PTE ACADEMIC

jbla · August 2016

d_thugcydal said:
@jbla bro, nagtake din ako nung August 12 ng gabi sa same exam center mo and got the results nung Saturday din. Kinulang pa ako ng 1 point sa speaking... yung din kasi talaga ang tingin ko weakest point ko kaso nung mock test A at B reading ako pinakamababa kaya medyo naging kampante ako sa speaking... need pa talaga magpractice... nakakaintimidate din mga indian kong kasabay dahil lakas ng boses at tuloy tuloy mgsalita na parang di nauubusan ng sasabihin sa describe image. hehehe...

kelan mo pala plan mag second take? if ever pwede tayo magsabay, kaso try ko muna mgpa-asses ng ACS kasi kung maka 5-years ang credited pwede na ako maka 60 points sa subclass 190. if ever 3 years mag second take ako PTE baka late september. nasa 600+ na kasi yung slot taken sa 26311 kaya need na madaliin.

kayang kaya natin yan bro... practice lang sa mga weak points natin... sa reading, bsta everytime after ng isang item tinitignan ko time para ma-estimate ko pace ng pagsagot sa remaining questions. Good Luck bro!

Tara Bro Sabay tayo mag take. Unahin mo nga muna ung ACS, para atleast alam mo. Sa Nov pwede narin ako mag 190 kasi sakto na ko sa 60 points kahit walang laguange proficiency score. Pero mas gusto ko din sana makapag 189. Nag titingin-tingin na nga ko ng schedule bago ako mag lipat ng bagong work. Sana nga makuha na natin. Haist.

xiaolico · August 2016

@jwolf makukuha mo agad yan. Once a month Lang daw, so August Na talaga sa akin hehe. Good luck, Kaya mo yan

mrfifi88 · August 2016

Mock test A total 67
L/R/S/W 73/62/71/67

Aug 30 na exam ko

Nkkataranta pka tlga, prang wala akong naintindihan sa mga tanong

jwolf · August 2016

@xiaolico thanks! balitaan mo kami sa result ha

jwolf · August 2016

@mrfifi88 goodluck! ittry ko pa lang yung mock test tomorrow. sa 22 naman ang exam ko..

mrfifi88 · August 2016

@jwolf goodluck! Haay papasa tayo sa actual wag k mag alala

batman · August 2016

@mrfifi88 try to relax para maka pag focus ka. at get familiar sa pag kakasunod sunod ng test para expected mo na agad ang kasunod at di ka magugulat at mwala. sa actual pa naman walang warning na pede ka na mag start talking. babantayan mo yung screen pag nakalgay na recording mag salita ka na. sa mock test kasi may beep pag mag start ka na.

xiaolico · August 2016

Got it. Lusot, thanks sa mga tumulong. L82 R78 S90 W81. Sa enabling skills, di Na counted to diba? G60 OF88 P99 S87 V86 WD54. @filipinacpa thanks for starting this thread.

mrfifi88 · August 2016

@batman sa beeep pman din ako umaasa, practice pa ko ng madaming madami may 2 weeks pa kaya naman cguro yan awa ng diyos kahit tig 65 lang ayos na sakin wag lang umulit . Ty bro

mrfifi88 · August 2016

@xiaolico congrattttss!!! Hawahan mo naman kami! Hehe pwede ba sa speaking, this graph shows (basa ng title) tas the vertical line shows (basa ng data) tas the horizontal axis shows (basa ulit ng data) tapos singit lang ng isang trend kung may time pa??

xiaolico · August 2016

@michel_75 here are some links na pang practice.
http://pearsonpte.com/test-takers/preparation/
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/9t7pvk8kg47bbl9/AACRA3UiugfiZmSpBr4tJzt4a?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/y0rh6qjvbfkhb36/AAAVSXjcvBZ-Py_UEijtTztBa?dl=0

yung binayaran ko na gold kit, two months pa valid. I used up the two mock exams. but the sample questions, unlimited take sila. Check ko later if puwede ko ipasa sa yo. let me know if gusto mo.

xiaolico · August 2016

@mrfifi88 thanks. yeah puwede yan, yan ginawa ko. pero make sure if its a line graph, say this line graph. if its a pie chart, say this pie chart. kaya niyo yan

jwolf · August 2016

@xiaolico Naks! taas ng score a.. congrats! galing! tips naman jan..

xiaolico · August 2016

@jwolf thanks. Focus Lang. Pag May mali Ka, remember, di mo Na puwede balikan, move forward agad. Tas mas ok talaga of sanay Ka sa format. And syempre dasal

. Kaya niyo yan. Don't over think your answers, Ang
Important maka sagot Ka.

batman · August 2016

@xiaolico congrats 1 puntos na lang sa reading maka 20 pts ka na sana.

shaynetot · August 2016

@xiaolico Wow congratulations!!!

shaynetot · August 2016

Hi @xiaolico Did you review the macmillan practice set? Are actual exams really harder than the mock tests/macmillan set? Thank you!

xiaolico · August 2016

@shaynetot thanks Shayne. Ano ba yung McMillan? I bought the gold kit, sa ptepractice plus the 2 mock exams. Yung sample questions nga puwede nga for 2 months pa. Will check if I can make a dumby email as as user ID. Then a password, check ko if I can share it here. Para you guys can use the remaining days left. Pero Wala Na yung mock test Na dalawa, bayad per take yun. Yung sample questions Lang unlimited take

xiaolico · August 2016

@batman oo nga eh. Pero ok Na yan. Masaya Na ko sa 65 above lahat

michel_75 · August 2016

@xiaolico yes of course I like it. Many many thanks, you remembered me.

michel_75 · August 2016

@xiaolico congrats! Ang galing mo.

michel_75 · August 2016

@xiaolico please share your strategies please please.

rami · August 2016

@xiaolico ayos. Congrats!!

xiaolico said:
Got it. Lusot, thanks sa mga tumulong. L82 R78 S90 W81. Sa enabling skills, di Na counted to diba? G60 OF88 P99 S87 V86 WD54. @filipinacpa thanks for starting this thread.

paulcasablanca1980 · August 2016

congrats @xiaolico

shaynetot · August 2016

@xiaolico ung practice set na nilagay sa google drive, if i'm not mistaken dun sa name ng book.

Ekam_Eveileb · August 2016

Hi guys! I just want to share my feelings. This Thursday na exam ko at di ko na kaya yung pressure. Nag book ako last June since sabi ng dad ko mahirap daw ang English test. Nagbasa basa lang ako ng thread dito at kumuha ng tips. Tapos I read Macmillan and practice my English skills. I tried my practice set A last July 21 and my scores were not really appealing. Even though I read and prepared myself, I managed to get these scores

L-67/ R-52/ S-48/ W-73

At first, it was hopeless for me but my dreams never gave up on me so I still practice and improve myself. Kahit ang bano ng scores ko, I still want to move forward in order to be better. Halos lahat nga kailangan ko ipractice and unfortunately and dami ring unexpected and sad events na nakapagstop ng aking pag review. Obviously, I procrastinated but I managed to make up the time I lost. I practiced first my speaking skills and I watched bunch of youtube videos particularly this one which will help you in your 'describe image' section:

I practice my 'repeat sentence' everyday by writing the first letter of each word to remember the sentence since it was really difficult. Now, I am struggling in the 're-order paragraph' section since this section will not give you an ordinary paragraph that will give obvious hints what is first, second and etc. I will try my practice set B later and I will keep you update. I am really paranoid but somehow right now I am calm. Thanks for your patience in reading this! I will update tomorrow what are my scores. Hopefully, mabigay sakin ang desired score ko. Nothing is impossible with God!

allej · August 2016

@xiaolico Congrats!

xiaolico · August 2016

thanks everyone. @shaynetot i didnt use those links kasi. I used the paid one, I checked just now, yung offline practice test, same na same lang sa paid. @michel_75 di pala kaya. nandun pala credit card details ko, sorry. but the links i gave you, yung offline practice test, yun na yun na din yun. @rami enough na 3 weeks. remember its not how long you study, but how well you study. yes the links I gave you, yung practice test dun, ok na yun. those questions are what i studied din. To everyone taking the exams soon, to those who paid the gold kit and getting low scores, goodluck. kaya niyo yan. mock exams are different from the real exam. will give my advice on my next comment. will do it now

xiaolico · August 2016

I do not remember the exact order of the exam. but here are my tips, hope it helps.

fill in the blanks listening.
here you have a paragraph with missing words. there is an audio, you have to type the missing words. if you, iperfect niyo na to. medyo madali to. here's my advice, make sure you type the exact word. if plural siya, make sure you type the letter s at the end. while typing the word, para di kayo maiwan, when you type the word that you hear, wag niyo na check spelling. leave your typed word first. after the entire audio finished, go back to the words you typed. dun niyo check yung spelling. it is very important na hindi kayo maiwan ng audio because you can not go back.

multiple choice single answer
you have a paragraph and there is a question with one answer. i suggest you read the questions and the answers first. then read the paragraph, while reading the paragraph, try niyo hanapin yung medyo similar sa choices. most likely that will be the answer. here kasi, i can say much, medyo depende how you understand the paragraph. hirap ako dito.

speaking describe image
here you will see an image. most of the time graph yan, you have to describe what you see verbally. dito, you have to understand, machine ang nag checheck nito. it doesnt matter how many words you say, if the machine can not understand what you are saying, sasablay ka. so slow down, make sure what you are saying is madaling maintindihan. kahit kaunti lang masabi niyo, basta tuloy tuloy at wag kayo titigil, lulusot yan. and since machine ang nag checheck nito, do not worry if you make sense or not. voice recognition lang binabasa niyan, not the logic. slow down and make sure you are easy to understand. keep on talking, three seconds of silence, titigil na yun. mas ok na kulangin sa oras kaysa maubusan.

summarize written text (one sentence)
here this is my suggestion, do the offline practice test, type your sentence sa notepad. one sentence lang to, then transfer it sa word. check niyo yung mag red. then spell and grammar check niyo. again machine ang nagchecheck nito. what the machine will do is, check if isa lang yung period to verify na on sentence lang yan. count the words, it should not be more than 70 words ata. so make sure your commas are in the right place. again machine mag check nito, what the machine will do is check for keywords. the more words na iba iba na you use the better. it will check for spelling, make sure tama spelling niyo. from the paragraph, copy the important words for you. not the entire sentence, important words lang. singit niyo sa sentence niyo.

highlight correct summary
here there is a recording then may choices. you need to choose the best choice that summarizes the recording. eto medyo multi task ka. while listening to the recording, read quickly the choices. run through lang, hanapin mo yung sentence na either sasabihin ng recording or almost similar sa recording. read and listen at the same time. if you can do this, kaya to. kailangan talaga sabay, while listening, read quickly, it does not have to be naman na sobrang basa, parang run through it lang. like looking at the side mirror sa car. di ka nakatutok dun, pero nasa view mo yun. in a way parang ganun

break muna ko. will continue in a few minutes

xiaolico · August 2016

okay im back. tuloy ko na

fill in the blanks (reading and writing)
lowest score ko to. here you have a paragraph with box with blank words. may drop down box with 4 or 5 words in it, you have to choose the best word that applies for that specific sentence. eto medyo test of your vocabulary. I only suggestion I can give here, do not concentrate sa paragraph. himayin mo, concentrate on the sentence where the missing is word is located. from the sentence, you can see what the best word is. so medyo wala akong advice dito. more of test of your vocabulary to, the words are not that hard naman. and hindi sila masyadong magkaka pareho. just dont take too much time on one word. if di kaya, skip muna. answer the ones na sure ka first, then balikan mo yung di ka sigurado. make a calculated guess if hindi mo talaga alam.

Read aloud
there's a sentence na you have to read. again i have to emphasize this, hindi tao mag check niyan. machine yan, slow down. pronunciation is important. pag may s yung dulo, make sure you read the s. exagerate niyo, for example, trees. say treesssss. if may ed sa dulo ng word, ganun din. make sure the machine will be able to hear yung ed niyo sa dulo. again voice recognition lang babasa niyan, so kahit sounds like lang, ok na. just make sure you read as clear as possible all the words.

write essay
again machine mag checheck nito. i suggest you use all the 300 words that is accepted. since machine babasa nito, hahanap lang yan ng keywords. try to use as many words as you can. wag yun paulit ulit lang kayo ng words. the more words you use, the higher the chances na tamaan niyo yung hinahanap ng machine na word. make sure tama spelling and grammar niyo. this is how the machine will read your answer, for example ang keyword niya is relax. the machine will look for the letters r-e-l-a-x in one word. then the machine will check if the letters are in the right order. if they are, you get a point. if not, it means mali ang spelling. you will not get the full point. again when you practice this part, answer it sa notepad. then copy and paste sa word, check sa word which sentences will be in red. then click spell and grammar check. check niyo which words you misspelled and if may grammatical error kayo.

highlight incorrect words
here please try your best to perfect this. this is one of the easiest parts. may recording, and may paragraph. you have to match the recording and the paragraph. there are words in the paragraph na hindi sasabihin sa recording. you have to click these words. please focus hard, pag naiwan kayo nung recording, mahirap humabol. please practice using the mouse. eto suggestion ko, pero try it out first sa start ng exam. they use an optical mouse. naka mouse pad sila. for me, ts better if alisin niyo yung mouse pad. use the optical mouse on the table surface. para mas mabilis gumalaw yung mouse pointer. pag naiwan kasi kayo ng recording, dilikado tayo dito. so please wag kayo papaiwan. make sure yung mouse pointer niyo, nasa word na sinasabi nung speaker. foucs hard, perfect niyo to

fill in the blanks (reading)
again reading lowest score ko. hindi malalim vocabulary ko. here you have a paragraph with missing words. may group of words kang pag pipilian. you need to choose the right word na kulang sa sentence. medyo palaliman ng vocabulary dito. if you guys do not know the answer, skip niyo. check niyo alin yung sure kayo. try to secure the words you know. the words that you do not know, calculated guess na. do not spend too much time sa words na hindi niyo alam. the last thing na you want to happed is maubusan tayo ng oras sa bagay na hindi natin alam. we are not going for a perfect score naman, let us try to secure the points na sure tayo. make sure lang talaga wag kayo maubusan ng oras

answer short question
here please get as many correct answers as you can. this is not that hard. may question lang na recording and you have to answer it. one question that i remember na natanong sa akin, "if the temperature increases, does this mean the temperature goes up or down?" sagot ko, "it goes up". increases kasi, 1-4 words lang sagot dito. again please answer clearly. parang robot answer, machine makikinig ng sagot niyo. exaggerate niyo yung pag pronounce.

break ako ulit