PTE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

TEST SECTION 1

1. READ ALOUD
Q. 'Look at the texts below' You must read each text aloud as naturally and clearly as possible. You have 40 seconds to read aloud.

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  • Perhaps the most memorable benefit of the program has been the opportunity to me in small groups, something that is difficult to arrange such a desperate organization. Many officers would have to work together for thirty years but would not know other's strength and weakness.

  • In Japan, tea ceremony is a ritual-like formalism in which green tea you prepare and serve to multiple guests in a tea full setting. The ceremony can take as long as four hours and there are many tradition gestures that the server and the guests must perform.

  • It seems that, when it comes to love, men and women are designed to misconstrue, misread and misunderstand one another - and themselves. Look more closely at the unconscious workings of the mating mind, however, and you discover that in fact they make good sense.

  • A study found that the research funded by the soft drinks industry have different results from research funded by other sources and went on to suggest that there may have been biased by the research itself. The whole point of the scientific methods is to ensure the research results are not influenced by the source of funding.

  • There are a number of tests available which can suggest if a person is telling the truth, but knowing which ones are accurate is not easy. A newly created test is claimed to be the most accurate yet in lie detection. However, questions have been raised about its accuracy and ethics.

2. REPEAT SENTENCES
Q. You will hear a sentence. Please repeat the sentence exactly as you hear it. You will hear the sentence once.
Note - Here, you can hear the audio more than once for practice purposes.

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3. DESCRIBED IMAGES
Q. Look at the pie charts given below and explain. You will have 40 seconds to do so.

4. RE-TELL A LECTURE
Q. You will hear an audio of up to 90 seconds and after that, you will be given 10 seconds to prepare, followed by 40 seconds to retell the lecture.

The role of sleep in memory formation

5. ANSWER SHORT QUESTIONS
Q. You will hear a question. Please give a simple and short answer. Often just one or few words is enough.

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Lake

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Cytoplasm

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Oxygen

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Author

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Scissors

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