PTEversity blogs: Target 79+ in the PTE Academic

PTE Multiple-choice, choose multiple answers: Practice question Bitcoin is a digital asset which is created through a complex process and is monitored by a network of computers. The computers record all related financial transactions in a public list named blockchain. It has had an amazing journey over the past 1 year or so. Its price towards the beginning of the year was about $1,000 and it has skyrocketed since then, thereby reaching nearly $20,000 a few days back. That’s a s taggering increase of 20 times in market value in less than a year!! Many experienced financial regulators from all across the world have warned people multiple times to refrain from investing in Bitcoin as neither central banks nor the government stands behind the so-called "currency". But even then, a lot of private investors and even major firms have been investing heavily in Bitcoin. The latest news is not favorable for the investors as Bitcoin plunged yesterday, extending a fall that s...

PTE Reading - Multiple choice, choose multiple answers This is possibly the most time-consuming and the most difficult section of the exam where a passage (of 3-5 paragraphs) will appear on your screen. You would be required to read it thoroughly and answer the question by selecting all the correct responses (generally more than 1) out of the 4-5 available ones. There will be 2 such questions and a lot of practice is required to get the maximum scores out of this section. People who aim to get 65 sometimes skip these 2 questions completely to save time and answer other questions which are certainly easier, but this is not advisable. You cannot afford to skip this section if your desired score is 79+ out of 90. Scoring Technique Focus, focus and focus. Try to understand the main idea of the passage. You might want to skim the answer option quickly so as to get writer's purpose, feelings on that particular topic and the tone of the passage. Identify the facts, opini...