PTEversity blogs: Target 79+ in the PTE Academic

Improve your SPEAKING skills Open the following link using Google Chrome browser :- https://dictation.io/ (free software) You will see a notepad opening up with few buttons on the bottom-left side of the screen. Click on the 'START DICTATION' button and start reading the sentences loudly at a normal pace. It will convert your speech to text and display it right in front of your screen. If the spelling of the speech-converted-text comes out exactly the way it should be, it means you are pronouncing it properly. You then need to learn the punctuation rules so that you can take appropriate pauses while reading or speaking whenever you face a comma, full-stop etc. Prepare a list of words which you feel are not coming out properly, and repeat the above process till the time the software gets those spellings right. You can yourself check your pronunciation and the fluency level, and improvise on your speaking skills with some self-assessment. We conduct ...

PTE Speaking -- Answer Short Question -- Scoring Technique It is your common sense and your pronunciation which would help you score well in this question type. You would listen 10 to 12 simple questions of 1 mark each one after the other, which are supposed to be answered in a single word or a few words (and not in a sentence literally). The questions will be as simple as: What do we call a picture that a doctor takes to see inside your body? The answer is ‘An X-ray’. Even if you answer by saying just ‘X-ray’, it is okay. Sometimes, you might also get options to choose from, for example: Who takes classes in the school: A teacher or a cricketer?  You could just say ‘Teacher’ or ‘A teacher’ and proceed for the next question. Scoring Technique ·         Keep your answer to the point. Don’t try to answer the question by forming a complete sentence. ·         Listen to the question properly s...

PTE Reading -- Re-order Paragraphs -- Scoring Technique This section tests your ability to arrange a group of jumbled sentences in a logical order. There will be 4 to 5 text boxes (in a jumbled manner) on the left side of your computer screen, each containing a sentence. You would be required to drag the sentences to the right side of the screen, thereby maintaining a correct order. Scoring Techniques Identify the 1st sentence of the paragraph. It would be complete in itself and it would not need to refer back to any other sentence for any piece of information. Every other sentence would refer back to the previous sentence for completion. If there are 2 sentences which can stand on its own, choose the one which sets the context in a broader way. Try to follow the chronological order of events. Also, make sure that the 5th sentence refers back to the 4th sentence, the 4th refers back to the 3rd sentence and so on.. The ideal time to complete one Re-order paragraph q...

PTE Speaking -- Read Aloud This is one of the easiest types of questions in the PTE Reading section where you can aim to score full marks just by reading a short passage (of up to 60 words) properly. There would be approx 6 to 7 such questions and you would get ample of time (30-40 seconds) to skim through the entire passage and identify the words where you need to be careful while actually recording your response. Scoring Technique  Use https://dictation.io/ to check if the spelling of the speech-converted-text is correct. This is the best way to improve your pronunciation. Speak clearly at a decent pace so that the computer-algorithm, which records your voice, should be able to distinguish between two consecutive words. The real problem comes when you get a relatively complex word like (revolutionized, Sagittarius, Statistics, Arduous etc.) in between the given passage which is not that commonly used. You need to decide on how 'clear' and ‘loud’ you need to...