hello everyone this is Moni from PTE Magic if you remember in my previous
video I did show you guys the scores that I got from appearing to the actual
PTE test in Sydney back in January and I was able to score 90 for all four
modules and today I'll be sharing with you guys the tips that you can use to
better prepare for the test so please feel free to share this video and to
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first and foremost always check your microphone I can't stress this
enough but you know like poor quality of the microphone and actually
substantially reduce your score can also check the videos on the microphone tips
surely pronunciation is super crucial when it comes to computer
catching the right keywords and also the content but your priority should be oral
fluency so you should aim for maintaining fluency across five tasks in
speaking and even if you made a mistake just keep going also when you pause make
sure that it's only 0.5 seconds between the pauses
so since the exam room was
quite noisy I was trying to speak in a way that I could hear myself but without
disturbing other candidates because I do believe in karma
I remember that I did mention to you guys that a native speaker can speak up
to 150 words per 1 minute like 60 seconds which is why you need to try to
aim for like 17 to 24 seconds for the real mouth depending on how long is the
sentence, while you speak stay focused and don't get distracted by other test
takers you know you pay 340 dollars then you can't afford to
lose concentration just because of the noise
pronunciation will definitely
affect the reading score so make sure you speak all the words clearly and some
people say that you need to stress or like make the correct intonation while
you speak I don't disagree with it but at the same
time I believe that monotone voice is fine so I wasn't trying to like stress
on any words in particular which means that speaking in a monotone style is
also fine
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a study skills seminar is on for students who require assistance in my other
videos you saw how I did really well in the repeat sentence but in the real test
trust me I can't never get it 100% correct and the reason is that sometimes I get
like really long super long sentences like maybe up to a 20 words or 25 words
and it's pretty challenging to like repeat it 100%
but you know I don't stress too much I always just like aim for at least 50% of
the content and I also don't imitate the speaker's accent or the speech so if the
speaker's is speaking fast doesn't mean that I need to speak as fast as the speaker
I have to admit that my short-term memory is not that good so I
do practice a lot like at least like 7 days before the test just
stay calm, I don't try to memorize words by words but instead focus more
on the meaning and when I speak I make sure that I speak in a way that is
natural and it includes all the ending sounds
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I don't normally use a template but I do recommend students to
use one and the reason is that you can stay more consistent and also you can
maintain your fluency better
honestly I've been receiving so many
inquiries, so many questions like "Moni, what template do you use or
like a Moni, can you send me some templates" but the truth is
that you can make your own template too - there's no such a specific
template that you have to have to follow so as long as the template doesn't
contain informal or slang words then you should be fine
I try to include
as many information from the image as you can and speak for more than 30 seconds
the lecture is about mark monastery in
Austria it will say that it is not not a typical monastery for many reasons
because firstly it is very grand which most and laid a foundation on it and
second it was founded in countryside
so for retell lecture, since this one also
marks your listening, note taking will be very important so while listening to the
lecture if you can understand the whole thing then it's great but if you are
struggling then its also fine, your task is to get as many keywords as you
can, by writing many academic words, I can get better content for my
listening, so people ask if I use template in my answer and the answer is no
I don't use template because I rely more on my notes just like when you take
down so many keywords
using template will be a waste of time
because you only have 40 seconds to speak, keep in mind that using a template
will help you to maintain fluency better but just don't forget that you need
to gain points for listening too
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Answer short question should be easy but occasionally Pearson will give you some
tricky questions that require some brainpower but you know there are
plenty of the real repeated questions on the internet and you can
actually have a look at the questions in advance it doesn't really matter how
many words you say because computer just catch the correct answers
so in my last
exam I couldn't answer maybe two or three questions but I did not keep
silence instead I was trying to guess the answer and I was also like repeating
some word from the question just to maintain my fluency
moving on to writing
I find that PTE writing is so much
easier than IELTS writing but PTE there will be very strict with your grammar
and spelling so make sure that you proofread carefully before clicking Next
in Summarize written text you only need to write one sentence but because
this task also checks your reading you need to make sure that you get the right
keywords, so in order to do that, normally in the exam I will try to find like
three clauses with the keywords, you can paraphrase if you want but if you're not
too confident I don't recommend paraphrasing
one time I went to the test
and I didn't pay attention to the timing and I ended up writing 76 words
which means that I got 0 for the task so that's why I keep telling people to
check the timing and check the would come carefully
my recommendation is probably like 40 to 70 words, personally I already got 8.0
for my IELTS academic writing, in PTE I still used template all the time so
the reason is that I only have 20 minutes to plan to write and to revise
my answer so I didn't want to waste time I wanted to focus more on the content
and I wanted to save myself like a bit of time to check my answer
I always find that PTE reading is so difficult but meanwhile I know that I
can still score some reading points from speaking from writing and from
listening and not just reading itself, time management is the key
because we only got two minutes for each question yes two minutes on each question
now that I'm looking back to my first time doing the test I did spend
like four minutes on one multiple-choice questions so make sure you time yourself
now I don't want to sugarcoat anything and say that you
can get some tips and tricks for reading they will help you to get a high score
in like the reading sessions because imagine you doing fill in the
blanks and you need to choose between 4 words that you've never seen before
in your life and you don't know the meaning, then even with tips and
tricks I doubt that you can get the correct answer unless you're really lucky
with choosing a random answer so my point is that if you lack knowledge of
grammar and collocations and vocabulary, focus on that first, I'll practice with
the repeated question, go through the basic grammar rules, common collocations,
and learn new vocab, and secondly you need to know which ones are your
priorities and they are: Fill in the blanks and Reorder Paragraph, don't just
try to memorize the answers try to understand why
they are the answers, in my last test attempt I did see a few questions that I
already practiced before on Ptemagicpractice.com, nevertheless I got few
questions that I was unable to get the correct response but my eventual score
was still 90, that's why try your best in other parts to get the reading scores
before listening I always take a break because, it's physically
hard to stay focused within like three hours so I know that a little break will
help me to perform better in the listening which is the hardest part of the test
the first one is summarize spoken text and this task is separate from
the rest of the items, you're getting 10 minutes for each task but even if you
finish early you don't get any extra timing for the rest of the other items
which is why I always use fully my 10 minutes even if I finish early I don't
just jump to the next one, I try to stay back and check my
grammar and my spelling and maybe I can come up even with more keywords
In Retell lecture you have to take notes on the erasable notepad but in Summarize
spoken text, you can directly type your answers,
you can check out my tutorials
on summarize spoken text and that one really helped a lot of people and I hope
it really works for you too
but in order to do so it's not just about putting our
product there meaning taking something that's been made for another market
putting a fine or a local language track on it just like you may be making what's
keep in mind that you want to include as many key points as you can if I have
enough key words then I don't need to try to add any additional template to my answer
what is quantum mechanics even though was discovered by physicists it's
not a physical theory in the same sense as electromagnetism or general
Fill in blanks require you to write down pretty fast that's why while
typing the notes don't worry about spelling and
don't try to fix your spelling and don't worry about writing the full words
especially when the audio is really fast, you can always come back and
fix it later so the 4 least important tasks are Highlight
correct summary, Multiple choice questions and Select Missing words, these ones are not too
important and don't carry too much points, which is what I don't really take
notes while listening and instead I just like focus more on the meaning so that I
can get the answers while listening, I don't have much time and I want
to save my time to do Dictation later at the end of the test
Highlighting correct words
should take the least effort but it can be challenging if the speaker is
speaking really fast or if he's like fumbling like you know, old
people they tend to speak in a way that is a bit difficult to understand
remember this task has a negative marking but it also contributes to the
Reading score so only select the words that you are confident with
I tend to
get nervous when I do this task because it's almost the end of the exam and
I know the next one will be Dictation, I feel like I don't have enough time left
and then I get stressed but it's very important for you to stay calm
and select the right answers
and lastly - Write from dictation, the most crucial part of
the listening and also the one that gives you the majority of points for both
listening and also writing, it's important for you to understand the
scoring which is one point for each correctly spelled word, grammar is not
marked so occasionally you can type two options like student students but I don't
recommend doing it too much please check out my video with the 100 most repeated
dictation questions, note that there are like almost 800 dictation
questions out there, so 100 would not be enough but they are the ones that are
repeated the most in the real test I always take note on the computer instead
of like writing on the notepad because I'm just afraid that I don't have much
time left so always manage your time so that you don't miss any Dictation
because if you miss one dictation you can't get 79+
so yeah it was an overview with personal tips on how I got 90 for
four modules in PTE, remember with the right strategies the right materials and
also a bit of luck you definitely get your score, and you know, studying
can be tiring and also demotivating especially when you try your best but
still not getting you target score, believe me I was in your position too
but I didn't give up and every time when I felt down I always try to remember the
reason why I started at the first place, so study hard and hope you pass the test soon!
bye guys