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Saturday,December19,2015
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It is a computer based test, where we have to attempt all four sections viz
Listening, Reading, Writing, Speaking using computer.
HelloaspirantPreparation
materialsavailable@...
The test takes approximately three hours to complete. This includes an untimed
introduction to the test and one optional scheduled break of up to 10 minutes.
There are three timed parts:
1. Speaking and writing 77 to 93 minutes
2.Reading32to41minutes
Optional Break
3.Listening4557minutes
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PTEScoreGuideAmustreadtounderstandmarking/scoring
pattern
NEGATIVEMARKING
Everytesttakermustbeawarethatafewquestionshavenegativemarkingand
youneedtobecautiousaboutthat,iamlistingthembelow
1.ReadingSection
a)Multiplechoice,choosemultipleanswersPointsdeductedforincorrect
optionschosen
2.ListeningSection
a)Multiplechoice,choosemultipleanswersPointsdeductedforincorrect
optionschosen
b)HighlightincorrectwordsPointsdeductedforincorrectoptionschosen
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Now sharing some tips & strategies taken by persons who have attempted PTE and
cleared with good scores, Please note you can devise a new strategy which you
find comfortable to practise.
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take practise test 2 on day 10, then again analyze your weak points
work sincerely on your weak points, again and again and take 3rd practise test on
day 25
1. You are being scored by a computer so think like a computer giving test
2. Computer has limited ability. It will catch you on spelling error..Less time
spoken etc etc
3. Speak slowly in speaking.
4. Dont think too much about content But be clear when you speak and speak
for the time frame given to you.
5. Do not take a break when speakingAs recorder stops recording if you dont
speak for more than 3 seconds. And your game over.
6. While writingNO spelling mistakes.
7. Retell lecture Try to write fast when they speak. Also note important words
and try to understand context. It will be easier that way.
8.in writing the most important is the grammar..you may write the perfect
content with high vocabs but if there are grammar mistakes then you wil loose the
marks drastically
Also before booking center....Visit it once before booking. Check if its congested
or not. Faced this issue in my first attempt. I scored 90 in others and 60 in
speaking all coz the recorder recorded noises of all people around me. Dumb
computer didnt recognize my answers
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Lastnotleast,don'tbedemotivatedatanystage,understandthe
pattern,practiceandpractice,nothingelse.
3. Retell Lecture
ThisstrategyisoriginallyfromSnehaPatil
Before starting your test, write on your erasable notepad these three lines
1.Thespeakerhighlights
2.Theprofessorthrowslighton
3.Thelecturerfocuseson
thenwhenretelllecturestarts,recordingwillplayforaround2minutes,listen
patientlyandseetheimage/graph/table/piechart(ifany),duringthistimetryto
noteasmanykeywordsspokenintherecordingaspossible,uwillhavearound
1012secondstoprepareyourselfwithwhattospeak.
Whentimestartsforrecordinganswer,startwithany1of3linesuhavewritten
onyourerasablenotepad,mentionthekeywordsuhavenoteddownandtrytofill
intextbyyourselftopresentastory.keepnecessarypausesbetweensentences,
butnotmorethen3seconds.
Usethethreedifferentlinesforthedifferentlectures,generallyppldontgetmore
then3retelllectures,followthisstrategyyoushallbeclear
4.Summarizetext
twoquestionofthistype,youget10minstoanswereachi.e.20mins
readthegiventexttoscangeneralidea,readsecondtimetoget
connectingdetails(cause,effect),readthirdtimetorelatetoany
exampleetcifany
Whilereadingkeepwritingthekeypoints,connection,examplewhich
youfindrelevanttomainideaofthetext
Nowstartwritingactualsummary,itshouldstartwithacapitalletter,
avoidusingcapitalletteranywhereelse(evenifyouufeelitsrequired),
In1stlinewritethemainpointindicatedintextputacommathenwrite
supportingdetailandfinallyputafullstopatend
Keypointstotakecareofyoursummarizetextshallcoverthemain
Ideaandasupportingstatementorinference,itshouldbeasingleline
summarystartingwithacapitalletterandseparatedbycommas,full
stoponlytobeprovidedatend.
Incontinuationtomyearlierpostregardingspeakingtips,thisonehas
beenextractedfromanexpert'spostonFB
5.GraphsTipsnTricks
Sometimesyougettoomuchortoolessinformationinexplainingthegraphswhichmay
includeLineGraphs,BarGraphs,PieChartstonameafew.Sowhatisthebeststrategy
totacklethisproblem.
Youhavetomakearightstrategywithin25secondssothatyoucaneasilyexplainthe
graphin40seconds.
Herearesomeofthetipsthatworks
1)Identifytheinputsgiveninthegraph.Checktheinputs/variablesgivenintheXaxis
andYaxis.
ForexampleYouaresometimesgivenpopulation,salesetcintheYaxisandyears
rangeintheXaxis.
2)Checkwhattheoverallgraphisabout.Itmayberelatedtopopulationdensityof
differentcountries,salesindifferentcompaniesetc.SoyoumaystartbysayingThisline
orbargraphillustrates/givesinformationabout..................................
3)Sometimestherearetoomanylinesinasinglegraph.Firstlycheckthehighestpoint
thenthelowestpoint,checkthesimilarpatterns,trends(increasingordecreasingor
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fluctuatingetc).Forinstanceyoucanstartbysayingthatthehighestpopulationamong
allthecountrieswasrecordedbyUSAwhichwasaround50millionsintheyear2002and
thecountrywithlowestpopulationwasFrancewithapopulationofapproximately.......
ThetwocountriesnamelyIndiaandChinahaswitnessedanalmostsimilartrendsintheir
populationoverthepast10years.However,thepopulationofIndiashoweda
dramaticincreaseafter2010..................................
4)Youcanusesomeconnectorsalsotoimproveyourspeaking.YoucanuseHowever,
Itisinterestingtosee..............,Although,Similarly,Overall,Onthecontrary.
5)SometerminologiesthatcanbeusedforexpressingthetrendsDramaticincrease,
Significantincrease,Exponentialincrease,decreasing/increasingtrend,fluctuatingtrend,
declinedconsiderably,hugeincrease,rapidfall,etc.
6)YoucanalsousepopulationofXwasalmost3timesthenYcountry.Thesalesof
companyXwas
almost1/3rdthenthesalesofcompanyY.
Iftheinformationistoolessthenitisadvisedtospeakslowlyandcanaddsome
additionalinformationaswellrelatedtothetopic.
6.SpeakingTips..Contd...
Tipscollectedfrommyfriends
ForpeoplewhoneedsupportinSpeakingsection:
Sometipsforspeaking:
DescribeImage:Whetheryouareunderstandingthegraphornot,the
onlyprimethingtokeepinmindisthatitisaspeakingtasksoyouhave
tospeakandshowthatyoucanspeak,keeponspeakingfordescribing
imageorgraph.Whenyoudescribethegraphandifyouarenotgetting
whattosay,youcan
firstlydescribewhattheimageisdepictingwithwordslikethegraph
shows,illustratesordepicts.
Youcansayaboutthenumberswhichareontheverticalaxisandthe
yearswhichareonthehorizontalaxis,
followingthisyoucanaddtheunitslikethegraphhasdegreeCelsiusas
unitorthemilliondollarsorpercentage.
Pleasesaythesethingsifyoufeelweakasaspeaker,yourmainfocus
shouldbetosayat
least3sentences.
1.youcansayaboutthetopic.
2.youcansaytheunit
3.youcansaythehorizontalandverticalaxispointslikeyearsor
percentage.
7.Summary(Writing)ByAmritPai
Therearethreetipsthatshouldfollowforsummary
1.Writeinpresenttense
2.Useindependentclauseswithdependentclause
3.Usemainideaswithsupportingpoints.excludepersonalopinion,
Examples,unnecessaryinfo
8.RetellLectureIshanMehta
Studythepictureifthereisone.Itwillgiveyouageneralideaaboutthecontextofthelecture.
Fromthepicture,trytopredictwhatthelecturewillbeabout.Youwillhavethreesecondstoget
readyforthestartofthelecture.
Takenotes.UsetheerasablenoteboardBookletandpenprovided.Donottrytowritedownevery
wordyouhear.Unlessyouareabletowritequicklyandaccurately,youwillprobablyfallbehindand
missimportantinformation.Instead,focusonkeywords.
Writingquicklyisakeyskilltomaster.Useabbreviationswheneverpossible.Ignorearticles
(e.g.,a,an,the)unlesstheyarenecessary.Omittingthevowelsfromwordsisonewaytoincrease
writingspeed.
Keywordsincludenames,numbers,dates,times,andwordsandphrasesthatarestressed.Wordsand
phrasesthatarerepeatedareusuallycentraltothemainidea.
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Focusonunderstandingthemainideaofthelectureandthekeypointsthatsupportit.Ifthespeaker
drawsaconclusion,besureyouhaveidentifiedit.Trytoidentifytheoverallpurposeofthelecture.
Listenforcluestothespeaker'sattitude,opinion,orstance.Beawareofthespeaker'stoneofvoice
anddelivery,andtrytodetectanyemotionsthatarebeingconveyed.
Whenthelectureends,youwillhaveapproximately10secondstoreviewyournotes.Usethistimeto
organizewhatyouwillsay.Whenyouhearthetone,beginspeaking.Youwillhave40secondsto
completethetask.
Whileyouarespeaking,ifyouloseyourtrainofthought,orfindyourselfatalossforwords,donot
remainsilent.Themicrophoneturnsoffautomaticallyifthereisnosoundforthreeseconds.Ifyouneed
topausetothinkortocheckyournotes,usepausefillerssuchasum,uh,Letmesee,andsoon.
Sayingsomethinganythingisbetterthansayingnothingbecauseoncethemicrophoneturnsoff,
youcannotturnitonagain.
9.DescribeImageSnehaPatil'sNote
Thenoteshereshowskeywordstocrackanygraphandwordstouseforindicatingpattern
ofgraph.
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10.TipsbySanjeev
IntheSpeakingSection
RetelllectureHaveorganisationchartmethodtotakenotes.
Manager(Mgr),TeamLeader(TL),importantteammembers(ITM).
Managerisintroduction.TLiskeyptsandITMaresupportingideas.
Therewouldbejunk.Avoidallofthem.ItisyourEnglishthatcomputer
isinterestedthanthecontent.Have7secrule.7secforintro,78secfor
keypoint1+support,78seckeypoint2+idea,Bythetimeyoureach
60%ofrecordingplantostartyourconclusion.Withoutconclusiondonot
DONOTDONOThopetoscoremoremarks.Trytorestrictthetalkto56
properlyconstructedsentenceswithgoodgrammar.Don'tworryabout
thecontentbutworryabouttheEnglish.Stickto35sec.
Forcharts/image/graphmanyhavegivenbestsolutionhere.Ihave
tosayagainthatthisisEnglishtest.Don'timpressthecomputerwith
yourmathsabilitybutyoushouldshowoffyourEnglish.Make34
sentencesaroundgraphwithvocabularyinvolvingpatternof
graphs/chartetc.Onceyoureach6070%recording.Thenstartyour
conclusion.Conclusionisgoalkeeperinfootball.Withouthimtherewont
beteam.Hemaynotbetheworldsbest,Butheshouldbethere.Tryto
restrictto35sec.
Forrepeatsentence.Takenotesonfirstletterofeveryword.Youneed
tobefast.Lookatblogtherearelinksforpractice.
Rememberyouscoremoremarksifyourepeatwordsinsameorder.
Imaginetrain(Indian),Enginefirst,nextisGeneralcompartmentnextis
Sleeperwagonandluxurywagonendingbyguardcabin.Therewouldbe
acomplexsentencehavingtwopartswithsomeconnectedwords.Tryto
imaginefullyintosituationthenyouwillbeabletorepeatinsameorder.
Otherwisegoodscomefirstthenluxuryinbetweencomesengineand
generalcompartment.Trainwon'tlookliketrainandyouwillloosethe
marksinlisteningandspeaking
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ForReadingSection
FillintheblanksWorkonyourgrammarandcollocationlistfromyour
favouritewebsite.Thisisparamountimportanceforfillingtheblanks.
Understandingthesynonymswillhelpyouscoremore.Grammarrules
willtellyouwhentousewherever,however,thus,so.
ReorderParagraphsForjumbledparagraphlookforindependent
sentencewhichdoesnotneedanyonesupport.Lookforcuewordslike
sincethenTheyrepresentthetimeline.Soplaceatimelinebeforethis
word.Pronounsneedsnouns.Soplacethem.Youwillhavetopracticea
lottogetthemright.IaskalltopracticeCATtest.Theyhavetougher
ones.Butwithpracticeyouwilldolotbetterinmainexam.
ForWritingSection
Summaryinasentence/SummarizeWrittenTextReadthe
paragraph,BringinyourMGR,TL,ITMstrategymentionedabove(Retell
Lecture).
Write3simplesentences.Useconnectingwordstomakeonecomplex
sentence.WithallthisdoneonyourNotepad,nowmovetoscreen..Start
capitalletterandputfullstopimmediately.Moveyourcursorinbetween
themandtype.Rememberanyotherfullstopyouwillloosemarks.Write
around2530wordsIfyouwritemore,thefirstthingthatgoesoutofthe
windowisyourfriendgrammar.
EssaywritingThislistisfixed.Helpyourselfbypracticing
beforehand.Thissavesplanningtimeinexam.Writegoodintroduction
withintentiontoimpress.Bloghasmanysuggestedmethods.Writefirst
paragraphwithkeypointssuggestingyourkeypointwithexamples.Use
suggestedessayvocabulary.Pleasewritegloballyrecognizedexample.
Don'twritesomethingclosetoyourbuildingorlocalexample.Thisshows
yourdeeperunderstandingoftopic.Onceyouaredonewithfirst
paragraph,immediatelyconclude.Write34linesinconclusionandmove
backtowrite2ndpara,Incaseyoudon'twriteconclusionthenessayis
notcompleteandyouwillnotgetmarks.Your2ndor3rdparacan
remainincomplete.Youmayloosemarksforwrittendiscoursebutnot
structure.
ForListeningSection
SummarisethelectureFollowsamestrategyofretelllectureonnotes
taking.Write56fullgrammarsentences.Youshouldhegood.One
usuallywrite810wordsinsentence.6Sentence6*10=60words.
GeneralTip
ListeningtotheEnglishshouldbecomeyourdailyregimes.Ifyouare
sinceretothatthenyouwillgetsuccess.Ifnotthendon'thopetoget
goodscore,toscoreinthePtethe3secretstrategiesare...Practice,
practice&practice.
11.TipsharedbyMukeshDawarForSummarizespokentext
Linesmentionedinimagecanbeusedasatemplateforsummarizespoken
textbyfillinginthegapsyoulisteninrecording.
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12.TipsforReorderParagraphsTakenfromCATwebsite,modifiedtosuit
PTE
Reorderparagraphs(RoP)questionsareofthetype4/5sentences
aregiveninarandomorderandyouhavetoreorderallofthem.
Thebestapproach
a)ThebestapproachtosolvingRoPquestionsisthegothroughone.
Thatis,developahighreadingspeedandscanall45sentences.Try
togetafeelofwhatthepassageisabout,
b)Lookattheoptionsandfindtheonewhichsuitsbestasopening
sentence,place/markitattopformeanwhile
c)Lookattheotheroptionsandfindtheoncewhichsuitsbestas
concludingstatementorendingstatement,place/markitatbottom
formeanwhile
d)Lookattheremainingoptionsandtrytofindlinkingwordsin
them,placethemaccordingly
RoPstrategiestosavetimeandincreaseaccuracy
Strategy1:Onceuponatimelongago.../...andtheylivedhappily
after:Identifytheopening/closingsentenceusingwhatwediscussed
above.Eitherthetoneoftheparagraphortheoptionelimination
method.
Strategy2:Where'stheinterlockdude?Identifylinksbetweentwo
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sentencesandtrytoseeifthatlinkexistsinmultipleansweroptions
(asurewaytoknowthatyouareontherighttrack).Acombination
of1and2willtakeyouhomemostofthetime.
Placeyourmagnifyingglassonthefollowing,
Strategy2a:Makeit'personal'.Lookoutforpersonalpronouns(he,
she,it,him,her,you,they).Personalpronounsalwaysrefertoa
person,placeorthing.Therefore,ifasentencehasapersonal
pronounwithoutmentioningtheperson,placeorobjectitisreferring
to,markitinyourheadandscantheparagraphfortheoriginal
person,placeorobjectthatitrefersto.
Forexampleifyougobacktotheopeningjumbledparagraphofthis
article,thethirdsentencestartswith'it'.Wenowneedtofigureout
what'it'referstoandthesentencecontainingtheoriginal'it'will
comebeforethissentence.
Strategy2b:Lookfor'Poriborton'(Change,inMamataBanerjee's
tongue).Certainwordscalled'transitionwords'helptheauthorto
shiftfromonethoughtflowtoanother.Inotherwords,theyusherin
change.Sometransitionwordsthatappearregularlyarehence,
besides,simultaneously,inconclusion,etc.WhileyoupracticeRoPs
wheneveryoucomeacrossatransitionwordnoteitdown.Makea
list!
Strategy2c:Demonstrate!Lookfordemonstrativepronounsthis,
that,these,those,etc.Again,ifyoulookatouropeningparagraph,
thefirstlinestartswith'forthis'nowweknowthatweneedto
figureoutwhat'this'referstoandthesentencecontainingtheoriginal
'this'willcomebeforethissentence.
Strategy3:Mainsamayhoon!Sometimestheeventsmentionedin
theparagraphcanbearrangedinachronologicalordermakingiteasy
foryoutoidentifythesequence.Example,
A:AlexanderBain,Scottishclockmaker,patentedtheelectricclock.
B:Thenextdevelopmentinaccuracyoccurredafter1656withthe
inventionofthependulumclock.
C:Clockshaveplayedanimportantroleinman'shistory.
D:Springdrivenclocksappearedduringthe15thcentury,although
theyareoftenerroneouslycreditedtoNurembergwatchmakerPeter
Henlenaround1511.
Itisquiteobviousbystudyingthechronologywhatthesequence
shouldbe.
Strategy4:TheabbreviationApproach.Sometimesyouwillfindthat
forsometermsintheparagraphboththefullformandthe
abbreviationhavebeenused.ForExampleIMFInternational
MonetaryFund,CharlesDickensDickens,DrManmohanSingh
DrSingh.Inthesecaseswhereboththefullformaswellasthe
abbreviationispresentindifferentsentences,thenthesentence
containingthefullformwillobviouslycomebeforethesentence
containingtheabbreviation.
Strategy5:WhatanIdea!Iftherearetwosentences,onecontaining
anideaandanothergivingexamplesofthesameideathenthe
sentencecontainingtheideashouldcomebeforethesentence
containingtheexamples.Buttheyneednotnecessarilybeexactly
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sidebyside.Example,
A:Nicaraguapossessesthelargeststockpilesofweaponsofmass
destructionintheworld.
B:489missilescarryingupto1,788warheadsand12submarines
carryingupto609warheadsformaloomingthreat.
AwillcomebeforeBinthiscase,eventhoughtheremightbe
sentencesinbetween.
Strategy6:Anarticleoffaith.Itishighlyunlikelythatthedefinite
article'the'willbepartofanopeningsentence.If'a/an'and'the'both
areusedforthesamenounthenthesentencecontaining'the'will
comeafterthesentencecontaininga/an.
Tipsforbeginners
Focusonimprovingyourreadingskills.Alsotrytoimproveyour
cognitiveability.ForexampleGotoarandomwebsitearticle.Go
immediatelytothesecondparagraphandafterreadingittrytoguess
whattheauthorcouldhavepossiblysaidinthepreviousparagraph
andthenextparagraph.Thiswillhelpyouwithacoupleofother
typesofquestionsaswellwhichweshalldiscussinlaterarticles.
Tipsfrom90scorers
WheneveryousolveRoPtheaccuracyandspeedisafunctionofhow
quicklyyoucanbecomecomfortablewiththetopic.Sofromtodayfor
everyRoPyousolve,plugasentencefromtheRoPintoGooglewhich
willthrowupthesourceofthatRoPorsimilararticles.Readupthat
articlefully.Thiswillbroadenthebaseofyourreading.
SpeakingTutorial1
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SpeakingTutorial2
SpeakingTutorial3
SpeakingTutorial4
SpeakingTutorial5
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WritingTutorial1
WritingTutorial2
ReadingTutorial1
ReadingTutorial2
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ReadingTutorial3
ReadingTutorial4
ReadingTutorial5
ListeningTutorial1
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ListeningTutorial2
ListeningTutorial3
ListeningTutorial4
ListeningTutorial5
ListeningTutorial6
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ListeningTutorial7
ListeningTutorial8
Willkeepsharingtipsandstrategiesasandwhenwecometoknowabout
somethinggood,meanwhileifyoufeellikeaddingsomethingthenplease
comment,wewilladditheresothatotherscanuseit
somepracticematerialforReorderparagraphsClickhere
ListeningSectionwritingfromdictationClickhere
ThankstoBankim,Ishan,Suganya,Sneha,Amrit,Sanjeev,Mukesh,Rachnafor
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