What is PTE syllabus?

<p>The PTE exam syllabus is focused around the four key parameters of assessing the English language proficiency, i.e. Speaking, Writing, Reading and Listening. Here is the detailed PTE exam syllabus below:</p><ol><li><strong>Speaking &amp; Writing (54-67 minutes):</strong>&nbsp;<ul><li><strong>Personal Introduction: </strong>Involves a brief intrpduction of you.</li><li><strong>Read Aloud: </strong>Involves reading short passages aloud and getting assessed for pronunciation, fluency and intonation.&nbsp;</li><li><strong>Repeat Sentence:</strong> Repeat the sentence that you listen to in te recording.</li><li><strong>Describe Image:&nbsp;</strong>You willbe presented an image on the screen and that image may include a graph, a data, or anything. You will then have to describe the image in detail in the given amount of time.&nbsp;</li><li><strong>Re-tell Lecture:&nbsp;</strong>Listen/watch a lecture and then re-tell it in your own words.</li><li><strong>Answer Short Question:&nbsp;</strong>Answer a question that you listen to on the recording with the means of either a single or multiple words.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li><strong>Summarise Written Text: </strong>On reading a given passage, you will be required to write the summary of it in 1 sentence.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li><strong>Essay:&nbsp;</strong>Write an eassay of 200-300 words on a topic within the given amount of time.&nbsp;</li></ul></li><li><strong>Reading (29-30 minutes):</strong><ul><li><strong>Reading &amp; Writing - Fill in the Blanks:&nbsp;</strong>On the screen, you will be presented with a text containing several gaps, select the right word for the gap from the dropdown list.&nbsp;</li><li><strong>Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers:&nbsp;</strong>After listening to a recording, answer a multiple choice question by selecting multiple best choices on the content and tone of the text.</li><li><strong>Re-order Paragraphs:&nbsp;</strong>Several text boxes in no order appear on the screen. You have to arrange them in the correct order.&nbsp;</li><li><strong>Fill in the Blanks:&nbsp;</strong>There is a text with some gaps in it. You will have to fill the gaps with the correct words given in the box below. Simple drag and drop the word in the gap to fill it.&nbsp;</li><li><strong>Multiple Choice, Single Answer:&nbsp;</strong>after listening to a recording, answer a multiple choice question by selecting only 1 response.&nbsp;</li></ul></li><li><strong>Listening (30-43 minutes):</strong><ul><li><strong>Summarise Spoken Text:&nbsp;</strong>You have to write a short 50-70 words summary after listening to a recording.</li><li><strong>Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers: </strong>Upon listening to a recording, you have to choose multiple options based on content and tone of the recording.&nbsp;</li><li><strong>Fill in the Blanks:&nbsp;</strong>The transcript of a recording with a few gaps (blanks) is already given on the screen. You must fill the gaps with correct words/phrases after listening to the according available only once.&nbsp;</li><li><strong>Highlight Correct Summary:&nbsp;</strong>You will be given some summary paragraphs and upon listening to the recording, you will have to select the summaey paragraphs that best describes the recording.&nbsp;</li><li><strong>Multiple Choice, Single Answer:&nbsp;</strong>Select one single choice upon listening to a recording.</li><li><strong>Select Missing Word:&nbsp;</strong>From the list of available options, you will have to select the words that correctly completes the recording uponn listening to the recording, </li><li><strong>Highlight Incorrect Word:&nbsp;</strong>You will be given the transcript of a recording on the screen and as you litsen to the recording, you will have to identify the words that don't match with the recording.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li><strong>Write from Dictation:&nbsp;</strong>You will listen to a recorded sentence and then have to type it.&nbsp;</li></ul></li></ol>

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