PTE exam format

Part 1: Speaking & Writing (77 – 93 minutes)

Speaking section:

CLEAR AND CONFIDENT VOICE, CONTINUOUS FLUENCY AND CORRECT

PRONUNCIATIONS, DON’T TAKE MANY PAUSES.

 Personal introduction (take 5-10 min extra for understand the

environment)

 Read aloud (speak 25-40 seconds)

 Repeat sentence
 Describe image (speak 25-40 seconds)
 Re-tell lecture (speak 25-40 seconds)
 Answer short question

Part 2: Writing section:

 Summarize written text (25-75 words)

 Essay (20 mins) (200-300 word)

Part 3: Reading (32 – 40 minutes)

 Multiple choice, choose single answer

 Multiple choice, choose multiple answers (negative marking)
 Re-order paragraphs
 Reading: Fill in the blanks
 Reading & writing: Fill in the blanks

Part 4: Listening (45 – 57 minutes)

 Summarize spoken text (50-70 word write)

 Multiple choice, choose multiple answer (negative marking)
 Fill in the blanks
 Highlight correct summary
 Multiple choice, choose single answer
 Select missing word
 Highlight incorrect words (negative marking)
 Write from dictation
SPEAKING section
AI check: content, fluency, pronunciation

FLUENCY & PRONOUNCIATION SCORE:

SPEAKING

CONTENT SCORE:

LISTENING OR READING.
DESCRIBE IMAGE: 25-40 seconds to speak
(SPEAKING SECTION)

 I have got a beautiful image in-front of me.

 Let me have a closer look at the given image.

 By looking closely, I can see that various

trends are emerging.

 I can see the title, which reads as

_________________.

 Now, I will move to numbers and words.

Numbers are__________, words are
______________.

 There are some beautiful colors in this picture

like: red, blue, black , green, yellow.

 Red is my favorite color, and blue is my

friend’s favorite color.
  Over all, it is a very informative image.
RE-TELL LECTURE:25-40 seconds to speak
(SPEAKING SECTION)

 The lecture was about ________________.

 The speaker mentioned, 5-6 keywords.

 The speaker mentioned, 5-6 keywords.
 The speaker mentioned, 5-6 keywords.
 The speaker mentioned, 5-6 keywords.
 The speaker mentioned, 5-6 keywords.
 The speaker mentioned, 5-6 keywords.

 After analyzing the about the lecture, it can be

concluded that, this lecture provides crucial
information strongly supported by important
facts and figures.

Or

 Overall, it is a very informative lecture.

Or

 Overall, the speaker concluded by saying that,

last line from the audio if you caught.
Repeat sentences:

 Repeat sentence said by the speaker.

Read aloud:
 Read given text as it is up to 30 to 35 seconds.

Answer the short questions:

 One or two words answer

 If you don’t know the answer simply said I

DON’T KNOW.
Writing section
ESSAY:

Content (3Mark)
Form (200-300 words)(2)
Grammar (2)
Spellings (2)
Vocabulary (2)
Linguistic skills (2)
Development, structure and coherence
(2)
SWT:

Content (3)
Form (200-300 words) (25-75 words) (1)
Grammar (2)
Vocabulary(2)
ESSAY TEMPLATES:

200-300 words to write in 20 minutes.

(Writing section)

TEMPLATE:1: (UNIVERSAL TEMPLATE)

It has long been a subject of discussion weather (TOPIC SENTENCE)
or not. In my opinion, the former notion has served elements that
deserve attention and I will explain why using prominent arguments.

There are myriad arguments in my favor of my context and the most

conspicuous one lies in the facts that people should be extra careful
with their decisions. For example, according to recent survey done by
Standford University, 45% of people benefit from the above-
mentioned notion, whereas 30% of people face disadvantages due to
it. Hence, it is apparent why many citizens are in favor of the above
stance.

Another argument in support of my view is that, governments

worldwide have become active in dealing with this situation. To
illustrate, as per a recent academic research carried out by the
Australian government, 60% of citizens gained immensely from the
proposed government reforms. They improved their existing scenario
tremendously and that paved the way for a better economic future.
Therefore, not only this makes people more careful and pragmatic in
their approach, but will it lead to better living standards.

From what has been discussed above, it is clear that, the benefits of
the given topic significantly outweigh the drawbacks. Lastly, in my
opinion, it would be wise to say that, (TOPIC SENTENCE).
Tried in ApeUni: (marks:15 out of 15- Follow
It)
Add 7 sentences in essay related to the given
essay.
Introduction: 2 points
Bp1: 1 point
Bp2: 2 points
Conclusion: 2 points.
It has long been a subject of discussion whether (Topic sentence) or
not. (own sentence)In my opinion, the former notion has served
elements that deserve attention and I will explain why using prominent
arguments.
There are myriad arguments in favor of my context and the most
conspicuous one lies in the fact that people should be extra careful with
their decisions. (own sentence). For example, according to a recent
survey done by Standford University, 45% of people benefit from the
above-mentioned notion, whereas 30% of people face disadvantages
due to it. Hence, it is apparent why many citizens are in favor of the
above stance.
Another argument in support of my view is that governments
worldwide have become active in dealing with this situation (own
sentence). To illustrate, as per recent academic research carried out by
the Australian government, 60% of citizens gained immensely from the
proposed government reforms. They improved their existing scenario
tremendously and that paved the way for a better economic future(own
sentence). Therefore, not only these make people more careful and
pragmatic in their approach, but will it lead to better living standards.
From what has been discussed above, it is clear that the benefits of the
given topic significantly outweigh the drawbacks. Lastly, in my opinion,
 it would be wise to say that, (Topic sentence). Two sentences related
to given topic.

Points:
Topic sentence: Paraphrase the given topic sentence or write as it is.
Write your own ideas as sentences in highlighted portion.

Summarize written text: (65 to 75 words to

write)

Use connectors as follow:

, and

; moreover,

; furthermore,

If you want to join more sentences again use

, and
Listening section
After SST timer begins (28-30 minutes) for
remaining topic to complete.

 Summarize spoken text (50-70 word

write)
 Multiple choice, choose multiple answer
(negative marking)
 Fill in the blanks
 Highlight correct summary
 Multiple choice, choose single answer
 Select missing word
 Highlight incorrect words (negative
marking)
 Write from dictation
SUMMARIZE SPOKEN TEXT:
50-70 words to write in 10minutes
(LISTENING:25-30 and WRITING:25 SECTION)

 The lecture was about __________.

 Moreover, keywords:1 to 7, and keyword:8

were mentioned in this lecture.

 Furthermore, keywords:1 to 7, and

keywords:8 were discussed in this lecture.

 Additionally, keywords:1 to 7 , and

keywords:8 were explained in this lecture.
----------------(25 words)---------------------------

 After analyzing the above lecture, it can be

concluded that, this lecture is providing crucial
information strongly supported by facts and
figures-------------------------------(20words).

Or
  Overall, the speaker concluded by saying that,
last line of the speech if you get or 4-5
keywords from the audio.

Template:2 for SST:

 The lecture encapsulated the/ that

(sentence), wherein he highlighted the/ that
(sentence).
 Furthermore, he emphasized the/ that
(sentence).
 The speaker further highlighted the/ that
(sentence).
 The facts about keywords: 1 to 4, and kw:
5, were also mentioned.
 Overall, it was concluded with (last
sentence of the audio).
Reading section
Clear Understanding required for
reading section.

 MCQ: SA AND MA
 REOPRDER THE PARAGRAPH
 READING FIB
 READING AND WRITING FIB