PTE Academic Speaking Useful Tips:
Before starting the Speaking section, there is a small task to complete. It is ‘Personal Introduction’ (Not scored). In this Item type, you have spoken about yourself and your response will be sent together with your Score report to the institutions selected by you.
Time for response to record is 30 seconds.
Tips for Personal Introduction:
- Your interests
- Your plans for future study
- Why you want to study abroad
- Why you choose this test
- Why you need to learn English
Speak at least 3 topics or more of above mentioned within 30 sec. Overall in speaking section most important is you’re “FLUENCY”.
Here it goes the Speaking section; First item type is Read Aloud.
Tips for Read Aloud:
- Fluency is your first priority
- Scan for hard words and Spell it clearly before it starts recording.
- Rising and falling tone for some words is important.
- Be aware of Plurals, don’t spell wrongly.
- No long disconnection of sentences.(i.e. Gap to each sentence)
- Uneven words, Irregular Phrasing
- Beware of Inappropriate stress and incorrect pronunciation to some words.
- Before it starts recording, read once the total sentence.
- Don’t be too fast (in recording cannot understand) and too slow.
- Time for this section is more sufficient.
- Don’t keep silence more than 3sec.
- And the last tip is your tone must be NATURAL.
Tips for Repeat Sentences:
- Fluency
- Close your eyes and listen to keep concentration on listening.
- No long pauses, Clear voice.
- Be careful of adding new text or omitting Listened text.
- If you can’t remember whole sentence at-least give importance to Keywords.
Tips for Describe Image:
- Use the words like To illustrate…, It depicts to show that…,
- Speak about Highest and Lowest figures or key points. ( Most Important)
- Fluency, Speak with a good voice.
- In describing image use the words – on the left-hand side, on the right-hand side, next to, above, below or bottom, at the top, foreground, background. Just keep on practicing with these words.
- For graphs you can use – ‘X-axis on graphs shows…. range……’, and ‘Y-axis on graph shows…. range….’
- Use the words like over, about, under… to point out the values on the axis. If you use those words no need to be the exact value.
- Don’t keep silent, speak something about the image you see.
Tips for Retell Lecture:
- Note the keyword by understanding the context of the topic, so you can give your best.
- For the name, you can use titles. ex: Dr. James Alexandra says…. so you can say just ‘ Dr says…’.
- If possible try to catch 3-5 sentences it’s enough to re-tell the lecture.
- While taking notes just omit vowel and note keywords it saves the time. (practice it)
- Use phrases like ‘The lecture provides brief information about….’ or ‘According to the speaker , he said…..’ etc… to elaborate the given lecture.
- Fluency is most important, whatever you speak also.
- Don’t keep silent, speak something relates to lecture.
Tips for Short Answer Questions:
- If you don’t know the answer, just repeat the words in the question.
- Don’t forget the articles a,an,the before some words.
- Below are some questions and answers, whatever I have collected.
Read:
- PTE Academic Essay with short cut Points
- PTE Academic Reading Tips
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- PTE Academic Writing Section Tips
- PTE Academic Material Free Download and PTE Tips
- PTE Academic Introduction and PTE Test Dates
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Most helpful and repeated in the PTE-A Exams:
- Paying at the counter after shopping – check out
- First story of the basement/building – basement
- Fed up – Negative feeling
- Who do you call in case of leaking pipeline – plumber
- Microscope is used to see – Micro-organism
- Transfer quickly from computer to computer – virus, Downloading
- Democratic government – people vote
- What do you get when you buy something – receipt
- Agriculture based country – farming economy
- Stars or planet – astronomy
- Dead remains of plants – fossils
- Business and advertising PR means – public relation
- What do you need to see thing which is far away – Binoculars
- Magnify minimal objects – microscope
- Who to visit if you have fear of crowd – psychologist
- Means of traveling in developed countries – public transport
- Washing clothes – laundry
- Who is more playing football – men
- Living things – Biology
- Month between September and November – October
- Thing most people use in their home – Bed
- Main difference between a wrist watch and a clock – Size
- Where we store meat – Freezer
- Most important document while driving – Driving license
- Where we can buy floor – Supermarket
- For X-ray – radiology
- Volume of water – liters
- Hand joint with arm – wrist
- Wall clock and hand watch – their relative sizes
- City – Urban area
- When the moon covers the sun -solar eclipse
- Orbits the sun – Planet
- Football in-charge – referee
- Cardiologists – heart
- The event placed in time order – a timeline
- Sea water different from fresh water – Salt
- University courses – orally or written assessment
- Washing clothes – in the bathroom
- Protect motor bike rider’s – Helmet
- Leap year – 366 days
- Fitness – more exercise
- Europe is home to – United kingdom
- Arrival at hotel – reception or check-in
- Job title building designer – architecture
- Watches a sports event – spectator
- Climb to the roof – ladder
- Don’t feel like eating – appetite
- Improve health n fitness – diet and more physical exercise
- What is the name of ground military forces? – Army
- What is someone that can’t see called? – Blind
- What do you call the middle of something? – Center
- Whose job is it to treat people that are ill or have an injury at a hospital? – Doctor
- What is the process of teaching and learning called? – Education
- What kind of book is written by a person about their own life? – Autobiography
- What is the red liquid that flows through a body? – Blood
- What is the payment of a student’s education by an organization called? – scholarship
- What is the piece of paper with official information written on it? – document
- What is the name of a building where you can borrow books? – library
- Who is a person that makes bread, cakes and pastries? – baker
- What organ controls your speech, feelings, body movement and thoughts? – brain
- What piece of equipment shows a person what direction they are traveling? – compass
- What is a series of events that happen in your mind while you are sleeping? – dream
- What is that person belongs to an organization called? – member
- Who cuts men’s hair? – barber
- What is it called when two or more people are speaking to each other? – conversation
- What is a violent conflict between two or more countries? – war
- What do you call the number of people living in a specific area? – population
- What do you call a person that can’t hear? – deaf
- What is the day that someone is born? – birthday
- What plan shows how much money is available and how it will be spent? – budget
- What is the name of a system of government in which the people elect their leaders? – democracy
- What planet do we live on? – earth
- What is the job of someone that looks after your teeth and gums? – dentist
- What is the time period before noon is called? – ante meridian
- What is the time afternoon called? – post meridian
- What organ do cardiologists specialize in? – Heart
From Mc Millen:
- Which section of news paper gives the editor an opinion? – editorial
- What instrument used to examine very small thing – microscope
- What is the destructive program that spread from comp to comp – a virus
- What term used for animals that give birth to – mammals
- System of government where people vote for people – democracy
- Piece of paper that you bought an item – a receipt
- What you call the document that tells your qualification and work ex? – CV, curriculum vitae, resume
- How would you describe economy largely based on farming? – agricultural, rural
- What is the study of stars and planet called? – astronomy
- In business and davit, what is PR stand for? – public relations
- What emergency service called at seeing? – coastguard
- Name a month fall bet April and June? – May
- What word describe moving a website from internet to your comp – downloading / download
- What is called a picture doctor take to see inside the body? – an X-ray
- What crime has someone stealing from shop committed? – shoplifting
- If someone feeling ill they will say ‘they are feeling under the ___’ what? – weather
- Under the weather – Feel sick, poor health, tired or exhausted]
- Who is person-in-charge of a football match? – the referee
- Last game in the sporting competition that decides champ? – the final
- What is the general term for painting at a country side or natural view? – landscape
- Found in office (a printer and other two options)? – a printer
- There are two types of sporting contests: one is amateur, and other is ___? – professional
- Where would you find the whale (tropical forest, ocean)? – ocean
- The coat had a stain on it where would they take? – a dry cleaner’s
- What are the things that ‘hens lay’ called? – eggs
- The people who use ___ to obey the rules and protect the public from criminals are called? – the police
- On what geographical location would someone be living if their country is surrounded by water on all side? – an island
- What general part of the day is known as dawn? – a sunrise
- Part of the Day: “Dawn–Twilight–Sunrise, Morning, Daylight / midday-afternoon, Evening, Sunset–Twilight–Dusk, Night”]
- What are the people that plant food, raise crop are commonly known as? – farmers
- If a button has come off a shirt, what would someone most likely use to put it back on? – a needle and thread
- What appliance do people use to keep their food cool and preventing from spoiling? – fridge
- To crossover from one side of the wide river to another without using the boat, what is usually required? – a bridge
- What is a painting of a person’s head is called? – a portrait
- Where do we find an urban area in a city or countryside? – in a city
- What we call it, when the moon completely blocks out the light from the sun? – a solar eclipse / an eclipse
- What point of the compass is directly opposite east? – west
- Where does u pay for your purchases at the supermarket? – (at the) till / checkout
- What does u call an apartment that is beyond ground level (a basement apartment or a penthouse apartment)? – a basement apartment
- What features do pianos and computers have in common? – a keyboard
- If you are feeling ‘fed up’ it is positive or negative feeling? – a negative feeling
- “I am fed up with being put down and made to feel stupid”]
- What do we call a period of ten years? – a decade
- A specialist who repairs leaking water pipes is called a ___? plumber
- A famous canal links the meditation sea with the Indian Ocean, is it the Curran or Suez Canal? – the Suez canal
- Where would you keep the meat you wish to keep frozen at home? – in a freezer
- What is the most imp doc you would have to show if you would hire a car? – a driving license
- Where would you go to work out on a trade mill? – a gym / gymnasium
- What piece of equipment would you use to go diving in a sea, an aquaplane or an aqualung? – an aqualung [ aqualung – a portable breathing apparatus for divers ; aquaplane – a board for riding on water, pulled by a speedboat]
- Where would you most likely go to buy some flowers (a bakery, a florist or a supermarket)? – a supermarket
- Which hospital debt you go for x-ray (radiology or cardio) – a radiology
- Where would you go to see an exhibition of sculptures? – to an art gallery / to a museum
- Would you measure the volume of water in liters or kilos? – liters
- What’s the joint called where your hand is connected to your arm? – the (or your) wrist
Offline Practice PTE-A Exam:
- What organ do cardiologists specialize in? – (the) heart / hearts
- If telescopes are used to locate distant objects, what instrument is employed to magnify minuscule objects? – (electron) microscope / microscopes
- Which kind of punishment for a crime is the less severe, an imprisonment or community service? – community service
- How many sides are there in a bilateral agreement? – two
- Which is the longest: a decade, a millennium or a century? – a millennium
- A manufacturing process releases noxious gasses. What is the most important safety measure for workers at this plant – ensuring good ventilation, or appropriate footwear? – (ensuring good) ventilation
- A list of events placed in time order is usually described as what? – a chronology / a timeline
- If a figure is hexagonal, how many sides does it have? – six
- What key mineral makes sea water different from fresh water? – salt
- In the animal kingdom, is the purpose of camouflage to attract a mate, to find food or to hide? – (it’s) (the purpose is) (to) hide
If you learn these questions and answers you can answer most of the questions in exam and you will boost with the confidence.
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Hello ever one
i am looking for the material for reading, writing and listening section. I am very week in this three sections, can any body help me to get ride of the above problem.
Thank u
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I request for help just got 33 and 34 in reading and speaking I need 50in both. any tips?
Hi guys, I just received my scores.
Communicative Skills:
Listening – 90
Reading – 83
Speaking – 90
Writing – 90
Enabling Skills:
Grammar – 90
Oral Fluency – 90
Pronunciation – 90
Spelling – 90
Vocabulary – 77
Written Discourse – 90
I have prepared my own material to practice. If you need help, email me at: ************** (No emails Displayed, email [email protected])
Please help me I am sitting for the exam next week
Hi Neha. can you share how you have practiced.
Hi, pls help me and pls u tell me how I get good score
Hi Neha,
Heartiest Congratualations.
Can you guide me how to prepare please.
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Very good Tips
Hi PTE Aspirants,
I have below PTE Academic scores:-
Listening-90
Speaking-90
Writing-90
Reading-82
I have taught students all across the world including countries like India, Dubai, Australia, New Zealand, Mauritius, Malaysia, Indonesia, UK, Nepal, China, Egypt & Saudi Arabia.
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hey hi i was weak in writing and reading section could you please help me out? i have exam in this week
Please help me I am sitting for the exam next week
Nice tips, I just want to improve my score.
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Thanks a lot for sharing good information………….
Thankyou very much.Data you provided helps a lot.
Speaking seems most difficult section and hard to clear in PTE but it is not about you know good English or not. Its about techniques which can make you score even 90 in speaking. With my 3attempts in PTE I am now well aware how one can succeed in speaking with minimum efforts. I came across a fabulous trick which can sharply increase your speaking score .
Can you please share what are those tips and tricks. I am really in a need of it. It would be really appreciable.
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Hi Meenu could you please get back to my email address, i need some tips for speaking tasks from you. as u mentioned in comment.
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I read you comments somewhere on pte practice web link. Can you please help me to get 58 score in pte. Last time i could have get jut 46 but i need 58 to qualify for my immigration purpose. That will be highly appreciable if you can help me.
Looking forward to hear you soon.
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i have given PTE three times and every times i have got 49,49,49. I want 52+. Give me some tips for Describe image because i did not complete this task in time and not cover whole things better. Other query is in Reading section. Quite tough for time managing in this task. What should I do ? Thanks in advance.
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Thanks for all your time and effort spent on collating these tips. Fantastic Job!!
Thank you so much for the questions. They seem very thorough!
Hi.
I have below PTE-Academic scores:-
Listening -90
Writing -90
Speaking -90
Reading -82
Regards,
Somesh
Hi , Could you please tell me what was your approach to get these marks? I mean how you were prepared for this?
Please kindly share your tips
Reading section is too much tougher to me , but other sections quite easy to get best score . How to overcome my difficultyin reading section please suggest me
Thanks in advance
Thank you very much I appreciatey your help many many thanks .
Great effort, much useful tips .
It’s very useful for everyone who is going to do the pte test
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Good list of questions. Thankyou.
50) It should be florist not supermarket…..
For 50. They asked where will you go, question wasnt who will you go to, so i think the answer should be a place and not a person. Because a florist is a person whereas supermarket a place one can go to
Hi.
I have below PTE-Academic scores:-
Listening -90
Writing -90
Speaking -90
Reading -82
Regards,
Somesh
any tips mate? what is ur opinion based on ur score?
Hi,
I need 65+ in each module to apply for Australian PR. I find retell lecture & summarise spoken text very difficult to crack. Plz give me some tips to over come it
Hello !
Please are these Answers still valid in the exam ?
Amazing work..!
For Additional Preparation of PTE Speaking. You can also refer too..
Here are some useful videos you can possibly refer for PTE speaking, I found them pretty useful..!
Best of Luck..! Best Wishes for your preparation 🙂
Thanks for sharing!
Post is quite helpful.
Hi AllInfi,
Again, Very useful tips..I really liked them all..Thanks for the wonderful effort to gather them here.. 🙂
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Thank u so much! I really can’t thank you enough.. I have been struggling with graphs-still am actually! –
I need to score 79! Do I think that is possible?
Hello Diana,
Yes, Definitely it’s possible. You need much practice
Very nice post .
Thanks.
I feel hopeless. Things getting wrong what I afraid of. My speaking score comes very bad. I got 39 first time and 43 next time. Other score above 60+. What to do? Is there something wrong in my voice that computer can’t detect???
Is your voice sharp and clear ? If it is clear to understand by others then the computer can also detect it easily.
Tip : Before taking the speaking test, Just practice the speaking test by recording on your mobile device and listen to all your recordings… In this way you can rectify your own mistakes. In the same way, you can understand your voice how clear and sharp is it… (Send to your friends and ask them about your recordings and voice)
Thanks a lot for providing such a useful information….
ThankYou Aman for your comment.
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Hey allinfi,
I am really glad you have provided such questions here, really appreciated.
May God bless you for your hard work.
Thanks heaps. keep helping and if you provide some more tips on reading section would be great.
Thanks again
Great Help
Hello, Can anyone tell me what do for speaking practice? I practice at home with Google API, but most of the words it detect wrong. I am afraid is it gonna happen in final test? how to overcome?
Hello Nowsheen,
Practice with these materials http://www.allinfi.com/pte-pearson-tests-of-english-materials-and-articles-free-download/ extract the RAR file and do some exercises. Don’t depend on google api. The test is very simple, just be loud and clear voice, you can gain the test with good result
Hi.
I have below PTE-Academic scores:-
Listening -90
Writing -90
Speaking -90
Reading -82
Regards,
Somesh
It is really useful and am glad to see this. Keep helping others with your knowledge.
God bless you.
50. Where would you most likely go to buy some flowers (a bakery, a florist or a supermarket)? – a supermarket
For above question, answer should be “a florist”… Right???
Hello atul,
Florist – a person who sells and arranges plants and cut flowers.
so i think florist is right.
But in some point of view question says “where would you most likely go to buy some flowers–” In most of the supermarkets we can buy the flowers also but in India you may not find but in USA it is common to buy flowers in supermarket like wallmart, costco etc..
Some times i may be also wrong, just expressed my views.
Use the term “most likely” in the question. Supermarket is wrong and Florist is correct.
The reason questions are general is because you are SUPPOSED to know the answer, whether or not you want to contest it or not. The point is to speak immediately and answer correctly just like in real life conversations
Don’t complicate the questions with complicated answers…Especially if the question is so simple
If u don’t like my answer who said to follow these tips. I have given the general opinion. Every answer need not to be exact some times it vary depending on the question views. u don’t need to care about others… just care about yourself.. it’s fine
the short answers are will ask in speaking test?
Hello Chaitna,
Yes, those are like one-word answers but keep it in a sentence.
Thank u for great information.
Thank you. It’s very useful!
This information is really useful. I appreciate your work. Thank you sir.
Tips for Short Answer Questions:
If you don’t no the answer, just repeat the words in the question.
Is this correct?
if you don’t know the answer,just repeat the words in the question.
If you are not speaking anything then you are going to lose total marks for the question. Better if you atleast repeat the words in question you may gain some points for it
please correct. if you don’t no……………………. to………………………… if you don’t know.
Thanks JC .. Made the changes
Useful info. good work. Thanks
Very good work
Good one! It is really difficult to get a place where everything is put together. Appreciate your efforts
Thank you. It is useful.
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Sir,I want to take 65 score in Pte bt I am not get this score plz. Tell me I can do Bcoz. I am taking only 50 score
Thanks
thanks.
Hi.
I have below PTE-Academic scores:-
Listening -90
Writing -90
Speaking -90
Reading -82
Regards,
Somesh
great work.
Thanks, really good stuff to go through for PTE success!!
Great job! Thank u so much n keep it up in future!!;)
I have gone through some of the speaking tips and found it really helpful. I will continue to use the tips for writing, reading and listening too. Thanks a lot
These are really helpful tips.
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Hi.
I have below PTE-Academic scores:-
Listening -90
Writing -90
Speaking -90
Reading -82
Regards,
Somesh
Good work really appreciated
Hi guys, I just received my PTE scores.
Communicative Skills:
Listening – 90
Reading – 83
Speaking – 90
Writing – 90
Enabling Skills:
Grammar – 90
Oral Fluency – 90
Pronunciation – 90
Spelling – 90
Vocabulary – 77
Written Discourse – 90
Hi, Akanksha. congrats. That’s really good score. I just want to know that does PTE practice exam scored test which we buy ,score differently. I got a very low score on my first practice test, I am little depressed.
Hi Rajni, to be honest, I think that the PTE practice exam scored test is a little bit hard when giving you scores. The actual exam is not easier but definitely more lenient in giving you more marks.
Hi Akansha,
I have mailed you in your yahoo mail id , please give me some suggestions. I have got below marks in my 1st PTE practice test exam.
L – 54
R – 44
S – 50
W – 54
Hi Akanksha,
Congrats ! for your good score. I sent email to your mentioned yahoo id as I need assistance hence requesting to revert .
BR,
Ajay
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Thanks. I have sent a reply to your email.
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Congrats, i have sent you an email, kindly check and feedback.
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Ya..!! Ofcourse i have written PTE exam Too and got the 70% of questions.
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Did anyone get any question in real exam time?
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Its not a disorder, we can call it as Loss of Appetite as per my knowledge.
Please share with me tips for Reading.
Thank you
Thanks Sir, it's a very useful post. But I have one question. It would be great if you can answer that one.
Ques. feeling of not to eat something or Don't feel like eating…what we will call this???
I thought its Loss of Appetite or eating disorder. What would you suggest?
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Great work,
But the Question types may confuse people who have no idea about PTE Academic.
It is easy to understand when you know about PTEA.
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