PTE ACADEMIC

czianczia28 · May 2019

Once narinig na po ang sagot sa L-MCMA pwede na po ba inext agad kahit hindi pa tapos magsalita ang speaker?

Supersaiyan · May 2019

@czianczia28 nope. Di makaka next sa Listening part unless matapos yung recording.

czianczia28 · May 2019

@Supersaiyan thank you!

Supersaiyan · May 2019

@czianczia28 no worries po. BTW, sa Speaking pde po mag next agad after giving your response.

lecia · May 2019

@JHONIEL yes!!! Malapit na yan! Di bale move on at focus sa next exam! Konting konti na lang.! Prayers para sayo kapatid!!! Alam ko malapit na yan!

@jewel_34 galing!! Congratulations!! Yehey!!!!! Praise God...

xero09 · May 2019

@iennaluj15 practice pa sa WFD at RWFIB. Yung speaking enabling components mo mababa pa. Polish mo yung templates mo para tuloy-tuloy ka magsalita. Makakatulong din sa reading score mo yun gawa ng RA.

iennaluj15 · May 2019

salamat @xero09, confident pa man dn ako sa RA pero mababa pa rn siya. kelangan pa tlaga ng practice nian.

iennaluj15 · May 2019

Isang factor dn ba ang RS? kc sobrang haba ng mga sentences at ang bilis agad kaya halos wala dn ako nsb. haha

Supersaiyan · May 2019

@iennaluj15 yup, RS malaki humatak ng points for Listening at Speaking.

xero09 · May 2019

@iennaluj15 malaking factor ang RS. Pinakamalaki nga ata ang contribution noon sa speaking mo kasi mga 10 items yun at 13 points each. Kapag mahaba masyado yung sentence, try mo nalang ulitin with confidence kahit di mo nakuha lahat ng words. Kapag abot ng 50% ang nakuha mo in correct sequence, maayos pa din ang magiging score mo.

iennaluj15 · May 2019

salamat po uli @xero09 at @Supersaiyan. tanong ko lng po if anu po other review material for practice po ninyo? ung gamit ko po is ung ptestudy.

Supersaiyan · May 2019

@iennaluj15 APEUni saka youtube po.

karlboy · May 2019

Hello, aside sa ptepractice.com na mock exams, meron pa po ba na same website na kaparehas nun na buong exam yung sasagutan then may grade sa dulo? Medyo mahal kasi yung gold tapos one time use lang yung mga exams if matapos mo.

Para sakin kasi parang mas ok mag practice nung buong exam kesa dun sa part by part. Para at least napapractice lahat at the same time.

xero09 · May 2019

@karlboy wala na po ata na may score apart from the official practice tests. Yung official guide na CD may full exams pero wala siya score.

vlademyr · May 2019

Gusto ko po sana magpasalamat sa lahat ng members ng thread na to. Finally after 3 attempts with only 5 days in between, nakuha ko na po yung kailangang kong score. Bonus pa perfect 90 on all subtests. Pagpalain po kayo lahat!

Communicative Skills
Listening: 90
Reading: 90
Speaking: 90
Writing: 90

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

Again maraming salamat po!

ms_ane · May 2019

congrats @vlademyr
good job sa perfect 90!!!

Supersaiyan · May 2019

@vlademyr congrats po. God bless on next steps.

steven · May 2019

Sorry po ...di ako naka tulong for few days sa pag bibigay ng kaunting ambag or ideas... maraming akong inayos na mga backlogs sa work at sa personal na buhay...dahil stagnant talaga ako during review days :-(

Ito na po additional compilation of schemes na ginamit ko during review days & actual exam... Na post ko na po yung SPEAKING & WRITING last week :-)

*** READING ***

** Multiple choice, choose single answer **

• I only spend 1.5 minutes each item
• You can easily determine if the task is MCSA because of the round-shaped option
button
• Enhance your Speed-reading skills (understand the text while reading rapidly)
• Basta MCSA, binabasa ko talaga ang text kasi maikli lang naman at less complicated
compared sa MCMA.
• Ito yung steps na ginamit ko:
(1) Read and focus on the key words in the prompt
(2) Read the text for 35 secs (usually short paragraph(s) lang ang MCSA). While reading and
understanding the text, bring back the information from the question/prompt into your
mind, para mas madaling mahanap yung keywords na related dun sa prompt.
(3) Binabasa ko ulit yung text for another 35 secs kasi minsan 50% lang yung na iintindihan
ko sa first attempt.
(4) I used to spend 20 secs of the 1.5-minute duration to choose an answer.

• Note: These steps would really require a lot of practice.
• Three sources na ginamit ko para maka practice talaga:
-una kong ginamit ang https://ptetutorials.com/sample-questions/reading-multiple-
choice-choose-single-answer
-after ptetutorials, nag practice ako dito sa https://ptestudy.com/
-Lastly, https://www.apeuni.com/practice/reading?model=r_mcs&num=1&menu=all

** Multiple choice, choose multiple answers **

• I only spend 2 minutes each item
• You can easily determine if the task is MCMA because of the square-shaped option
button
• Hindi speed-reading technique ang ginamit ko dito kasi masyadong mahaba yung
texts compared to MCSA. Na try kong mag apply ng speed-reading, kaso mas kaunti
lang yung naiintindihan ko dahil talagang mabilisan yung pag babasa within 2 mins.
• Ito yung steps na ginamit ko:
(1) Understand the question/prompt and collect key words
(2) Hanapin dun sa text yung keyword(s) from the prompt, sometimes yung synonyms ng
word ang nasa text.
(3) Try to locate all possible locations ng keywords dun sa texts para madaling balikan
afterwards. Kasi you need more than 1 answer.
(4) Read that certain sentence/phrases before and after the keyword. Umiikot lang dito yung
answers talaga. Then, look at the choices kung may related idea ba na makikita based sa
binasa mong sentence.
(5) With this scheme, di mo kelangan basahin yung buong paragraphs. Just read one
sentence before the keyword and once sentence after the keyword.

• Itong strategy na’to ay same lang din sa strategy ni Moni PTE Magic

• Three sources na ginamit ko para maka practice talaga:
- https://ptetutorials.com/sample-questions/reading-multiple-choice-choose-single-
answer

- https://ptestudy.com/
- https://www.apeuni.com/practice/reading?model=r_mcs&num=1&menu=all

steven · May 2019

** Re-order paragraphs **

Rule:
Obj of 1st sentence becomes Subj of the 2nd sentence
Obj of 2nd sentence becomes Subj of the 3rd sentence
Obj of 3rd sentence becomes Subj of the 4th sentence

Some findings:
• Take note of the sequence of events. Based dun sa experiences ko during practice
session, kadalasan nauuna yung past events followed by current events.
Ex:
(1) So in the agrarian era, if you need to destroy ………
(2) But in the industrial era, destroying the …..
(3) Now in the information era, destroying the …..

• Take note of the paragraphs containing “I”, “I have”. Paragraphs containing personal
pronoun “I” are closely related to each other.
Kadalasan magkakasunod yung sequence ng paragraphs with “I”.

• Active sentences should come first before Passive sentences
• Paragraph with article “A” should come first before paragraph containing “The”

I had tried studying several sources before. Pero, ito yung complete package para sa akin:
- E2 PTE Academic

- E2 PTE Academic

- Five Finger Strategy

• Three sources na ginamit ko para maka practice talaga sa Re-order
paragraphs

https://ptetutorials.com/sample-questions/reading-re-order-paragraphs
https://www.apeuni.com/
https://ptestudy.com/

** Reading: Fill in the blanks ** (I only spend 2 minutes for this task)
** Reading & writing: Fill in the blanks ** (I only spend 2.5 minutes for this task)

• Practice lang talaga ginawa ko dito
• Ito yung challenge---- if you can practice answering at least 80% of the total number
of questions from each of the resources below, you can certainly bolster your skills
para dito sa Fill in the blanks Tasks.

https://ptetutorials.com/sample-questions/reading-and-writing-fill-in-the-blanks
https://ptetutorials.com/sample-questions/reading-fill-in-the-blanks
https://www.apeuni.com/
https://ptestudy.com/

steven · May 2019

*** Listening ***

** Summarize spoken text **

• Instead of listening to music for several months, ito yung pina pakinggan ko :

>Mindvalley sa Youtube,  2 videos during lunch break
>TED Talk at TEDx sa Youtube  2 videos before bedtime
> https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02nq0gn/episodes/downloads  2 episodes while
working

• Fast note-taking yung pina practice ko dito. While listening to podcasts, nag susulat
ako.
• Use a lot of abbreviations when taking notes, para mabilis…or make your own
abbreviations.
• Ito yung way ko, for example:
Audio: “The worldwide population of wild giant pandas increased by 268 over the
last decade according to a new survey conducted by the government of
China.”

My writing: “wrldwide populatn wild giant pandas incrsd 268 last decade survey by
govt China…..”

• Practice taking notes while listening & understanding the audio
• Ito yung templates ko:

The speaker was mainly discussing ________.
Firtsly, he/she mentioned that_________.
He/she then stated that ______.
In addition, he/she discussed/expounded that ______.
Moreover, he/she described/elucidated the fact that ______.
Lastly, he/she suggested/highlighted that ______.

** Multiple choice, choose multiple answers **

• I spend only 2 minutes for this task
• Spend the preparation time (5 – 7 secs) to read and understand the question/prompt
• If the options have long sentences, grasp your erasable booklet and prepare for note-
taking
• If maikli lang yung sentences (options), just listen carefully and glance at the options
while listening, para may hint kung anong option ang candidate for elimination.

** Fill in the blanks **

• I spend only 2 minutes for this task
• Spend the preparation time (5 – 7 secs) to examine the entire boxes and take note
kung gaano ka dikit yung mga “blanks”, sometimes blanks/boxes are only separated
by 3 words. So, be prepared by examining ahead of time which part ng paragraph na
may ganito para ma anticipate mo.
• Di baling mali2x yung spelling when typing your answers, balikan mo nalang afterwards.
Ang importante di ka mawawala sa audio.

** Highlight correct summary **

• For me, this is an effective method:

** Multiple choice, choose single answer **

• I spend only 1 minute for this task
• Same strategies with MCMA (listening)

** Select missing word **

• Yung ginawa ko, talagang pinakinggan ko yung entire audio to get the main idea. While
listening,… tinitingnan ko yung progress bar para ma anticipate yung pag hinto ng
recording(with beep)

• Malaking tulong kung makukuha mo yung main idea kasi sometimes kung babasahin mo
yung options, halos lahat ay correct answers. So, understanding the main idea is your
paramount guide.

** Highlight incorrect words **

• Firstly, clear your desk…especially dun sa area ng mouse.
• Yung sa akin, mag lift lang ako ng mouse if may new line na, pero kung nasa isang line
palang yung pinapakinggan ko, I simply slide the mouse para hindi ako mawala dun sa
recording vs. actual words na sinusundan.
• Pag may obstacles when sliding your mouse, it would really affect your focus.
• Ang ginawa ko dito, yung mouse cursor ko naka sunod dun sa mentioned words at yung
mata ko nag babasa ng advance dun sa succeeding words.

** Write from dictation **
• Ito yung approach ko:
1) Nakatingin ako dun sa time status (Beginning in 3-2-1 seconds) before mag start yung audio
2) Ginamit ko yung first 2 seconds to clear my mind and focus
3) Sa remaining 1 sec, ito yung anticipation mood ko, gusto kong ma feel talaga na may audio akong ina-abangan. Kasi when I am anticipating for something, mas alert yung mind and ears ko. Parang may feeling of eagerness kung ano kaya ang lalabas na audio.

• While listening, nag keyboard typing na agad ako sa mga words na napapakinggan ko,
unlike dun sa repeat sentence.
• Ito yung effective sa akin, kasi makukuha mo talaga yung mga keywords esp. kung
mahaba yung sentences. Okay lang na may makakalimutan na helping verbs, articles, or
prepositions, unahin mo munang e focus ang pag sulat ng keywords… saka mo nalang
ayusin yung grammar afterwards.
• Ito yung way ko para mabilis yung pag type ng words:

For example: There are people who believe that ------> Dr r pple hu blv dat ...

Dito ako nag practice for listening taks:
https://ptetutorials.com/sample-questions/
https://www.apeuni.com/
https://ptestudy.com/

steven · May 2019

@ms_ane Sobrang thank you talaga :-) napakarami ng natutunan ko sa'yo :-) ... Ibang klase po yung encouragements at advices nyo ... parang instant energy booster ! Naalala ko pa nga after 2nd take ko, sobrang dinibdib ko papano naging 10 yung Speaking score ko... After reading your advices, bumalik ako kaagad sa pag re-review after few minutes ....

steven · May 2019

@JHONIEL Bro... mataas na scores mo :-) sa tingin ko kunting push pa sa "Reading & Writing FIB and Summarize Written Text" ...na experience ko rin to dati... kinapos ako sa reading at yung Writing ko was 81 malapit ng malaglag sa superior... ang ginawa ko nag focus talaga ako sa "Reading & Writing FIB and Summarize Written Text" ...

vlademyr · May 2019

Thanks po ng madami @ms_ane and sir @supersaiyan !!!

karlboy · May 2019

xero09 said:
@karlboy wala na po ata na may score apart from the official practice tests. Yung official guide na CD may full exams pero wala siya score.

Ohh, ok sige sige thanks!

Congrats din sa mga bagong naka superior!

JHONIEL · May 2019

@steven ah ok ,pano diskarte mo sa review mo bro sa RWFIB at SWT? TIA

jaaarman · May 2019

Question po sa write from dictation, pde na ba magtype habang nagsasalita ung audio and then pag may maling spelling baguhin na lang?

czianczia28 · May 2019

@jaaarman yes pwede po. Check mo po yung mga advices ni sir @steven very helpful po.

jaaarman · May 2019

@czianczia28 thank you so much! will check ung advices ni @steven

ms_ane · May 2019

@steven walang anuman kapatid. alam mong ganyan tayo dito, supporting each other. Salamat sa additional helpful tips - very useful para sa the rest na nagrereview pa. Godbless sa next steps