PTE ACADEMIC

Roni.A. · February 2019

I saw this from fb,credit to the owner.

How someone can score 80+ in PTE?
Read Aloud:

Read aloud with breaks at the punctuations and some intonations. Don’t rush, maintain constant speed pace and make sure you read and not just swallow words. Never, re-read a word that you have read wrongly. Because, the number of words we read is compared with the number of words in the passage while scoring, and remember this is just one out of many criteria while scoring and there are other scales as well.

Before the recording begins, you will have 40 sec. That time the mic will not be open. Use this time to read as you are going to do when the mic opens. This way, you will be able to identity some difficult words and learn its pronunciation.

Listening and Writing sections are pretty straight forward. However, in "summarize spoken text" under listening section and "write essay" under writing section, allot at least 5 mintues only to review what you just wrote. Do not spend too much time thinking what to write or how to arrange your sentences and paragraphs. Believe me, you will run out of time! Take just a minute or two to think and then start writing whatever comes to your head. In the last 6-7 minutes, arrange/correct your sentences, form paragraphs, review your answer for spelling, grammer and punctuation.

For Listening section in PTE-

It is easy to get points in this section and u don’t need to make any special strategy for it . However, Highlight Correct Summary, Highlight incorrect words, write from dictation secure more marks and ensure spelling marks in “write from dictation” section.

Writing a Good Summary:

Summary writing is the process of reading a text, identifying the main ideas and then writing the important ideas in many fewer words. A summary should be brief and include only important ideas or information from the text. Summaries should not include examples or repetitions. Summarizing helps you understand and remember information you read. Below are some basic guidelines to follow when writing a good summary.

Guidelines for Writing a Summary

Use these strategies when summarizing a text. For long texts apply the steps for each section.

• Find the most important information that tells what the paragraph or group of paragraphs is about.

• Use this information to write a topic sentence.

• Find 2 - 3 main ideas and important details that support your topic sentence and show how they are related.

• Keep the ideas and facts in a logical order that expands on your topic sentence.

• Combine several main ideas into a single sentence.

• Substitute a general term for lists of items or events.

• Do not include unimportant or minor details.

• Do not repeat information.

• Write the summary in your own words -- do not copy information directly from the text.

REPOSTING= For short Answer questions in speaking:-

There is no point in saying more than you need to say. Marks are awarded for a short, accurate answer. There are no extra marks for additional words. For example, for this question: ‘What type of periodical is published on a daily basis?’, both these answers would score the same marks: newspapers It’s newspapers that are published every day.

For Guys facing difficulty in RE-ORDER Paragraph:- Strategy would be to identify the topic sentence and they just follow the flow of the message this para is trying to convey. You can get a max of three questions in this section. Couple of questions with four sentences need to be placed in order or sometimes just three sentence to Re-order. Pretty straight forward, if you identify the topic sentence. OK, what is a TOPIC sentence? Sentence which can stand alone and looks like a statement then having some kind of reference or relation to other sentence in the given list. Sometimes a concluding sentence would also sound similar; however, major difference b/w topic and concluding sentence is that conclusion sentence try to recommend or predict or draws a conclusion.

Do you know your Score of Writing Skill of PTE does not depend on Writing Section only? Please note that your writing score depends on the following item types-

Writing Section: Summarizing written text

Writing Section: Write Essay

Reading Section: Reading & writing: Fill in the blanks

Listening Section: Summarize spoken text

Listening Section: Fill in the blanks

Listening Section: Write from dictation

If you want good marks in writing skill of your PTE test, you have to ace in all of these sections.

My advice to all test takers. I am sharing few tips which would help u during exam.

1. Concentrate very hard because u will be distracted by others in the exam room during speaking session. Everybody speaks hard and loud... U can't control dat. Press headphones hard to ur ears when listening and concentrate.

2. Don't underestimate writing essays. U will hardly have time to plan and type 200-300 words in 20 minutes. My advice...After reading the question, start typing immediately and hav an eye on timer.

3. Reading part is another deceiving session. U will run out of time before u realise. So practice hard.

4. Stay confident and crack the exam. Gud luck....

My advice to all test takers: 1. Concentrate very hard because u will be distracted by others in the exam room during speaking session. Everybody speaks hard and loud... U can't control dat. Press headphones hard to ur ear when listening and concentrate.

2. Don't underestimate writing essays. U will hardly have time to plan and type 200-300 words in 20 minutes. My advice...After reading the question, start typing immediately and hav an eye on timer.

3. Reading part is another deceiving session. U will run out of time before u realise. So practice hard.

4. Stay confident and crack the exam. Gud luck...

PTE key points to remember

Summarise written text. 30 words ideal. Identify keywords. Read twice in 2 mins. Write for 7 minutes. Edit in 1 minute. Who did what. What happened? Ignore details.
Write Essay. Prepare 1 min. Write 18 min. Check 1 min. Identify two sides. 1 idea per paragraph. Intro (rewrite section 1&2, This essay will..), 2 Whys and conclusion. One cause in one Why para. Only one side in conclusion.
Retell lecture. Take notes while listening. Create vocabulary from image.
Describe an image. Introduce image title and X axis. 10 sec. Key features most noticeable. 20 sec. Conclusion starting with Overall. Summary/opinion. 8 sec.
Repeat sentence. Remember phrases. Keywords. Listen and repeat.
Summarise spoken text. Take notes while listening. Multiple sentences. 70 words.
Write from dictation. Listen and absorb the sentence. Then type fast. Use grammar to correct sentence. Meaning words and grammar words.
Reorder paragraph. Independent sentence. Object of sentence 1 connects to subject of next sentence. Subject+Verb+Object. Grammar

You have to prepare for the test. If you simply go and give it you will be shocked to see your marks.
Remember, everyone has a weak area and you need to identify yours by taking tests

jeffasuncipn · February 2019

@novapic focus ka lang and continue ka lang sa review wag ka ma distruct sa mock test may mga test takers din before na nakascore ng mababa sa mock exam pero nakasuperior sa actual.. goodluck!

steven · February 2019

Nag take ako ng PTE kahapon 2pm for the first time... nag self-review po ako for about 2 months cguro..

Medyo masakit, 1 point nalang sana. Confident nman ako sa reading kahapon.. :-( :-( ... more so than anything else, thankful pa rin to Almighty God for the guidance.

L-87
R-78
S-90
W-81

Grammar - 83
Oral Fluency - 90
Pronunciation - 88
Spelling - 85
Vobabulary - 90
Written Discourse - 90

Thank you very much @edge and @ms_ane sa walang sawang supporta at pag bibigay ng advices.

Thank you rin @aljohnrhey for the tips...

At sa lahat nga nag bigay ng tips dito sa forum. :-)

jeffasuncipn · February 2019

@Devi@nt19 tama yan ung sa actual pearsonpte.com need mag register. kuha kadin voucher discount sa trusted sites or agencies.para makasave ng money

ms_ane · February 2019

@steven nakakaproud ang scores mo ang galing!!!! ganyan din ako sa unang take, kapos ng 2 points naman ako sa Reading and Listening. Yung feeling na nandun na e, pero bakit di ko pa naabot? pero you know what, tama yan, be thankful pa din kasi atleast now you know kung ano ang stand mo, alam mo na konti na lang ang kailangan mo to review and confident ka na on your second take, makukuha mo na iyan

Sa reading ang ginawa ko talagang isa lang sinagot ko sa multiple answer - para wala akong negative marking. Kayang kaya na yan next.

edge · February 2019

@steven Congrats pa din, ang tataas

thank God

Tama si @ms_ane confident ka na sa next one. Ang tataas ng communicative skills mo din!

anntotsky · February 2019

@jeffasuncipn pano ung voucher?

anntotsky · February 2019

@steven galing.. sana lng ako din makuha ko na next take ko

jeffasuncipn · February 2019

@anntotsky dito ako usual kumukuha ng voucher https://www.aeccglobal.com.ph/pte-academic-voucher/ Php10,200

JHONIEL · February 2019

@steven impressive score na yan sa 1st taker. Mukang sa R&W: FILL IN THE B LANKS ka nadali. Kuha ka after 2 weeks, wag mo na patagalin para hindi mawala momentum mo. Ganyan nangyari sakin nung 2nd take muntik ko na masuperior lahat kaso nung 3rd take ko , bumaba lahat kasi after 1 month ulit ako nag-take.

anntotsky · February 2019

@jerkyjerk san po makakakuh ng mock test na may scoring

anntotsky · February 2019

@jeffasuncipn pede po sa sg?

jeffasuncipn · February 2019

@anntotsky ah from sg k pla.. This voucher is valid within Philippines only

steven · February 2019

@ms_ane thank you talaga... bilib po ako sa inyo kahit mid night nag re-reply po kayo.. at si @edge ...

Sobrang nag madali ako sa study process ko to improve..kasi maliit lang talaga mock test A ko..

L-76|R-59|S-90|W-69
G-67| OF-81|P-90|S-81|V-72|WD-47

Pinag halo ko po yung mga advices nyo at yung ginawa kung strategies to boost Vocabs & WD scores.. 6 days nalang yung remaining days b4 exam ko, after moct test A..kaya nag cram na ako.. :-(

steven · February 2019

@edge Sir sobrang thank you sa prayers :-) kinabahan ako masyado, nag start yung kaba pag gising ko kahapon hanggang na tapos yung exam sobrang kabado po ako... pinilit kung e control..pero mahirap.

Para sa akin mas kinabahan pa ako sa PTE compare dun sa board exam ko 7 years ago... :-( tapos hindi ako naka tulog talaga the night before PTE exam.. affected po yung cognitive skills ko...

steven · February 2019

@JHONIEL Thank you Sir :-) plano ko sana mag take 4 weeks from now kasi plano ko pa pong mag practice everyday... what do you think po? Malaki po ba chance mag decline yung momentum ko?

JHONIEL · February 2019

@steven its up to you sir, pede na cguro 4 weeks although practice talaga ang key para maka superior. Yung R&W:FIB cguro humatak pababa sa reading mo sayang. Yung WFD mo ba naperfect mo?

edge · February 2019

@steven parehas tayo,, before, during at after kabado to the max ako.... at tama ka iba ung pakramdam sa board at pte exam ahaha,,,ang gnawa ko nun inhale exhale na malalim at buga ng hangin pra umalis kaba,,,,, and i believe sa next mo superior na lahat yan kasi alam mo na san ang focus mo

crankygrinch · February 2019

@steven sir nagexam hubby ko kahapon ng tanghali. Nakuha nya desired scores nya. 2 weeks lang din sya nagpractice. Everyday. Ito yung ginamit nyang reviewer:

https://ptetutorials.com

Currently pag nag signup ka, bibigyan ka ng 10 sample exams. Di nga lang graded. Magbabayad ka pa para may mag evaluate.

Tapos sa exam day, may nagadvise sa kanya na pag naubusan ka na ng sasabihin, magsalita lang ng magsalita kahit minsan wala na sense hehe.

darlyash · February 2019

sino po may templates dito po? pwede po pahingi po...

Thank you

steven · February 2019

@crankygrinch thank you po :-) ginamit ko rin po yung 7 out of 10 free mock tests ng ptetutorial.com... malaking tulong din po.

First take po ba ng hubby nyo Maam? Congratulations po .... God is good .. all the time :-)

steven · February 2019

@JHONIEL thank you sir :-) dun po sa WFD. I think may 1 or 2 words dun na hindi po ako sure... like nag type ako ng "in the" instead of "on the"...

ano po yung study scheme nyo before para mag improve sa FIB reading & FIB r&w..?

JHONIEL · February 2019

@steven ah ok po. Tanda mo pa ba yung mga lumabas sa wfd mo?

Actually hirap din ako sa R&W:FIB. sa apat na take ko isang beses ko lang sya na superior. Practice lng key dyan, more on collocations sya and subject+verb agreement sa tingin ko. Sa read aloud ba medyo nabulol ka sa ibang words? Mahalaga din pang hatak sa reading ang read aloud. Based sa exp ko itong 4 ang pinaka high priority dapat: WFD, RS, R&W:FIB, RA, although dapat lahat mag focus ka pag aim mo ay superior, pero pag na-ace mo yang mga yan malaki chance talaga maka superior.

crankygrinch · February 2019

@steven yes po first time. Balak pa nga nya sana magrebook ng exam date kaso sayang 5k pesos din yun. Kaya sabi ko try muna nya magtake. In fairness pumasa haha.

Yung sayo maganda na rin result! One point na lang habulin mo next time

i wish you all the luck

Ako naman aim ko lang kahit proficient kasi dependent naman ako hehe. Magaral pa rin ako para di sayang :P

steven · February 2019

@JHONIEL sa Read Aloud po sir... naalala ko may isang sentence dun na nabulol po ako... yung sa WFD sir.. medyo nalimutan ko na po.. I'll try to remember it po if kakayanin pa... :-)

Sa listening po kasi...nag focus ako dun sa MCMA.. tapos napansin ko parang ang bilis ng time.. almost 12mins nlang nasa MCSA pa ako... so binilisan ko yung MCSA, select missing word, at highlight corect summary... to the point na medyo nawala ako sa focus. Para maka pag next na agad... then lahat ng focus ko binigay ko sa Highlight incorrect words, FIB, at WFD kasi ito yung parts na nag bibigay ng malaking points

JHONIEL · February 2019

@steven ah ok. Ang diskarte ko kasi sa multiple answers isa lng palagi pinipili ko pag hindi masyado clear ung passage unless sobrang naintndhan ko.

JHONIEL · February 2019

@steven ok naman listening mo. Tingnan mo yung mga malaking impact sa reading.

steven · February 2019

@JHONIEL base po dun sa analyzed scoring scheme ng PTE.... at sa video ng RomanPTE.. nag focus po ako dito..right after na receive ko yung low reading score ko from mock test A =59.. kaso need ko pa rin mag practice talaga..

READING: (what to focus)
>Read Aloud = 22 points
>Reading & Writing FIB = 22 points

Guilty po ako dun sa negative markings... kasi kahit hindi ako 100% sure.. pinipili ko pa rin ..

JHONIEL · February 2019

@steven oo practice at laban talaga. Ako nga kala ko kuha ko na nung 3rd take pero kapos pa rin. Focus lang sa review and practice.

JHONIEL · February 2019

@steven tama yan read aloud and rw:fib. Sa read aloud normal pace lang ang pagbasa mo. Kasi ako nun pinipilit ko mabilis talaga, same ng pagbasa ni moni magic pte, kaso hindi ko maiwasan na mabulol. Kaya itong next take ko normal speed lang gagawin ko.