Written Discourse is last item of the six Enabling Skills of the PTE test. The Enabling Skills of the PTE test in the order they appear on the PTE score report are: Grammar, Oral Fluency, Pronunciation, Spelling, Vocabulary and Written Discourse. But what is Written discourse? The PTE handbook defines written discourse as ‘Correct and communicatively efficient production of written language at the textual level….
Vocabulary is 5th item of the six Enabling Skills of the PTE test. The Enabling Skills of the PTE test in the order they appear on the PTE score report are: Grammar, Oral Fluency, Pronunciation, Spelling, Vocabulary and Written Discourse. Your vocabulary score basically comes from your Essay Writing content words and from Fill in the Blanks of the Listening section. How to improve your…
Grammar is one of the six Enabling Skills of the PTE test. The Enabling Skills of the PTE test in the order they appear on the PTE score report are: Grammar, Oral Fluency, Pronunciation, Spelling, Vocabulary and Written Discourse. Your grammar score partly comes from Summarize Spoken Text (SST), the first part of the Listening module and partly from Write Essay section of the Writing…
Pronunciation is one of the six Enabling Skills of the PTE test. The Enabling Skills of the PTE test in the order they appear on the PTE score report include: Grammar, Oral Fluency, Pronunciation, Spelling, Vocabulary and Written Discourse. Your pronunciation score basically comes from the Repeat Sentence section of the Speaking module. So, in order to improve your pronunciation score, you need to practice…
PTE Academic is accepted by many universities throughout the world. To find out whether a specific educational institution that you are looking for accepts PTE or not click on this search link. Which countries accept PTE for processing immigration visas? As of today 11/05/2021, the two countries which accept PTE Academic for visa purposes are Australia and New Zealand. Need more information? In order…
A lot of my students found it difficult to communicate with people behind the scenes of the PTE test via email or telephone. And to be honest with you I think the interface of their contact us page is not really that user friendly. So today I am going to show you how you can ask your questions via email or just by calling them….
In order to improve your speaking score in the PTE test, you need to know which test items of the PTE Speaking module are bearing the highest points in this test so that you spend your time and effort accordingly. The PTE speaking module consists of the following test items respectively: Read Aloud, Repeat Sentence, Describe Image, Re-tell lecture and Answer Short Questions. The first…
In the PTE test, whenever recording candidate’s voice is involved the three-second silence rule kicks in. But what is it? The PTE test utilizes a software called voice to text engine. This software transcribes the voice into written text for marking purposes. When a candidate does a Read Aloud question, for example, the software transcribes his voice into text. This text is later compared to…
Write from Dictation is the last part of the PTE Listening module. Candidates usually get 3 to 4 WFD sentences. PTE candidates listen to a speaker say a sentence only once and they are expected to type that sentence in the space provided. There is no negative marking for wrong or misspelled words. How is WFD marked? Let’s say that you hear the following Write…
There are at least four reasons why PTE candidates need to take PTE mock tests before they actually sit the real one. Here are the four. 1. We all have heard the saying “Practice makes perfect”, and when it comes to doing a test, nothing beats practicing. I know a lot of students with a very good command of English who sat their first test without…
A lot of PTE candidates, especially those who want an overall score of 65 or 79 each, end up missing their target score by falling short mainly in their Writing and sometimes in their Listening scores as you can see here in these test reports. All of these test reports have one thing in common and that is they all have their Spelling and Written…
At thePTE.com, our syllabus for coaching the PTE follows the PTE test structure. That is, we start teaching the Speaking, Writing, Reading and Listening modules, respectively. Speaking Module Speaking starts with Read Aloud test items. There are 6-7 RS in every PTE test. Then, it is followed by Repeat Sentence with 10-12 test items. Describe Image is the third test item with 6-7 questions. Retell…
PTE candidates need to write between 50 to 70 words for their Summarize Spoken Text. PTE candidates will get 2-3 Summarize Spoken Texts in their PTE test. Candidates will first listen to an audio or watch a video that can be as long as 1-2 minutes. Then they are expected to type their answers in the space provided. Including the audio or video playtime, PTE…
Generally, PTE candidates get 3 questions in both sections of the PTE writing module. In Summarize Written Text, PTE candidates usually get 2-3 questions and in Essay Writing 1-2 essay topics. But as we have seen here at thePTE.com with our students’ experience there are all sorts of anomalies. For instance, one of our students got one SWT and one essay for his writing. Another…
There are 2-3 Retell Lecture questions in the PTE test. Retell lecture is the fourth test item of the Speaking module. There is no negative marking in this type of question and the candidates will have 10 seconds at the end of the lecture to prepare themselves for recording their answer for 40 second. Retell lectures could be an audio lecture or an audio lecture…
There are three test items in the PTE test that could be accompanied by an image. Those three items belong to the Speaking module and they are; Describe Image (DI), Retell lecture (RL) and Answer Short Question (ASQ). Describe Image All Describe Image questions of the PTE exam are accompanied by an image. These images could be a map, a graph, a pie chart, a…
There is only one thing that every PTE candidate has to present to be allowed to sit their PTE test and that is nothing but a valid PASSPORT. For a list of the common things that you are not allowed to take with you to the PTE exam room, read this post. Stringent rules of the PTE test centers make it clear that the only…
Summarize Spoken Text (SST) is the first section of the Listening module. PTE candidates may have 2-3 Summarize Spoken Texts in their test. How SST works In Summarize Spoken Text, first candidates listen to a recorded audio which is usually on a general topic. This audio could be as long as 2 minutes. Then the PTE candidates have 10 minutes minus the audio playtime to…
No, PTE candidates are not allowed to take any pens or paper into their test room. The reason and what replaces these items will be discussed in this post. Measures to stop PTE exam leak All major exams have come up with different measures to stop candidates from taking their exam questions out of their centers. In IELTS, for example, proctors check all the exam…
Write from Dictation (WFD) is the last section of the PTE listening module. PTE candidates will get 3-4 Write from Dictation sentence. This part of the listening module awards the PTE candidates the second highest score throughout the PTE test. So if you want to get a good score in your Writing and Listening skills, you need to follow these rules. 1. Manage your time…
Since the PTE exam is a standard test, most of the questions in their data bank get repeated for PTE candidates. To protect their questions from leaking out, stringent rules are applied to candidates who want to sit the PTE test. That is why PTE candidates are not allowed to take the following to their test room. 1. Non-prescription glasses If you wear glasses…
It has been a while that PTE candidates can reschedule their test without paying any fee. PTE candidates need to pay a fee if they reschedule their exam less than two weeks to their test date. That fee was around $85. If a PTE candidate reschedules their test before two weeks, no fees will apply. Now, PTE candidates (to date 21/01/2021) can reschedule their exam…
Write from Dictation (WFD) is the last test item of the PTE Listening module. Here a sentence is read out and candidates are expected to write it down and then type it in the space provided. Each sentence is repeated only once. Write from Dictation and Repeat Sentence in the PTE speaking section are similar in many ways. Each candidate will get 3-4 Write from…
The fifth item on the PTE listening menu is the Multiple Choice, Choose Single Answer questions or MCCSA in short. In this post, we will teach you how to deal with this type of question. How to do MCCSA Before the audio starts, candidates have 10 seconds to prepare. Use this time to read the question that you need to answer after the audio is…
Answer Short Questions is the last item of the Speaking module in the PTE test. Here, PTE candidates will listen to a question and then need to answer it with only one or two words only. PTE candidates will get 10-12 Answer Short Questions in their test. There is no negative points for wrong answers here. So do not leave any question unanswered. Because you…
Since the PTE test is conducted on a computer, it is better if you follow an essay template in your writing test. This post will enumerate the ways you can improve your essay writing skills. 1. Follow a standardized essay template A computer doesn’t know and above all doesn’t care if you are using a template in the PTE writing section. Don’t just use a…
The fourth item on the PTE listening menu is the Highlight Correct Summary questions or HCS in short. This type of question is considered a multiple choice type of question. There is no negative marking for a wrong answer here. Therefore, even if you do not know the correct answer, try your luck by guessing. You will get 2-3 HCS questions in your exam. How…
The sixth question type of the PTE listening module is Select Missing Words or SMW in short. PTE candidates will get 2 or 3 SMW questions in their test. And since these questions do not incur any negative marking in case you got the wrong answer, it is recommended that you do not leave them unanswered. How to answer these questions? Before the audio…
If you haven’t sat the PTE test before, then you would automatically assume that the conditions under which the PTE test is administered is like any other English Proficiency tests. Well, this is where you are wrong. All of us are used to exam conditions where silence is the norm. Therefore, first-time PTE test takers are shocked when they see everyone shouting at the top…
In the speaking section, the PTE test heavily relies on using a software called “voice to text” . This is also known as voice recognition or speech to text app. This is the same software or app that has been used in many voice command devices such as Siri, google, Bixbe and the list goes on. The main point is that all these devices work…
