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PTE Exam Preparation Strategies

This document provides an overview of the different tasks assessed by the PTE Academic test and tips for each section. It outlines the main task types for Speaking, Writing, Reading, and Listening sections. For each skill, it also lists focus areas for improvement and provides recommendations such as practicing pronunciation, improving fluency, checking grammar and spelling, listening attentively, and managing time well.

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PTE Exam Preparation Strategies

This document provides an overview of the different tasks assessed by the PTE Academic test and tips for each section. It outlines the main task types for Speaking, Writing, Reading, and Listening sections. For each skill, it also lists focus areas for improvement and provides recommendations such as practicing pronunciation, improving fluency, checking grammar and spelling, listening attentively, and managing time well.

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Section PTE Task

Read aloud

Repeat sentence
Speaking

Describe image

Re-tell lecture

Answer short question

Summarize para

Writing
Writing

Write essay

Multiple-choice, choose single answer

Multiple-choice, choose multiple answers

Reading

Re-order paragraph

Reading Fill in the blanks

Fill in the blanks (Reading & Writing)

Summarize spoken text: spelling

Multiple-choice, choose single answer

Multiple-choice, choose multiple answer

Listening
Fill the blanks

Listening

Highlight the correct summary

Select missing word

Highlight incorrect words

Write from dictation

Grammar
Vocabulary
Enabling Pronunciation
Skills Fluency
Spellings
Punctuations
Overall Format/Structure

Fluency and pronounciation

Listen attentively and understand


senteces

* Introduce image by reading title and


type + X- axis.
* Introduce Y-axis unit if needed.
Organize sentences properly without * Body: only 2 or 3 sentences, ignore
much of filler words like ‘umm’ and key Y-Axis
‘uhh’ * Describe conclusion

Understand and organize properly

Look for more practice

Spelling and grammer


Spelling and grammer

Increase accuracy. Check only one if you


are sure.
Manage time well.

Increase accuracy
* CAN BE EASY SCORING

* Increase accuracy
* CAN BE EASY SCORING
* USE COLLOCATION, GRAMMER
KNOWLEDGE
* ELIMINATE AND SELECT OPTION

* USE COLLOCATION, GRAMMER


KNOWLEDGE
* ELEMINATE AND SELECT

* TAKE CARE OF SPELLING, GRAMMAR


AND PUNCUATION Write 3 to 4 sentences.

* Select correct option only and don't


guess
* TAKE CARE OF SPELLING
* TAKE CARE OF SINGULAR PLURAL Check Grammar

Understand the talk Check for trapps

Understand the talk

Check for different PIVOTs.

Checking phrases, however

Check the spoken words

Listen and take care of spellings


Focus area Tips

* Improve Fluency
* Pronounce each and every word clearly and confidently Do umm… deep sound practice
* Strees and intonations
* Don't repeat word
* Don't pause for long Improve your resonunce
* Create chunk for the sentences
* Read with fluency and pronounce words clearly Good voice is filled with warmth and
* Take care of a, an, the, plural/singular expression
* Read like news reader Umm…1
* Stop false start
* Don't correct, don't read words wrongly

* Practice…. Practice…. Listent attentively for prepositions, singular,


* Listen attentively, Reharse and repeate plural, articals and tense

* Keep it simple and cover, hightest,lowest point first


* Avoid umm… uhh…
* Keep it in simple sentences
* Don't pause for long between the sentences
* Speak with CONFIDENCE, CONVICTION AND WITH RHYTHM
* Try to read units properly and clearly

* Remove ummm. Uhh.


* Speak fluently and with confidence
Remove umm. Uhh…
* Try to speak clearly and proper sentence
* Fluency is the most important

Practice…. Practice…. Take care of singular plural, articals

Study existing work and review it


* Do not(Don't) use contractions
* Avoid using {there is/are}
* Avoid using - Very, really, a lot
* Use strong VERBS

READ ONLY ONCE: question, answer option, text

READ ONLY ONCE: question, answer option and eliminate the


wrong, read text
30-42 Minutes for answer

REVIEW: Understand the meaning of the para. Mostly a


problem, causes, impact, solution
Watch your time. There may be some
recording lengthy.
Take care of

* Take Care of 'S', ed,


* MISSED ARTICLES while reading
* STRESS content words
* Read with RYTHAM
* Skipping the words
* Read connectors properly with right stress
* Read with meaning and go with natural and slow pace

* Break the sentences in logical phrases


* Check recording once completed
* Wait for recorder to begin and look at the recording to begin and then speak. There is no beep
sound for start.
* Stress on and, but such words

* Some hesitation when switching the from one point to other, such as, highest to lowest
* Pre-read the sentence you are about to speak
* Some hesitation when concluding the graph
* Keep your time and try to finished before 38 seconds
* Take care of represent/represents, VERB PLURAL OR SINGULAR

* Listen attentively and try to get over all idea of the topic
* Note down 5 to 6 key words
* Follow structure
* Take care of grammer
* Use author's tone
* Talk with RHYTHM and FLUENCY
* Avoid umm… uhh…
* Avoid HESITATION WHILE READING FIGURES like, years, price, units
* Listen attentively for singular plural and grammar words
* If not sure just repeat most appropreate words from question

Take care about basic spelling


Must review the para
Create points for agree, disagree
Take care about basic spelling
Must review the para

1. Read the question. Understand it. It may ask you to identify the writer’s “opinion” or main idea or
view
2. Read the text with purpose in mind and understand it
3. Look for contradicting words compare to options
4. Find the one correct answer by eliminating the impossible answers
5. If not sure gauss

1. Read the question and understand what to look in paragraph


2. Mostly it will be some specific details, true or false
3. Read option and eliminate options from first read
4. Don’t guess - you lose points for incorrect answers
5. Choose the options which you are 100% sure only

1. Look for topic sentence


2. Look for conjuction, noun, pronoun, connectors
3. Look for meaning, connection in sentences
4. Identify mendatory pairs
5. Practice and apply rule

This task is all about vocabulary and grammar. You must build your vocabulary and grammar in order
to select the correct word to fit the gap.

1. Read the entire paragraph quickly

2. If you can’t select the word for meaning, then you can use grammar to help you. For example, if
the sentence says “Scientists found a new type of ___” then you should know that you need to
choose a noun, not a verb etc. Look at the box and choose a noun to fit the gap.

• Follow some structure or e2 one


• Try to write between 60 to 70 summary
• Review for grammer, spelling, punctuations

• Skim the question and answer options


• Mostly it will be about specifics or overview
• Listen to understand the topic with purpose of question

1. Read the question and understand what it is looking for


2. Go through answer option and eliminate the wrong one.
3. Use notebook to note key points and listen with purpose and transition in speech
4. Choose the option your are 100% sure.
5. Don’t guess - you lose points for incorrect answers
1. Review the para quickly, it might have closely adjucent blanks. Pay attention for this.
2. Listen attentively and type basic word
3. Don't worry about spelling at this time
4. Review answer for spelling, grammer, singular, plural

1. Before recording begins quickly read on of the option, this will give idea about what will be in
recording.
2. Be aware of the focus of the question because this will help you choose the correct summary
3. Try to understand how information are related
4. Take notes
5. Eliminate the incorrect option

1. Read quickly what's recording about, 7 seconds are there.


2. Try to understand how information are related
3. Becareful of contradiction in talk
4. Go with gut feeling and first time right option
5. Keep looking at progress bar and pay attention at the end of the talk

1. Attentively listen and check words


2. Listen for singular and plural
3. Be careful for negative marking

1. Close your eyes and listen attentively


2. Try to relate the information and visualize it, make a part
3. Review sentence for GRAMMER, SPELLING, PUNCTUATION
4. Take care for inclusion or deletion of words
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2x2.5

2x4

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Practice…
Practice…
List down all Grammar and learning, mistakes on daily basis here
List down all vocabulary mistakes on daily basis here
List down all Pronunciation mistakes and learning daily basis here
List here fluency errors
List down all SPELLING mistakes on daily basis here

* Avoid using computer for spell correction


* Try to apply spelling rules wherever possible
* Create visual picture of the word
* Use or invent creative rules like, necessary, one colar and
two sleeves
* Create commonly wrongly spell list
* Word within word stretagy
* selable breakdown,
* Word family
* Letter patterns
Punctuations error will go here

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