PTE ACADEMIC

cpa_oct2011

@filipinacpa- did you already book your test on saturday? Please share your experiences with the exams, especially on re-tell lecture and describe image. Am also planning to sit my exams soon.. Hehe.. Thanks and good luck!

filipinacpa

@filipinacpa- did you already book your test on saturday? Please share your experiences with the exams, especially on re-tell lecture and describe image. Am also planning to sit my exams soon.. Hehe.. Thanks and good luck!

Yes po I just did it today. So silly of me to book it ASAP but who knows! I booked IELTS like 2-3 months in advance before to give way for enough preparation but all results still disappoint me! So hopefully I'll crack this one now

cinnamon20

Hi everyone, I just took the paid online practice test in PTE (SET A) and this is the score I got:

L-77, R-65, S-80, W-74

Looking through my scores with PTE Practice Exam, I am inclined to book my actual exam in a week. Will that be okay? I still have SET B of online paid practice exam that I haven't used so I plan to take it as well. So if I will book my actual exam on Saturday (May 9) then take the set b practice exam on thursday (may 7), will this be alright?

My enabling skills based on SET A paid online exam are:
Grammar-90
Oral Fluency-83
Pronunciation-64
Spelling-81
Vocabulary-72
Written Discourse-90

Thanks a lot!!

Wow ang ganda ng scores mo parang kay ms vi heeheh.. good luck

cpa_oct2011

@filipinacpa- I've read from the expatforum that actual exams is way easier than the mock exam. And looking at your scores, I believe that you'll be able to nail it.

filipinacpa

@filipinacpa- I've read from the expatforum that actual exams is way easier than the mock exam. And looking at your scores, I believe that you'll be able to nail it.

this thought keeps me motivated too! thanks! will try SET B tonight. I will share the result po after.

filipinacpa

Too good to be true ang scores ko sa Test B! Lol. Hopefully ganito talaga mga scores ko pagdating ng actual:

L-85, R-73, S-90, W-81
Overall score is 82

Enabling skills:
Grammar-90
Oral Fluency-89
Pronunciation-85
Spelling-84
Vocabulary-90
Written Discourse-90

So to summarize from SET A then SET B
L-from 77 to 85
R-from 65 to 73
S-from 80 to 90
W-from 74 to 81

Enabling skills:
Grammar-from 90 to 90
Oral Fluency-from 83 to 89
Pronunciation-from 64 to 85
Spelling-from 81 to 84
Vocabulary-from 72 to 90
Written Discourse-from 90 to 90

The only thing I noticed when it comes to speaking, this time I spoke slower as compared po when I took the SET A practice exam. I think this helped improve my score in speaking..
Hay Lord.. in Your will po I will crack this exam na talaga.. This really boosts my confidence now for Saturday! I will let you all know about how it goes po

guboer

Guys, I booked my exam on Monday May 11. And honestly, I have not prepared that much yet. Buti nakita ko po itong thread na ito.

Hingi sana ako ng insights from you guys kung paano ko mapapataas ang chances na makakuha ng mataas na score.

@filipinacpa, nakakainggit ka hehe. Parang prepared na prepared ka. All the best sa atin!

filipinacpa

Guys, I booked my exam on Monday May 11. And honestly, I have not prepared that much yet. Buti nakita ko po itong thread na ito.

Hingi sana ako ng insights from you guys kung paano ko mapapataas ang chances na makakuha ng mataas na score.

@filipinacpa, nakakainggit ka hehe. Parang prepared na prepared ka. All the best sa atin!

Haha. That's what I want to tell myself too! Lol but we will see on Saturday how accurate the scoring system of their online paid exam. I will share my result po afterwards. I'm really hoping for positive result in God's will.

cpa_oct2011

Wow! Way to go!!!! ako nag-aalangan pa sa writing essay. Huhu. Aral muna ng konti.

bait0211

Hello po! I'm determined to take the exam as well however the next schedule that is available online is May 21. I am hoping that there is an earlier schedule but unfortunately that's the latest that they have here in SG. Please help to share your experiences because hindi ganon karami ang thread and advises for this exam e. What review materials did you use guys? Meron pa akong 2 weeks to prepare. I am planning as well to take the paid practice exam on Saturday?

@filipinacpa: sabay mo ng binili yung dalawang practice exam? may discount di ba pag dalawa na agad?

Guys, I am hoping for your kind assistance and sana pumasa na tayong lahat.

TTam

@bait0211 Hi share ko lang po experience ng husband ko. 2 weeks din sya nag prepare and he got 70++ sa lahat ng modules. I suggest na bili ka ng online practice exam nila, big help daw po yun.
At sabi din sa expat forum, pag nakakuha ka ng 6 sa ielts, Most likely ay makakakuha ka ng 65++ or 7 band score equivalent sa ielts kahit konting time ka lang nagprepare.
Nakakadismaya nga po talaga ang ielts at ang tagal pa ng result kagandahan ng PTE, 5 working days lang may result na.

Good luck and wag ka lang mag papanic daw. Lalo na if you missed something out, just move on dahil marami pang items na pwedeng makabawi. Review mo din or atleast familiarize with the process and pagkakasunod sunod ng exam para medyo alam mo na ang ieexpect mo sa susunod na tanong. Hth.

bait0211

Thanks @TTam. Grabe kakahinayang nga sayang ang time. Nagpatumpik tumpik ako sa paghihintay sa NSW. hehehe. Pero no worries I know (feeling positive) kakayanin ang PTE. Eto kakabili ko lang nung online practice exam. Binabasa ko pa yung mga Tips sa website. Once familiar na ko sa pagkasunod-sunod, I'll try one sa weekends then pag nag ok, magbook na ko for my exam. Galing naman nakapagsubmit na kayo ng EOI. Invite na yan kasunod antaas ng points nyo. San nagreview si hubby mo sa PTE?

TTam

@bait0211 Sana nga po mainvite na..

Online lang din po sya nagreview, yung Gold Kit ba yun. Hanap ka din ng mga website na pwede mo pagpractisan, kasi konti lang yung nasa Gold Kit din eh, parang di enough at yun din yung nasa offline practice test nila.

Try ko search yung mga link na ginamit nya before. Ako kasi tagahanap ng mga practice test, sya naman tga review. Haha! Teamwork lang.

TTam

@bait0211 as promised, eto na yung mga link, yung iba hindi ko na kasi makita. Pero marami ka makikitang sample exercises online kahit pa hindi PTE academic, kasi same approach lang naman.

repeat sentence/writing from dictation - http://www.manythings.org/fq/d1/
rearranging paragraph - http://learnlab.hfcc.edu/sites/learnlab.hfcc.edu/files/B12.30.pdf
Yung re-tell lecture and summarize spoken text - BBC news

http://www.listen-and-write.com/
http://www.uefap.com/

Update update na lang.

filipinacpa

Hello po! I'm determined to take the exam as well however the next schedule that is available online is May 21. I am hoping that there is an earlier schedule but unfortunately that's the latest that they have here in SG. Please help to share your experiences because hindi ganon karami ang thread and advises for this exam e. What review materials did you use guys? Meron pa akong 2 weeks to prepare. I am planning as well to take the paid practice exam on Saturday?

@filipinacpa: sabay mo ng binili yung dalawang practice exam? may discount di ba pag dalawa na agad?

Guys, I am hoping for your kind assistance and sana pumasa na tayong lahat.

Yung Gold Kit package din po ang binili ko, mas makakamura kasi $59.99 lang lahat including the sample questions for every module. I used yung McMillan review set yung link po niyan is naka share na dito sa.. then yung sa ptepractice po nila.. tapos how to describe graphs and writing essay, same lang sa ielts ko. I used simon and writefix. I just go on reading to get ideas do they construct in describing graphs and discussing essay.

Goodluck! Sana talaga makagraduate na. Grabe yung gastos kapag naiimagine ko and yung time na super precious!

superluckyclover

@filipinacpa Mam san po nakalagay yung link hihi

filipinacpa

sa first page po ng thread na to..

guboer

@filipinacpa... kamusta exam mo? For sure chicken sayo hehe

poochy500

Mas madali ito sa IELTS. naka ilan take ako sa IELTS pero hindi ko makuha yung desired score.

filipinacpa

Mga sis, nag-aantay pa po ako result at di na ako mapakali. Excited na ewan. Haha. Post ko po agad pag-kakuha ko.

Discuss ko din lahat pati yung iba pong PM. Di lang talaga ako mapakali ngayon. Chos! Haha. Dala ng IELTS phobia lol

filipinacpa

Btw, I took the exam at Bright Centre in Tektite Bldg in Ortigas. May isa akong kasabay na nag-take. I came first then I requested for the test administrator if she can place the other examinee somewhere in the other corner. Lol. Buti nalang pumayag kundi medyo mas magiging awkward kung talagang katabi ko siya. Haha.

filipinacpa

Btw, they are very friendly in the exam centre!:) i love yung cool environment parang magaan lang dun unlike sa British Council na kinda intimidating sila tapos napakarami pa nila..

bait0211

@filipinacpa: good luck! you'll ace it this time. sa 21 pa ako magtake, magpractice muna ako this week and next week. God bless!

bait0211

@TTam: thanks sa tips! I'll check on those sites para makapagreview.

filipinacpa

@bait0211 thank you po..

Hay.. Wala pa til now result ko.. Medyo kinakabahan na ako at nagwoworry na..

cpa_oct2011

@filipinacpa- na eexcite akong malaman ang results ng exams mo at ang discussion mo re. sa buong exams.

Good luck!!!

guboer

Guys, I got my exam results already! Maraming maraming salamat sa thread na to. Lalo na kay @filipinacpa sa pagshare ng mga review materials dito. Sobrang laking tulong. I wish everyone all the best!

bait0211

@filipinacpa: may result ka na? parang nakikinita ko na sarili ko next week. hehehe. pero review muna me now. mahirap yung sa section 1 na listening / speaking regarding retell a lecture. ano masusuggest mo don? yun sa graph/figure analysis medyo nakuha ko na yung technique e from the book of simone na target band 7.

joshuasagre

Hello guys, what is the equivalent IELTS band 7 in PTE? I would be thinking this is a good alternative for IELTS as per this thread. Thanks

MsVi

@joshuasagre atleast 65points