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PTE has become a very renowned test of today’s era to those who are aspiring to move abroad.It is an online test which includes four modules namely: Speaking, Writing, Reading and Listening.
Once you plan for taking this test, you need to be very much polished in your reading, writing, speaking and listening skills.It is mandatory to know about the format of this exam before you start preparing for it. It includes 20 activities altogether. Let’s talk about Speaking and Writing activities of PTE:
Speaking And Writing:
In PTE, Speaking and Writing is integrated.After an introduction, the first item that comes your way is:
1. Read Aloud:
Read Aloud is one of the easiest activity of the exam in which you need to just read out some sentences that will come in front of your computer screen.A candidate needs to read that text in the microphone with right pronunciation.
This can be improved by listening lectures of English people, watching English movies can also be proved very useful to understand the right pronunciation of the language.
2. Repeat Sentence:
The second activity is of repeat sentence in which you will listen to a sentence and you need to repeat it in an exact manner the way you listen.
The problem usually occurs in grabbing long sentences. In order to overcome this problem, you can either close your eyes or you can write the later part of the sentence because the initial part of the sentence is not difficult to retain in mind the problem always occur while speaking the later part which can be retained by writing at the time of listening.
3. Describe Image:
The third activity is of describing an image in which you will get 25 seconds to look at the picture and you will have to describe it in 40 seconds.There are so many things that a candidate needs to learn while describing an image.
A pupil needs to learn grammar specifically.Moreover, he needs to be very particular about time which is usually exceeded by candidate so it's always better for him to start timer once he is preparing for it.
4. Re-Tell Lecture:
The third activity is of Re -tell lecture.In this, you will listen to a lecture by an English man. Once the lecture would be over, you will have to re- tell it in a microphone.so it is very important to listen to it properly. To make it stay in your mind, you are advised to make notes while listening to it so that you can speak much of the content.
5. Answer Short Questions:
The fourth activity is of answer a short question. In which approximately 10 questions would be asked which you need to answer in one word.
This is quite an easy activity. Questions are usually related to general awareness. To improve this, one can read about one-word substitution as a majority of the questions are asked from there.
Writing
6. Summarise Written Text:
The sixth activity is of summarising written text. In this activity, you will be given one passage which you need to summarise in 50 to 75 words.But the condition is you need to write it in one sentence means you are not supposed to place full stop anywhere inside the sentence.
For learning this, one needs to learn how to precise or write in a compact manner by adding important information of the text.It can be done by practice only or by consulting a good trainer for complete guidelines.
7. Write Essay:
Writing an essay has always been a difficult task for students. Especially those who do not come from the English background. In PTE, there will be 1to 2 essays and you will get 20 minutes for each. You need to type as it is an online exam so here typing speed also plays an important part.
Writing an essay includes a lot of things which one needs to keep in his mind. First and foremost, he needs to know how to make a structure of it. Again making a structure means one needs to know That essay should start with an introduction followed by two body paragraphs and a conclusion.
While writing an essay one needs to keep many things in your mind. First, he should have complete grammar knowledge. Secondly, he should have thoughts in his mind. Along with this, he should have an idea to put connectors and phrases in an appropriate manner.
To recapitulate my views, I would suggest that it’s not difficult to grab good scores in PTE (Speaking & Writing ) if these strategies are followed properly at the time of preparation.
