image has 3 possible answer options. What does the notice say?
Read the notices and messages first. Don’t look at the choices until you understand the texts.
Compare each option with the text before choosing your answer. Remember that the wrong, answers might seem to be correct at first, so it is important to read the chosen option again to check that the meanings match.
Strategy
- Read the text and decide what situation it could appear in.
- Look at the images, the design often suggests the correct answer.
- Read the three options.
- Compare each option with the text before choosing an answer.
- Read the chosen option again to be sure it is a right answer.