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Trick to get high score in PTE Speaking (by

sudeepai of ExpatForum with speaking score
of 90)
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by-sudeepai-of-expatforum-with-speaking-
score-of-90/)
August 8, 2015 pteacademicreview Describe Image describe image, pte
academic, PTE Academic Test Tips, pte speaking
I think it is best to be clear in what you speak. Record any practice attempts you make. Listen to it.
Send it to some experts here and ask them to judge on what the mistake is. Often, people from the
same country like friends and all have same speaking habits and cant judge properly.

Furthermore, take all notes while the retell lecture and other stuffs.

For the read out loud, be clear and confident. Speak with enthusiasm.

For the describe image, I followed my rule for giving out the following information only and it
worked.

**Topic 1 sentence on the topic. Make sure you paraphrase the topic and dont just say it as it is.
**Trend/axes Say the x axis of the graph shows so and so and ranges from so and so while the
y axis denotes so and so ranging from so and so.
**High Speak about the highest value on the graph
** Low- Speak about the lowest
** Conclusion Say a sentence on the conclusion if time is enough or else leave it.

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This should do the trick. IT did for me.

Cheers and best of luck.

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Ideal response structure of Describe Image

question (from Sid_d) of expatforum
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August 8, 2015 pteacademicreview Describe Image describe image, pte
academic, pte academic discount, PTE Academic Test Tips, pte describe image, pte speaking
Start of as: the above figure / bar-chart / line-graph / picture /
Illustrates / portraits / Outlines / Depicts / Compares

1- Describe all the elements of the image

2- their relationship
3- possible development
4- conclusion
5- what it implies

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How fast should you speak in Read aloud? (by

basilmabraham of ExpatForum)
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aloud-by-basilmabraham-of-expatforum/)
July 26, 2015July 26, 2015 pteacademicreview Read Aloud, Speaking pte a,

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pte academic, pte speaking, Read aloud

Speak at a pace that is comfortable for you and try to sound as natural as possible. I feel if you try
to impose a speed that is not comfortable to you, it may do more harm than good. Speak clearly,
legibly into the microphone (http://www.expatforum.com/expats/#). I do not think you should
time the read aloud questions, there is always enough time to read the whole text with some time
to spare. All the best. (p.307)

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Must read about the Written Discourse grading

(by sudeepdai of ExpatForum)
(https://pteacademicreview.wordpress.com/201
5/07/26/must-read-about-the-written-discourse-
grading-by-sudeepdai-of-expatforum/)
July 26, 2015July 26, 2015 pteacademicreview Writing essay writing, pte
academic, PTE Academic Test Tips, pte writing, written discourse
I think discourse is the way how a certain essay is written. Discourse could relate to formal or
informal ways of writing. PTE looks for more formal writing since it is considered academic
(http://www.expatforum.com/expats/#) type of writing.

So the reason somebody could score low in discourse but high in writing as a whole could be that
he/she wrote an essay that is strong content wise but maybe was written in a slightly informal
way.

Words like i think , we can are informal ways of written discourses and would score low on
the PTE written discourse section whereas it would be wise to say and other formal written
forms would score high in the written discourse section. An essay with strong content would
undoubtedly score high in written overall but the score on the written discourses would vary
depeding upon your type of writing, formal or informal.

All in all, if you write formal english (http://www.expatforum.com/expats/#), you would score
high ln written discourse and if you write informal you would score low. Written Discourse in its
individual terms means the manner an essay is written.

These are all predictions though. Even i have no idea of telling what it exactly is.

Hope that helped.

Cheers,

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sudeepdai (PTE Academic Score: R-90 L-90 S-90 W-90 Overall 90)

(p303)

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Umas of ExpatForum (actual PTE-A score: L73

R82 S83 W84)
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score-l73-r82-s83-w84/)
July 26, 2015July 26, 2015 pteacademicreview PTE Success Stories pte
academic, pte success, PTE Success Stories
Few thought on my experience with PTE-A test. In total, I prepared for 3 weeks. First one week I
tried to understand the format of the test and randomly prepared for each section. At the end of
the one week gave my first scored test to see a disappointing mark.

Test A score 5th July

Listening 60
Reading 59
Speaking 72
Writing 56

But, this test made me to identify my weakness. I found, I am week in writing, grammar, spelling,
vocabulary, my typing speed, reading, listening i.e is to say almost every think.

w.r.t writing I thought, it is difficult to correct grammar in 15 days. So, concentrated more on my
spelling and vocabulary.

w.r.t reading identified which all are the section that it tuff .. Like multiple choice, re-order para
etc.

w.r.t Again identified the tuff sections.

After 15 days of further preparation, gave my second test with some improvement.

Test B scores 19th July

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Listening 66
Reading 66
Speaking 73
Writing 63

Again, disappointed. Since, I had booked my test on 22nd decided to give a try. But, mean time
took crucial decision about my writing.
Since, my typing speed was very low, I decided that I wont write more than 210-215 words for
essay and will make sure correct my spelling and vocabulary. I really did not bother about my
grammar. I think, it really helped me in writing. Point about other section.

Speaking
Read aloud read the sentence aloud in the preparation time of 25 sec and correct difficult
pronunciation if any. During recoding time repeat it again. So, you will read the sentence aloud
twice.

Repeat sentence Try to understand the meaning of the sentence. This will help you to repeat it.

Describe image I did not pay attention to the content of my speech. I concentrated on
pronunciation and fluency. I just read what was given in the picture. But, make sure to mention the
low and high values in graph/pie chart.

Re-tell lecture Understand the meaning of what speaker says. Write few words and based on
what you write just construct a sentence and speak. Again, I did not bother about content, speak
fluently.

Answer short question this section was easy for me. Even if you dont know the answer, pick
some word from the question and say it.

Writing
Writing Summarize written text I wrote about 45-50 words in one sentence. Use synonyms as
much as possible.

Write essay Wrote 210-215 words. Mainly, concentrated on my spelling and vocabulary.

Reading
Multiple-choice, choose single answer Read only the question first and not the option.

Multiple-choice, choose multiple answers I was very tuff for me. I just guess here.

Re-order paragraphs I got two questions. One was very easy and other was very tuff. I had a
make a guess for the tuff one.

Reading: Fill in the blanks

Reading and writing: Fill in the blanks

Listening

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Summarize spoken text I wrote 65 words. Made sure not to write the same vocabulary used in
writing section. Make note of few words from the speech and write.

Multiple-choice, choose multiple answers

Fill in the blanks

Highlight correct summary

Multiple-choice, choose single answer

Select missing word

Highlight incorrect words

Write from dictation Try to understand the meaning of the sentence.

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Speak for about 35-38 seconds in the Describe

Image (by sudeepdai of ExpatForum)
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July 26, 2015July 26, 2015 pteacademicreview Describe Image, Speaking
describe image, pte academic, pte describe image, pte speaking
It is better to talk for about 35-38 seconds. This comes with practice.

Jot down what you want to say first. Elaborate as much as possible. Could be an old building or a
new one. Talk about the background of the image. Then what building as a symbol means. It
means rigid tall structures symbolising strength. Maybe even say if it is a concrete
(http://www.expatforum.com/expats/#) or steel (http://www.expatforum.com/expats/#)
building. I am pretty sure there will be ample information to be dug out from the image. Usually
the images are so produced that you can say a lot about it.

Make sure you prepare notes beforehand. This will help in fluency and content. Practice
brainstorming about the picture a few times and you will start getting the feel of it and eventually
will get comfortable and much better with it.

Cheers.

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-sudeepdai

PTE Academic Score: R-90 L-90 S-90 W-90 Overall 90

(p.307)

2 Comments

Score 90 in Writing by basilmabraham

of ExpatForum
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5/07/26/score-90-in-writing-by-basilmabraham-
of-expatforum/)
July 26, 2015 pteacademicreview Write Essay, Writing pte academic, pte
writing, Write Essay
I got a 90 in writing. I had to write two essays. The structure I followed was

1. First paragraph with 1 or 2 sentence introduction. One part about the topic itself. Second part
about my opinion on the topic, if it was asked in the essay topic.

2. Second paragraph with 3 to 4 sentences explaining the topic and my view point.

3. Third paragraph with 3 to 4 sentences quoting an example and reiterating my view.

4. Fourth paragraph with 1 or 2 sentences concluding the topic and my view point.

No spelling mistakes, no grammatical errors, usage of not so common words etc.

Hope this helps.

(p. 307)

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