- Section 1: Listening
- Section 2: Reading
- Section: 3 Writing
- Section: 4 Speaking
Action
short audio clip followed by a simple question to answer
Your answer is not evaluated
Assessment skill: NA
How to answer?
Don’t worry about the best answer.
Just focus on equipment check, timer flow and volume adjustment and try to give best answer.
Action
short audio clip about a typical face to face problem-solving conversation between two strangers in a public place.
You will have three sections divided in 8 minutes to listen to.
You will hear an audio only once.
How to answer?
Eliminate the wrong answer.
Understand the main idea and expressions of opinions.
Apply thinking skill to draw a logical conclusion.
Tips
Watch family or office drama scenes, listen to radio podcasts, Tv series that clarify day to day life conversation.
Listen for five W’s: Who-What-Where-When-Why and How.
Action
A longer specialized dialogue about conversation between two people.
You will have 6 minutes to listen to and answer 6 questions that follows.
You will hear an audio only once.
How to answer?
Understand headlines before start of the audio to get hint about the upcoming conversation.
Eliminate the wrong answer.
Make an educated guess.
Tips
Try to guess the sub information by simply reading Headlines of the news paper.
Predict the story and see how many of your prediction were right. Though its not listening exercise.
Action
A news story that covers a local community news.
You will have 5 minutes to listen to and answer 5 questions that follows.
You will hear an audio only once.
How to answer?
Make to summary of the story if not understood whole content.
Differentiate main story to that of less important information.
Make an educated guess
Tips
Try making notes while listening an audio if it suits you.
Check website of CBC new program “The National” and try to pick one new topic and identify Most and
less important information from it.
On the screen, there is an image. Give a detailed description of the image.
Action
A video of three-person discussion a problem.
You will have 6 minutes to listen to, watch the discussion and answer 8 questions that follows.
You will hear an audio only once.
How to answer?
Make to summary of the story if not understood whole content.
Differentiate main story to that of less important information.
Make an educated guess
Tips
Try making notes while listening an audio if it suits you.
Check website of CBC new program “The National” and try to pick one new topic and identify Most and
less important information from it.
Action
A video of three-person discussion a problem.
You will have 6 minutes to listen to, watch the discussion and answer 8 questions that follows.
You will hear an audio only once.
How to answer?
Make to summary of the story if not understood whole content.
Differentiate main story to that of less important information.
Make an educated guess
Tips
Try making notes while listening an audio if it suits you. Check website of CBC new program “The National” and try to pick one new topic and identify Most and less important information from it.Action
A report that covers two different perspectives about a controversial social issue.
It is more challenging than any other parts of the listening test.
You will have 8 minutes to listen to and answer 6 questions that follows.
You will hear an audio only once.
How to answer?
Make summary of the story if not understood whole content.
Differentiate main story to that of less important information.
Make an educated guess
Tips
Try making notes while listening an audio if it suits you.
Check website of CBC new program “The National” and try to pick one new topic and identify Most and less important information from it.
This section of the test lasts 32–40 minutes and comprises five distinct types of questions. Because the PTE Academic is a combined skills exam, one item type ('Reading and Writing: Fill in the Blanks') evaluates writing abilities as well.
Action
Practice reading a short passage and answering a question.
You will have 1 minute to read and answer 1 question that follows.
Your answer is not evaluated for this question.
Assessment Skill: NA
How to answer?
Don’t worry about the best answer.
Just focus on equipment check, timer flow and volume adjustment and try to give best answer.
Action
Task 1: Practice reading a personal message and answer 6 questions in the text. You will have 6 minutes to read the passage and answer six questions.
It can be any subject that people discuss in a typical correspondence like film, vacation, a dinner party etc.
Task 2: Then read a response message and fill 5 blanks based on the best choice. You will have 5 minutes to read the passage and answer 5 questions.
You will have 11 minutes in total to respond to this item type.
How to answer?
Understand main topic and then a specific information.
Elimination wrong answer.
Tips
Skinning and scanning skills needed.
Skinning means quickly run your eyes through whole text and grab main idea.
Scanning means quickly locate piece of information or some phrases.
Action
Read a message in email and refer to a diagram shown. Then find the best answers of the questions.
You will have 9 minutes to answer 8 questions that follows.
How to answer?
Understand who the writer and recipient are and the flow of message and specific information.
Keep the answer options of dropdown menu in mind and skim the related text.
Eliminate the wrong answer.
Tips
Practice with diagram contents of newspapers or any academic images.
Understand the flow and the type of the content.
Create self questions from the diagram and locate them from the given text as quickly as you can.
Check for any common patterns of the diagrams you practiced so far?
Action
Read an information text in 4 paragraphs. Information can be anything from behavioral aspect to geographic locations.
Expect 4 paragraphs with 5 answer choices statements. Map statement with the best suitable paragraph or select 5fth option of not given in the text.
Topic can be on totally unknown facts rather than description on existing facts.
You will have 10 minutes to answer 9 questions that follows.
How to answer?
Matching statements to the text paragraphs.
Search for the keywords in the question type for any clue.
Eliminate the wrong answer.
Tips
Practice unfamiliar topics in time bound situation.
Identify at least three to four different pieces of information in each paragraph within specific time limit.
Practice Skimming and scanning to improve fast reading.
Action
Task 1: Read an opinion report and answer 5 questions that follows.
It can include online article of at least 2 different opinions including but not limited to business, education or policy related article.
Task 2: Read a response and fill in the 5 blanks by selecting the best choice.
You need to read a response message to the viewpoints article mentioned as “Reader’s comment”. And answer 5 blanks appropriately.
You will have 13 minutes to answer 10 questions that follows.
How to answer?
Prepare for high-level words or expressions
Read the question and identify the key words in each and scan paragraph to locate one which most likely contains the answer.
Eliminate the wrong answer.
Tips
Learn to recognize and understand opinions presented in writing.
Read editor’s choice of news papers. Identify factual and inferred information.
Action
Task 1: Writing an email regarding to day-to-day matters.
You will have 27 minutes in total to respond to this item type.
Word count limit: 150-200 words
How to answer?
Identify the purpose.
Organize and plan.
Write your response.
Tips
Use the right tone.
Stay on topic. Use appropriate phrasing and word choice.
Proofread your response.
Action
Responding to an opinion survey about commonly encountered issues and justify your answer.
Decide between two options and then explain your choice in writing.
Task 1: Prompt introduce you to an imaginary situation.
Task 2: it presents 2 choices of survey.
You will have 26 minutes in total to respond to this item type.
Word count limit: 150-200 words
How to answer?
Identify and brainstorm main idea.
Quickly select pros and cons
Organize, plan write your response.
Tips
Read and complete task with required task response.
Care fully manage time to obtain higher score.
Action
Practice speaking into the microphone.
You will have 30 seconds preparation time and 60 seconds for task response.
Assessment skill: NA
How to answer?
Simple and general question to answer.
Don’t bother about the perfect answer. Just familiar with recording tools and timers.
Make sure to hear “Time is up” at the end through your headset.
Action
Help someone to either take decision or to prepare for something.
You will have 30 seconds preparation time and 90 seconds for task response.
It is the only 90 seconds task response. The rest other questions in speaking are shorter.
How to answer?
Clarify what to talk.
Think of convincing information like pros and cons of something to inform to the person.
Tips
Link the ideas together to show the relevance.
Use few phrases like, “The thing you can do is…”.
Spare some time to use some closing remark at the end.
Action
Tell a story about past experience.
You will have 30 seconds preparation time and 60 seconds for task response.
How to answer?
Clarify what to talk.
Think of convincing information like pros and cons of something to inform to the person.
Tips
Link the ideas together to show the relevance.
Use few phrases like, “The thing you can do is…”.
Action
Tell a story about past experience.
You will have 30 seconds preparation time and 60 seconds for task response.
How to answer?
Clarify what to talk.
Think of convincing information like pros and cons of something to inform to the person.
Tips
Link the ideas together to show the relevance.
Use few phrases like, “The thing you can do is…”.
Action
Tell a story about past experience.
You will have 30 seconds preparation time and 60 seconds for task response.
How to answer?
Clarify what to talk.
Think of convincing information like pros and cons of something to inform to the person.
Tips
Link the ideas together to show the relevance.
Use few phrases like, “The thing you can do is…”.
Action
Tell a story about past experience.
You will have 30 seconds preparation time and 60 seconds for task response.
How to answer?
Clarify what to talk.
Think of convincing information like pros and cons of something to inform to the person.
Tips
Link the ideas together to show the relevance.
Use few phrases like, “The thing you can do is…”.
Action
Tell a story about past experience.
You will have 30 seconds preparation time and 60 seconds for task response.
How to answer?
Clarify what to talk.
Think of convincing information like pros and cons of something to inform to the person.
Tips
Link the ideas together to show the relevance.
Use few phrases like, “The thing you can do is…”.
Action
Tell a story about past experience.
You will have 30 seconds preparation time and 60 seconds for task response.
How to answer?
Clarify what to talk.
Think of convincing information like pros and cons of something to inform to the person.
Tips
Link the ideas together to show the relevance.
Use few phrases like, “The thing you can do is…”.
Action
Tell a story about past experience.
You will have 30 seconds preparation time and 60 seconds for task response.
How to answer?
Clarify what to talk.
Think of convincing information like pros and cons of something to inform to the person.
Tips
Link the ideas together to show the relevance.
Use few phrases like, “The thing you can do is…”.
