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How to Prepare for PTE Exam for Beginners

Are you planning to give PTE a shot but confused about where to start? Here is the complete guide for PTE preparation for absolute beginners.

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What is the PTE exam?

PTE- Pearson’s Test of English language is a standardized English test for evaluating a person’s English language skills like reading, writing, speaking, and listening. It is a computer-based test, which is of 3 hours duration. There are strongest reasons for PTE being so popular like the best student experience, evaluating algorithms, single 3hour session exam.

PTE Exam structure

PTE Academic has four modules – Reading, Listening, Writing, and Speaking.

PTE Speaking & Writing module is for 77-93 minutes with questions like Reading aloud, repeat sentences, Describe images, Re-tell lectures, Answer the short question, Essay Writing, etc.

PTE Listening module is of 45-57 minutes with question types like Summarize spoken text, Multiple-choice test, fill in the blanks, Highlight the correct summary, select the missing word, dictation, etc.

PTE Reading module is of 32-41 minutes with the question types like Read the paragraph and answer the multiple-choice questions, Re-order the paragraphs, reading and writing- fill in the blanks, etc.

Where to Start?

It is easy to understand the exam format but deciding where to start the preparation is the toughest part. The best way to plan your strategy to succeed in the PTE exam is, try to attempt any practice test and evaluate your score. Understand where you are lagging. Focus more on the parts where you are lagging.

If you have a pretty low score, start building fundamentals of English grammar, Vocabulary, punctuations, etc. Follow the tips for PTE exam preparation for quick learning and effective raise in PTE score. But make sure, you have enough time for this.

Let us see, how to prepare for the PTE exam, section-wise.

How to prepare for PTE Speaking & Writing?

In this section, you should read the sentences on the screen out and load, or repeat the sentence you listen to, describing an image or remembering a lecture and summarizing it. 

For excel in this section, habituate to listen to English news or watch movies or sitcoms. Know the tips to improve PTE speaking score and implement while practicing. And for PTE writing, practice writing essays on topics from previous papers.

How to prepare for PTE Listening?

In the listening test, you need to understand the pronunciation and the dialect. So practice with the online practice tests.

How to prepare for PTE Reading?

Most of the PTE test takers feel this particular module is the toughest one. So make sure you start your preparation for PTE with reading. As most of the reading questions are based on paragraphs, practice the art of skimming. It will help you more while writing the exam.

For beginners, it is always suggested to take the help of PTE coaching sessions, for better training and one can learn more tips from the experts.

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