PTE ACADEMIC

Liolaeus · August 2015

Nope, once lang daanan each question. After clicking next, no going back. Kelangan talaga mindful sa time per question. Check upper right section ng screen para makita yung remaining time. Sa first take ko, hindi naman ako kinulang ng oras, may 5 minutes remaining pa, mali talaga na nag stay ako ng matagal sa mahirap na question.

gelotronic · August 2015

@smile0127 yep, almost all. Mga 2 questions di ako sigurado, ung technique ko dun e eliminate ung siguradong mali, then choose na lang yung pinakamalapit na mukhang tama hehe.
Lahat importante, balance dapat

gelotronic · August 2015

@Liolaeus

Thanks! Importante di ka madistract ng katabi mo, kaya mas malakas boses mo dapat para di mo sila naririnig.

Nagfocus din ako sa emphasis ng mga key words, ug mga pauses sa mga commas, pati ung sa tono. Dapat pababa ung tono pag patapos na ung sentence. Parang news reporting ba.

Sa mga graphs, gumamit ng mga synonyms. Dont always use what is written in the graphs

inGodsTime · August 2015

Hello everyone!
I took the test yesterday but i failed

Sayang nga hindi ako nakapagprepare ng mabuti
Nakita ko lng tong thread na to few days before ng exam ko.
Kung matagal ko na sigurong nalaman about sa forum na to malaking tulong.
napagawa ako ng account dito kasi gusto ko magpasalamat sa mga taong nagiging inspirasyon sa iba at nagpapalakas ng loob namin wag gumiveup.
Kahit man iba yung journey ko sainyo... may pagkaparepareho naman tyo
Ang gusto malagpasan ang pte test
Shoutout kay @filipinacpa at sa lahat narin na nandito
Nagsisilbi kayong inspirasyon sa marami

filipinacpa · August 2015

@Liolaeus so lesson na rin sakin yan ngayon na mag aral pa rin ulit at dahil balak ko rin mag take ulit to claim 20 points naman.. hehe.. good luck sis! kaya na yan next time!

@inGodsTime i'm so glad kahit pano nakakatulong kami..

@gelotronic congratulations!! please share your whole story and tips so I could also share it in the blog to inspire everyone who are aspiring to get their desired scores with PTE

filipinacpa · August 2015

@smile0127 use a good headphone. pag wala kasi, macacapture at macacapture yung mga background noises. hence, it couldn't give you a more accurate scores then.

with regards to summarize written text, eto yung 1 sentence lang tama? short concise po definitely. then make sure to include all the key points of the passage in your sentence. i usually write 30-35 words in 1 sentence.

filipinacpa · August 2015

@smile0127 in my case, yung two takes ko ng pte with bright, yung isang summarize written text is pareho and yung dalawa kong essay. Lol

So i suggest to research on the actual topics provided para may idea sa actual exam.. In reading essays naman is like you are hitting two birds with one stone because you also practice your reading skills here kaya wala mawawala kung magbabasa rin ng ibang sample essays..

then make sure to follow ielts simon's structure.. same with writefix.. pare pareho lang naman sila.. make sure coherent ang flow ng essay..

@gelotronic with regards to speaking in a loud voice, I think I will have to agree with this. Soft voice kasi ako but since nasa house lang ako nag take during my practice exam, kaya medyo malakas talaga ang voice ko so siguro mas maganda ang capture ng computer sa boses unlike kung medyo mahina.. the thing is, diba naririnig mo rin sarili mo sa headset kapag nagsasalita ka..so baka mabingi rin ako.. hehe.. pero i'll try it nextime.. thanks for the tip!

vanna026 · August 2015

Hi po? How much po ang practice test at mganda bilhin?

Georgie335 · August 2015

60 dollars ung binili ko. D dapat tinitipid ang future naten hehe.

filipinacpa · August 2015

@Zaire tama! hehe

Urlilangel_christy · August 2015

@julian tnx sa feedback. I'm setting myself to take sa september. basa basa muna regarding the pte a. anytime naman pwede magpa sched dito daming vacancy.

@eischied_21 eto yung link ( credit to the sources dito din - kinuha ko lang ) https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6wkpy2tzxkgkji2/AABVjuEHVVKPpeJ_n14_s1sya?dl=0

@filipinacpa in the previous comment meron kang binigay na cheat notes.. pwde makahingi

. Thank you in advance and thank you for making this thread. Nabuhay ang dugo ko ulit sis . God Bless

kittykitkat18 · August 2015

@Urlilangel_christy san ka magtake?si hubby sept din pro sa sg

Urlilangel_christy · August 2015

@kittykitkat18 sa abu dhabi.

Katanungan lang po ulit. yung sequence ng exam : speaking , writing , reading , listening--- for 3 hrs, same day. Naka IELTS set mode pa kasi utak ko.

Sa lahat po ng naka-take. Ang speaking and writing and listening given na that it is timed test. may specific allocation kung ilang oras mo gagawin ang test at makikita cya on screen ang progress. Sa Reading ba timed din ?..kasi base sa nabasa ko wala kasing nakalagay ilang oras ang uukulin mo bawat question may alloted time lang na nakalagay na 37-41 minutes, Para ma practice namin ang pacing ng exam.

Georgie335 · August 2015

Another quick question for those who took the exam na, may timer ba ung speaking part pag irerecord mo na ung sarili mo? For example, you have to speak 40 seconds max, may progress bar ba or you have to count it at the back of your head while answering?

Urlilangel_christy · August 2015

@zaire nakita ko sa pearson sample exam may timer na nakaindicate sa screen ng pc so alam mo kung ilang seconds na lang meron ka or in progress record.

Georgie335 · August 2015

Yun nga e, but I saw sa other forum na wala daw? which I think is misleading.

inGodsGrace_ · August 2015

Hi guys! Hubby was doing the practice exam a while ago kaso we had a very slow connection, ok lang ba yun na he saved it? Kasi may resume din naman. tIA!

gelotronic · August 2015

@filipinacpa di ko nadidinig voice ko sa handset, so ok lang hehehe. Before exam starts, merong test recording,naka 3 beses ko tinest talaga yung recording, mejo bassy kase di ko nagustuhan, sabi ko bahala na basta clear voice.

Ok i' ll share again more of my personal observations on my exam. Sana makatulong.

1. I focus more on technicalities like yung exact order of test categories, like sa simula ay read aloud, and so on. Para di ko na kelangan basahin ung directions sa screen.

2. Sa answer the question, 1word lang talaga ung answer ko. And make sure that recording started, baka kase di mairecord kapag sumagot ka kaagad after the question.

Wala na ko maisip...tanong lang kayo dito at sasagutan ko sa abot ng makakaya ko.

Cheers!

Georgie335 · August 2015

@gelotronic or anyone who took the exam, can I get a clarification about the following?

1.) about the timer - may timer ba ung speaking part pag irerecord mo na ung sarili mo? For example, you have to speak 40 seconds max during a retell lecture, may progress bar ba or you have to count it at the back of your head while answering?
2.) Gumagana ba ang keyboard shortcuts? Madalas kong gamitin, Control+C, Control+V, Control+Z, Home, End, Shift+Up, Shift+Left.

Thanks,
Zaire

gelotronic · August 2015

1. Merong timer and progress bar.
2. Ung mga ctrl functions like ctrl-x, ctrl-c, di ko na ginamit. So di ko na-try kung gumagana. Ang ginamit ko ung cut,copy, and paste buttons sa screen.
Ung mga home, end, gumagana.

kristine_1377 · August 2015

@gelotronic anong part ng exam mo ginamit yung cut,copy and paste?

gelotronic · August 2015

@kristine_1377 Essay writing. Madali mag arrange ng sentence at paragraphs pag merong cut and paste.

g_whin · August 2015

@gelotronic Can you give specifics regarding describe image and re-tell lecture. Such as what's going on your mind, how did you frame your answers or techniques you used on note taking.

gelotronic · August 2015

@g_whin ok, in my exam, i mostly got describe graphs, my steps in describing are:
1. Tell the title of the graph.
2. Describe the x-axis, then the y-axis.
3. Explain the key points in the graph, as you observe it. Like telling where is the minimum or maximum values, which has the smallest or greatest, etc.
4. If you still have some seconds left, just talk and explain whatever you see in the image or graph, until you reach 40secs.

For retell, my first sentence should be telling the topic, and summary of the whole lecture. And supporting lines were from keynotes i wrote while listening.
You should write the keywords, so you will have enough to say until you reach 40secs.

For both, i always made sure to have correct grammar, correct pronunciation, use synonyms instead of repeating to say again key words.

kristine_1377 · August 2015

@gelotronic dun sa describe image nagsabi ka ba ng trend?

gelotronic · August 2015

@kristine_1377

Pag line graphs, oo sinabi ko ung trend, kung kelan bumaba at tumaas. Pandagdag sa sasabihin para makumpleto ung 40secs

g_whin · August 2015

@gelotronic One last question from me. How fast was your speech? There was a tip given on this forum that she patterned her speech rate with the sample response given on some PTE materials. Though personally when I heard those read a loud sample response, I felt that it was really fast. The materials that I am referring are the one with B1, B2 and C1 response. Can you please share your insights and experience? Thank you in advance

gelotronic · August 2015

@g_whin sorry i never listened to the sample response from PTE materials, so i cant compare. In all speaking questions, i tried to maintain pace similar to how news reporter reports, parang sa CNN, CNBC, fox news, etc. Minsan napapabilis kase rapper ako hahaha.
And pinoy accent pa rin kase yun ang pinakakomportable.
And kelangan may pauses to show punctuation like commas, periods. and emphasize keywords. Mas malakas at madiin ung mga importante words.
Hope this helps.

poochy500 · August 2015

Isa nalang pala ang venue ng PTE exam ano? Nung nag exam ako meron pa sa Ortigas at hindi pa ganun gaano kakilala ang PTE.. Ngayon halos yung isang buwan fully booked na..

Goodluck to all.

smile0127 · August 2015

@filipinacpa thank you Po sa reply. I rescheduled my exam sa September. Kesa sumugod ako Ng sumugod. I'll keep in mind Po lahat Ng advices nyo. @gelotronic anu Po mas Mahirap ang questions yung mock test online o yung actual exam Po? Thanks Po.