Pte Exam Pattern 2017 553254

PTE Exam pattern 2017 - Part 1 & 2: Speaking & Writing PTE Academic tests both the writing and speaking abilities of candidates. Candidates are asked to repeat sentences, answer questions and summarise paragraphs. The speaking section 1 contains a personal introduction part where the candidates have to introduce themselves within 30 seconds. However, this item is not scored, but it gives the candidates a chance to introduce themselves to the institute. On the computer screen the candidates can see a recording box and after a beep or tone they are asked to speak immediately. Similarly, there are many other items such as repeating a sentence or describing an image seen on the screen.

PTE Exam pattern 2017- PTE Academic Item Read aloud

Repeat sentence

Describe image

Task

Skills assessed reading and speaking

Prompt Time to answer length A text appears on screen. text up to 60 varies by item, Read the text aloud. words depending on the length of text After listening to a recording listening and 3-9 seconds 15 seconds of a sentence, repeat the speaking sentence An image appears on screen. speaking Describe the image in detail.

Re-tell lecture After listening to or watching a lecture, re-tell the lecture in your own words. Answer short After listening to a question, answer with a single word or question a few words. After reading a text, write a Summarize one-sentence summary of the written text age. Write a 200–300 word essay Write essay on a given topic.

N/A

listening and up to 90 speaking seconds

40 seconds

40 seconds

listening and 3-9 seconds 10 seconds speaking reading and text up to writing 300 words

10 minutes

writing

20 minutes

2-3 sentences

Apart from the listening and speaking parts, there is also the summary section where candidates are allotted 10 minutes, in which they have to read paragraph and answer the questions. Students have to type the answers, though there are options to cut, copy or paste, in case they think it is necessary to do so. Candidates also have to write an essay in this section.

PTE Exam pattern 2017 - Part 3: Listening The listening part consists of questions based on audio clip. Candidates are made to hear an audio or video clip and answer accordingly.

PTE Exam pattern 2017 - PTE Academic Item

Task

Skills assessed Summarize spoken After listening to a recording, write a 50-70 word listening summary and writing text After listening to a recording, answer a multiple- listening Multiple choice, choice question on the content or tone of the choose multiple recording by selecting more than one response answers A transcript of a recording appears on screen with listening Fill in the blanks several gaps. After listening to the recording, type and writing the missing word in each gap Highlight correct After listening to a recording, select the paragraph listening that best summarizes the recording and reading summary After listening to a recording, answer a multiple- listening Multiple choice, choice question on the content or tone of the choose single recording by selecting one response answer Select missing word After listening to a recording, select the missing listening word that completes the recording from a list of options Highlight incorrect The transcript of a recording appears on screen. listening While listening to the recording, identify the and reading words words in the transcript that differ from what is said After listening to a recording of a sentence, type listening Write from the sentence and writing dictation

Prompt length 60-90 seconds 40-90 seconds 30-60 seconds 30-90 seconds 30-60 seconds 20-70 seconds 15-50 seconds

3-5 seconds

As you can see in the table above, candidates are given 10 minutes to summarise their answers. Candidates have to carefully listen to the audio recording only once and then form their answer. They must make sure that the summary is not more than 70 words. After that candidates have to listen to a recording and answer multiple-choice questions. They can select the answers from various options available on screen; the selected response will be highlighted in yellow colour. PTE Exam pattern 2017- Part 4: Reading Here the test is based on candidates’ reading skills. Candidates will have a set of instructions to follow, after which they can answer accordingly.

PTE Exam pattern 2017 – PTE Academic Item

Task

Skills assessed After reading a text, answer a multiple-choice reading Multiple-choice, choose single answer question on the content or tone of the text by selecting one response After reading a text, answer a multiple-choice reading Multiple-choice, question on the content or tone of the text by choose multiple selecting more than one response answers reading Re-order paragraphs Several text boxes appear on screen in a random order. Put the text boxes in the correct order reading Reading: Fill in the A text appears on screen with several gaps. Drag words from the box below to fill the blanks gaps A text appears on screen with several gaps. reading and Reading and Fill in each gap from a drop-down list of writing Writing: Fill in the response options blanks

Prompt length text up to 110 words text up to 300 words text up to 150 words text up to 80 words text up to 300 words

Source- Official PTE website Part four comprises various items. For example, candidates have to read the text and choose only a single answer from multiple questions below like in comprehension. It is advisable for candidates to completely read the instructions given on the screen before beginning and then start answering. Candidates must make sure not to go over the word limit specified on the screen. PTE General PTE General consists of two parts -- written and spoken. It comprises six different levels, with different time duration. The PTE written part is examined by external examiners in the UK, whereas the spoken part is checked by local examiners who are trained by Pearson. PTE General focuses mainly on communicating in English rather than other skills of the candidates. The downside of PTE General Test is that it cannot be used to apply for an Australian visa, unlike PTE Academic Exam. Also, majority of universities accept the PTE Academic Exam scores over the PTE General Exam.