PTE Academic Test Taking Strategies 

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These Test Taking Strategies provide you with specific ways to answer the 20 item types in PTE Academic more successfully.

There are 20 self-study lessons which focus on three strategies you can use to respond to each item type in the test.

The series takes a five-step approach to introducing and practicing the strategies. The Scope and Sequence provides an overview of the lessons and how to use them.

• Scope and Sequence

Part 1 Speaking

• 1. Read aloud
• 2. Repeat sentence
• 3. Describe image
• 4. Re-tell lecture
• 5. Answer short question

Part 1 Writing

• 6. Summarize written text
• 7. Write essay

Part 2 Reading

• 8. Multiple-choice, choose single answer
• 9. Multiple-choice, choose multiple answers
• 10. Re-order paragraphs
• 11. Reading: Fill in the blanks
• 12. Reading and writing: Fill in the blanks

Part 3 Listening

• 13. Summarize spoken text
• 14. Listening: Multiple-choice, choose multiple answers
• 15. Listening: Fill in the blanks
• 16. Highlight correct summary
• 17. Listening: Multiple-choice, choose single answer
• 18. Select missing word
• 19. Highlight incorrect words
• 20. Write from dictation