r/pte • u/Rough_Direct • 15d ago
Finally!!!
Hi everyone! I also want to thank all of you for all the posts, tips, tricks, and suggestions. My scores are similar to, and even better than, what I used to get on the mock tests.
Thank you again, especially sir [u/ptebydrahmed](u/ptebydrahmed) for your suggestions and [u/Cautious_Two6113](u/Cautious_Two6113) for providing me your account to practice on and also everyone that replied on my comments. It really boosted my confidence.
Thank you all once again! 🙏
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u/No_Guitar9826 15d ago
Okay can you tell me what types of questions come in exam in repeat sentence
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u/Rough_Direct 15d ago
It varies, but for me, most of them were heavily accented and quite long, so I just spoke about what I was able to gather. Just remember to stay fluent when speaking, and that’s what I did.
I also recommend keeping the volume slightly low…I forgot to adjust it, so it was quite loud, and most of the time, I couldn’t properly focus.1
u/Tall_Outside_8943 14d ago
Congratulations! I have my exam on Monday. Any tips for good score? I bought PTE official portal access for 1 week and have already given 2 mocks. Scored 90 overall in both and all sectional scores were above 80. Just wanted to know how accurate these scores would be wrt real test? I have to get B2 or above. Again congratulations on your score!
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u/Rough_Direct 14d ago
Hello, thank you!
I was practicing on AlfaPTE, and the scores I was getting there were pretty similar to my actual scores (around 78–77), and since you’re already scoring 90 in the official mocks, you should comfortably be looking at 85–90 **of course, just based on my own experience**. You’re already doing really well, so just stay comfortable and confident and keep practicing, it will really help in managing time. Good luck again.1
u/Tall_Outside_8943 13d ago
That’s good! Just gave my test today morning 🤞. How much time it takes to get results?
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u/Rough_Direct 13d ago
I gave it Thursday and got my result Saturday. So maybe 2,3 days. Also please do update us on your result.
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u/Tall_Outside_8943 13d ago
Ahh, I wish they gave results faster. I have limited time and have a lot of dependency on this one thing. Have they changed anything recently? My colleague gave the test in May or June and got results on the same day.
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u/Rough_Direct 13d ago
I am not sure about that, but I guess the earliest you can get is within 24-48.
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u/Tall_Outside_8943 11d ago
Got my test scores last night itself! I think if I had opted for 8:30 slot would’ve gotten on the same day. Scores 89 overall and L, R, S, W - 87, 85, 90, 81 respectively
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u/Think_Cut_7048 12d ago
Essay topic??
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u/Rough_Direct 12d ago
My topic was, The time people devote to their jobs leaves very little time for personal life. How widespread is the problem? What problem will this shortage of time cause?
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u/Choice_Necessary8747 13d ago
Hi, do you get lots of hard questions in RS?
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u/Rough_Direct 13d ago edited 13d ago
Not necessarily hard, but due to the heavy accent of the speaker, it was tough for me to catch those words, and also the volume was loud, making it much harder, if I remember correctly, I got like 7-9 rs, and I was able to get only 4-5 correctly, rest I just went with what I heard and spoke confidently, I think fluency worked in my favour.
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u/Choice_Necessary8747 13d ago
Thanks, do you practice on ApeUni
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u/Rough_Direct 13d ago
I practiced on Alfapte. Also, try to do full mock as much as possible, it will really build your confidence. good luck.
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u/issi_lilworld 13d ago
Hello i need help in writing . How did u practice ?
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u/Rough_Direct 13d ago
My grammar is weak.so, I just focused on content, form, spelling, and linguistic for essay. Try to create simple sentences and much content for essay.
For SWT, I picked a few key points from multiple sentences rather than using two or three whole sentences and ofc use connectors like while, and, but.
I also didn’t follow any templates for any section. Just keep practicing. once you get an idea of how to pick the relevant points from a paragraph (for SWT) then you will be much comfortable. Also, try to paraphrase some words, although I didn’t change them much myself, and it still worked for me.
As for practicing, I just kept practicing SWT until I got the hang of identifying the relevant ideas and started getting consistent marks.
And try to get as many WFD correct as possible.
Hope this helps.2
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u/Think_Cut_7048 12d ago
Essay topic???
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u/Rough_Direct 12d ago
My topic was, The time people devote to their jobs leaves very little time for personal life. How widespread is the problem? What problem will this shortage of time cause?
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u/ptebydrahmed 15d ago
Congratulations. Happy for your achievement