PTE SPEAKING
1ST QUESTION TYPE
READ ALOUD
READ ALOUD- SAMPLE QUESTION
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READ ALOUD-FACTS
Importance: ( Medium Important)
You 35
will be given a text on your screen, with ______
seconds to prepare.
beep sound, and
After 35 seconds, you will have a ______
your microphone will open up and you will have to
read the text aloud.
35 seconds.
You have to read and speak within _____
up to 60 words
How long the text is? ________
6 to 7
How many questions will you get? ________
READ ALOUD-FACTS
Contribution -
to __________ as well.
Assessed on three parameters
fluency
____________ 5 points
______
pronunciation 5 points
____________ and ______
content
____________ 5 points
______
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READ ALOUD- FLUENCY
No fumbles
No fast, no slow, smooth flow
No mumbling
No self-correction
No hesitation
No um, ha and so
No intonation, no pitch issues
READ ALOUD- FLUENCY
X
No unnecessary pauses
X
No pause at the end of the line.
Quick pause after comma. Just 1 second pause after
full stop for deep breath and start another sentence.
X
Never make a 3-second pause as microphone will
stop automatically.
If you get any difficult word, just skip and move on in
the same rhythm. Do not skip more than 3 words.
READ ALOUD- PRONUNCIATION
Take deep breath and start speaking
Intonation- rising and falling of pitch throughout your
sentence. You can use hands to maintain it
Put stress on nouns, adjectives and even verbs but do
X X
not put it on preposition (on, in, at) and articles (a,
an, the)
Just speak clearly connecting words together.
X X
Do not try to copy British or American accent.
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READ ALOUD- PRACTICE BY WRITING
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READ ALOUD- PRONUNCIATION
1. NUMBERS FOR
EXAMPLE:
2. Years I have
$10000.
3. CONTRACTIONS
TEN
4. NO OMISSIONS THOUSAND
DOLLARS.
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READ ALOUD- PRONUNCIATION
1. NUMBERS FOR EXAMPLE:
I was born in
1986.
2. Years
NINTEEN EIGHTY SIX
3. CONTRACTIONS
I was born in
2005.
4. NO OMISSIONS
TWO THOUSAND FIVE
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READ ALOUD- PRONUNCIATION
1. NUMBERS FOR
EXAMPLE:
2. Years
3. CONTRACTIONS
can’t
4. NO OMISSIONS don’t
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READ ALOUD- PRONUNCIATION
1. NUMBERS
FOR
EXAMPLE:
2. Years
shops
3. CONTRACTIONS
educated
4. NO OMISSIONS
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READ ALOUD-OTHER LESSONS
Begin recordings only after the recording starts
and before it ends.
Practice, record and listen to yourself so that
you can identify your mistakes and improve on
that.
READ ALOUD-PRACTICE
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READ ALOUD-PRACTICE-ANSWER
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READ ALOUD- PARTIAL SCORE
Each replacement,
[Link] omission or
insertion of a word
counts as one error.
2. PRONUNCIATION
Maximum score
depends on the
[Link] length of the
question prompt.
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READ ALOUD- PARTIAL SCORE
5 Highly proficient
[Link] 4 Advanced
3 Good
2. PRONUNCIATION
2 Intermediate
1 Intrusive
[Link] 0 Non-English
READ ALOUD- PARTIAL SCORE
5 Highly proficient
[Link] 4 Advanced
3 Good
2. PRONUNCIATION
2 Intermediate
1 Limited
[Link] 0 Disfluent