PTE Exam Preparation
As we all know that PTE Academic exam is an online exam with almost instant results in 5 business days. This test consists of Speaking, Writing, Reading, and Listening.
A good thing about this test is that you can easily get to know the weak area in which you need to focus on getting better results.
Once you give exam for the first time, you get to know about your oral fluency, pronunciation, vocabulary, spelling, grammar, etc. This helps in preparing for the exam second time if you are not a native speaker.
Spend time preparing for items which are more in number.
Total items which come under each category:
Speaking items
Read aloud- 7
Repeat sentence- 12
Describe image- 7
Re-tell lecture- 3
Answer short question- 11
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Writing items
Summarize written text- 2 or 3
The summary should be of a single sentence with no more than 30 words.
Write essay- 1 0r 2
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Reading items
Multiple-choice, choose single answer- 2
Multiple-choice, choose multiple answers- 2
Re-order paragraphs- 2
Refer link: http://www.gr8ambitionz.com/2013/06/tips-for-sentence-rearrangement.html
Reading: Fill in the blanks- 4
Reading & writing: Fill in the blanks- 6
Refer to www.manythings.org website for read-aloud practice
All the other reading sections are easy to do. Let me know if anyone wants help in understanding this section.
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Listening items
Summarize spoken text – 3
Multiple-choice, choose multiple answers – 2
Fill in the blanks- 2
Highlight correct summary- 2
Multiple-choice, choose single answer- 2
Select missing word- 3
Highlight incorrect words- 3
Write from dictation-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/sixminute/index.shtml
http://englishteststore.net/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p002vsxs/episodes/downloads
PTE Academic is a multi-level test, like IELTS, TOEFL, and TOEIC.
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For further details, please contact:
Pearson Test of English
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