PTE ACADEMIC

archeam

anu po ba ung mcmillan? o.o

shuroro

@cheesyfiona galing ni fiancé! congrats!
tanong lang po.. how did you and your fiancé approached the describe image, retell lecture and sa mga writing parts?

cheesyfiona

@archeam Ay wrong spelling. Macmillan po na reviewer ng PTE academic. I can't remember san po namin nakuha pero baka po pag nagback read ka sa thread or do a search makahanap ka po ng links here.

@shuroro Thank you, to answer your question (sorry mahaba)

DESCRIBE IMAGE: Super practice kami with timer, random graphs na makita namin sa Youtube saka kahit sa Google, to the point na basta makakita sya ng graph kahit sa newspaper ginagawa na nyang describe image. For the content ng describe image, we made templates na kaya nyang tandaan (na grammatically correct definitely). Practically how everyone says na intro sentence, highest/biggest, smallest/lowest, conclusion. Come up with your template using words na hindi alien to you, para matandaan mo, tas papalitan mo na lang yung mga keywords and values. (I can share ours too if you'd like.)

RETELL LECTURE - I noticed he understands well if he doesn't take too much notes, so instead of writing everything little thing he hears, he picks out four to five points and yun lang yung keywords na sinusulat nya. Along the way he can erase other points kung may mas important. Pag sinusulat nya kasi lahat, ang ending ang dami nyang gustong sabihin! hehe so limit to 4-5 points lang to retell. Medyo mahirap tumemplate dito apart from intro and conclusion sentences.

WRITING - He practiced the recommended essay writing style sa webinar ng E2 Language on Youtube called PTE Writing: Write Essay SUPER STRUCTURE Hope this helps!

ivandemarco

good pm po..i purchased a voucher from AECC global but only got the confirmation from dragon pay.. ask ko lng may separate email pa ba si AECC global regarding sa voucher code? thanks po ng mdami.

shuroro

@cheesyfiona definitely what I've been looking for. Pashare naman ng template niyo for describe image. Salamat!

rvrecabar

@ivandemarco nabayaran mo na sya sa SM? if yes, wait for the voucher...isesend yun within 24 hours

rvrecabar

Yung Mcmillan na sinasabi ni ms @cheesyfiona may nadodownload yun sa mga torrent. Idownload nyo yung complete set kasi may manual yun and may mga audio samples sya. Susundan mo lang

cheesyfiona

@rvrecabar Thanks sir, baka nga sa torrent din namin nakuha. Madali sya kasi kumpleto.

@shuroro No prob, we made slight variations for the templates because we end up getting grammatically incorrect if we use just one template minsan. Feel free to adapt this template to words na mas familiar and fluid to you para di mo makalimutan

Bar Graph
- This bar graph represents __ (optional: "from __ to ___" if may timeline )
- The highest figure in this graph is for __ with __ (example: 75 percent, 800 students)
- The lowest figure is for __ with __.
- (Optional if you still have time, kung mabilis ka po magsalita) It's interesting to note that the second highest figure belongs to __ with __.
- Overall, __ and __ top the list for this graph.

Line Graph
- Same intro, change to "line graph"; Same second to fourth sentence but changed to "highest/lowest point of the graph"
- Overall, the graph depicts a (choose one: upward / downward / fluctuating) trend during the given period (if may date)/study (if walang years/dates).

Pie Chart
- Same intro, change to "pie chart"; Same second to fourth sentence, change to "largest/smallest portion"
- Overall, the majority consists of ___ and __ (choose what makes more than half ng pie)

Process
- Intro with "This image represents...," no template with the 2nd- 4th sentences.
- (If process is a cycle) This process will continue its cycle unless a significant disturbance disrupts the system. (Parang ang intelligent haha)
- (If process is not a cycle) remove "its cycle" from conclusion

Parts of a System / Graphical Representation of Components
- This image represents the ...
- Overall, this image accurately depicts the major components of a __.

shuroro

@cheesyfiona gusto ko 'to: "(Parang ang intelligent haha)"
no wonder your fiancé got superior markings. haha
anyway, ang galing. i'm also using similar templates but you've made slight changes that makes it look like very different from the original. thank you for sharing!

Supersaiyan

@cheesyfiona, congrats po, may question lng po ako, anong technique nyo po sa repeat sentence? thanks po. GODbless po sa application

cheesyfiona

@shuroro Medyo worried kami kasi kung gano kataas ang bearing ng content or baka pag nasakto na randomly picked for human scoring.

Pero I guess my main tip would be to focus on non-complex sentences para di malito sa grammar. Minsan kasi pag ang haba ng sentence ni fiancé dun na nagkakamali. Lagi ko sya nireremind na computer mag score sa kanya; hindi iggauge ng computer kung matalino sya, ang kaya lang non is kung tama yung English grammar nya.

Good luck sa PTE mo :-) hope nakatulong kami

cheesyfiona

@Supersaiyan Naku, full concentration lang sa repeat sentence. Pag di mo matandaan yung word, say something na medyo sounds like or skip that word altogether. Tas avoid repeating words kung nag-iisip ka nung next ones. Always record yourself sa practice para maging conscious ka kung nauulit mo yung words nang di sinasadya. :-)

Supersaiyan

@cheesyfiona maraming salamat po, mejo nalilito po ksi ako kung skip or i paraphrase, sbi ksi sa e2language di applicable yung paraphrase ksi kapag napalitan yung words parang deduction ata? hehe, not sure kung aling technique ang effective.

misterV

@Supersaiyan I agree with @cheesyfiona. I was not able to remember the complete wordings of the sentences so I just made up words with similar meaning. As long as dere derecho yung pagsasalita tas tama yung mga pauses, mataas pa rin makukuha mong score.

lottysatty

Hello po..May tanong po ako..i purchased a mock exam (gold kit) from ptepractice.com last February and i want to purchase another set again coz plan ko magretake ng PTE next month. May possibility ba na same set of questions ang makukuha mo compared sa nabili mo sa last or iba-iba po yon? thanks po sa sasagot...

Supersaiyan

@misterV, thanks po sa insights.

cheesyfiona

True @misterV

@Supersaiyan Oo sabi sa E2 learning don't paraphrase kasi per word ang score. Correct words in correct sequence ang scoring I think.

markymark5

@lottysatty alam ko same set of questions lang pati mock tests nila. But if you really need scored mock tests to assess yourself, ok ang gold kit.

lottysatty

@markymark5 thanks po..yes, plan ko magpurchase ng gold kit para maassess ko ang test results ko ulit ngayon but it would be better if bago na naman kasi medyo mareretain sa memory mo yong test especially this year ko rin naman natake yong mock test a and b nla..

mfvquines

Thanks po sa mga tips dto ngyun po lumlkas n loob ko hehe

shuroro

@cheesyfiona thanks! currently, i'm having difficulties with speaking because i tend to stutter or correct myself so that's a no no. kaya focus tlaga ako sa pagimprove nito. thanks again! and God bless sa application!

Levannie

ewan ko kung magwowork yung link nato, pero eto yun nakuha kong reviewer na macmillan

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0BwD_BNDuWXv1fkFJcE02cmEzQ0pDWEFmTFRTb1EwQnFnc0lDTUdQa1lpRGMzb29rbVYtdGM?usp=sharing

markymark5

@Levannie mukhang working sya... OK din tong materials for repeat sentence, describe image and read aloud.

archeam

@Levannie Thanks Ma'am

ivandemarco

@rvrecabar sir I paid via credit card sir.. 2 days na pero wala pa din ung voucher..

rvrecabar

@ivandemarco Follow up with your bank bro to make sure nacredit nga sya.

Hybrid_tech

bili kau ng mock test nila, helpful talaga, para alam nyo pano talaga takbo ng exam

nicstee

Guys argumentative type ba parati ang write essay ng PTE? Thanks

Krisian

Sir/Ma'am,

Ask lang ako ng help in how to improve my pronunciation and speaking, sobra po kasi baba ko sa speaking, any suggestion will be highly appreciated po. Thank you,

Listening 73
Reading 65
Speaking 54
Writing 83

Grammar 87
OF 64
Pron 34
Spelling 86
Vocabulary 74
WD 90

cheesyfiona

@nicstee I think yes. Pati most reviewers po talaga usually ganon yung questions.