PTEversity blogs: Target 79+ in the PTE Academic

PTE Reading -- Re-order paragraphs -- Practice question 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.  Want to give it a try? But if you’re a female wanna-be coach, you've got to find the path on your own.   Only 9 percent of Australia's official coaches were women at the Rio Olympics, down from 12 percent in London.   Why is it that the leadership in women's sport is still a man's world?   If you're a male, there are people that have been there before so there is a path which you can follow.   We just have 11 women coaches out of the 40 head coach roles currently occupied in different categories of sport for females like W-League, NRLW, WNBL, ...

To summarize a given passage in a single sentence within 75 words as per the prescribed word limit in the PTE Academic, the art of joining multiple sentences using commas or semicolons needs to be practiced.  SUMMARIZE WRITTEN TEXT -- Scoring Technique : Make sure that your write-up conveys the same message as that of the passage. Try to include as many keywords as possible from the passage.  Goes without saying that your sentence must start with a capital letter and end with a full stop. Do not use more than 3 commas or semicolons. NEVER exceed the word limit and avoid grammatical mistakes. Try combining the below sentences now .. I stayed home with the kids. My wife was able to join her friends to watch some drama in a nearby theatre. They all were pleased with it. Solution 1: Using a Comma Since I stayed home with the kids, my wife was able to join her friends to watch some drama in a nearby theatre, and they all were pleased with ...

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...