How to achieve 79+ in PTE Academic Exam?
Focus on high scoring tasks
The below highlighted ones are the high scoring tasks, which you must concentrate more and practice well. Rest of the tasks contribute less marks. Therefore, practice the above tasks well and spend only less time for the other tasks. By practicing the above tasks you can easily identify your weak areas and score 79 in PTE. Using PTE score calculator to understand the scoring structure of each section.
How to practice to get your desired score?
To score 79 or above in PTE, practice the below tasks from the most repeated questions instead of practicing something else. Please click on the link how to score 79+ to get the templates for Describe Image, Retell Lecture, Summarize Written Text, Essay and Summarize Spoken Text.
a. Read Aloud
40 seconds to prepare, 40 seconds to answer. Utilize the 40 seconds preparation time and speak out the entire passage once with low voice. Don’t read it in your mind. Read the difficult words again and the first phrase once in the last 5 seconds to ensure that you won’t fumble at the beginning when the recording starts.
Tip: Rehearse the difficult words and the first phrase once before the recording begins.
Start speaking immediately after the recording starts, otherwise, the recording will stop after 3 seconds of silence. Don’t try to correct the words if pronounced wrongly. Understand the meaning and remember the keywords. Try to repeat the sentence in the same order even if you missed 2 or 3 words.
Most important: Repeat with the same intonation (raising and falling) as the speaker.
Method1: Close your eyes, hear the sentence and split it into 3 phrases for better understanding.
Method2: Write first half of the sentence in the erasable notebook along with the audio and remember the rest.
Tip: If you don’t remember the keywords, just speak whatever you remember fluently.
c. Describe Image
25 seconds to prepare, 40 seconds to answer. Start within 3 seconds, otherwise, the recording will stop. Write the template in the erasable notebook. Always practice along with Read aloud and Retell Lecture to ensure that the speed and intonation doesn’t change.
Tip: Write the template in the erasable notebook, frame the heading if not provided and pronounce the numbers and difficult words once before the recording begins.
d. Retell Lecture
10 seconds to prepare, 40 seconds to answer. Start within 3 seconds, otherwise, the recording will stop. Answer for a maximum of 35 seconds and always complete with a conclusion. Capture up to 5 key phrases (not the keywords), in order to speak fluently without fumbling.
Tip: Write the template in the erasable notebook, identify 5 key phrases and fit them into the template.
WRITING
a. Summarize Written Text
2 to 3 questions. 10 minutes for each question. You have to write the entire paragraph in one sentence between 5 to 75 words but don’t write more than 30 to 50 words. However, we can use other punctuations and end the sentence with a full stop. Find the topic sentence, key points and fit it into the template.
Tip: Identify the topic sentence and the key points and fit them into the template.
b. Essay
1 to 2 questions. Write between 200 to 300 words. We can use the same template for all types of essays. Plan your ideas before start writing. Spend 2 minutes to read the topic and plan the structure, 15 minutes to write and 3 minutes to proofread.
Format: Introduction, Body para1, Body para2, Conclusion.
READING
Multiple-choice, Choose Single Answer (2 – 3 Items) – read the whole paragraph. Don’t take more than 1 minute for each question.
Multiple-choice, Choose Multiple Answers (2 – 3 Items) – answer at least one, find the keywords in the paragraph. Negative marks are there.
Reorder Paragraph (4 – 5 Items) – Use Subject Verb Object method (Object of previous sentence will be in subject of next sentence, also understand the meaning). Practice all in most repeated questions.
Reading & Writing Fill in the Blanks – drop-down and drag & drop.
Practice both types of fill in the blanks from most repeated – drop-down and drag and drop.
Tip: Spend much time for both fill in the blanks, 2 minutes to reorder paragraph and not more than 1 minute for each question in both multiple-choice questions.
a. Summarize Spoken text
2 to 3 questions. 50 to 70 words. 10 minutes to write the summary. Capture the key phrases and connect them with the linking words: Moreover, Furthermore, However, Besides, In addition. Capture at least 6 to 7 key phrases. Don’t mention the names if you don’t understand and don’t recall if you don’t hear properly.
Tip: To capture more key phrases, type in the text box of the screen while listening to the speaker instead of writing on the notebook.
b. Fill in the Blanks
Read along with the audio in your mind so that you won’t miss the word when it comes to the blank. Type as quickly as possible and ignore the spelling mistake. You can correct it later. You can use tab to move on to the next blank.
Most important: If it is name or place or any quoted phrase, the starting letter of the word should be capital.
Tip: Use tab to move quickly and read in your mind along with the speaker.
c. Multiple-Choice, Multiple Answer
Close your eyes and hear the audio and then select the answer. If you are not confident, select only one answer as there are negative marks.
d. Highlight Correct Summary
Close your eyes and hear the audio as a story and then select the answer.
e. Multiple-Choice, Single Answer
Close your eyes and hear the audio and then select the answer.
f. Select Missing Word
You will hear the beep sound at the end. Close your eyes while hearing the audio and understand the entire prompt.
g. Highlight Incorrect Words
Read in your mind along with the speaker and highlight the incorrect words. Sometimes the audio will be too fast and the incorrect answers may appear close to one another. Therefore, concentrate more on this task. Click the word only if you are 100% sure as there are negative marks. Practice well and understand different voices – male, female, different accent etc.
Tip: Read in your mind along with the audio and concentrate more.
h. Write From Dictation
This is the last task in the entire PTE test. We will get either 3 or 4 questions. You can either write or type directly in the screen if your typing speed is good. Just close your eyes and type the first half along with the audio and hear the second half. Once the audio is completed, type the remaining words. Make sure the starting letter of the first word, names and places are in capital and a full stop at the end. In write from dictation, if you don’t know if it is singular or plural, write both the words. Because the software will ignore the wrong words and pick only the correct words. I have done this in one of my WFD and still I was able to get good marks. Even many of my friends did this and got 90 in both listening and writing.
Tip: Write both singular and plural words and type directly in the textbox appears in the screen.
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