PTE

Overview

• PTE Academic is designed to test your English reading, writing, listening and speaking skills. Since November 2021 PTE test duration reduced from three hours to two hours. The Number of test items reduced from 70 – 82 to 52 – 64 without any changes in the overall test format.

PTE Test Format

PART 1: Speaking & Writing

Question Types:

• Personal introduction

• Read aloud

• Repeat sentence

• Describe image

• Re-tell lecture

• Answer short question

• Summarize written text (one sentence)

• Essay (20mins)

PART 2: Reading

Question Types:

• Multiple choice questions Single Answer (1-2 questions)

• Multiple Choice Multiple Answers (1-2 questions)

• Re-order paragraphs (2 – 3 questions)

• Fill in the blanks (4 – 5 questions)

• Reading & Writing Fill in the Blanks (4-5 questions)

PART 3: Listening

Question Types:

• Summarize spoken text

• Multiple choice Multiple answers

• Fill the blanks

• Highlight correct summary

• Multiple choice single answer

• Select missing word

• Highlight incorrect words

• Write from dictation

Duration

• Regular : 2 months

• Regular class timings : Mon-Fri – 8 AM to 9.30 AM

• Crash Class : 2 months

• Crash class timings : Mon-Fri – 8 AM to 9.30 AM

Eligibility

PTE Academic Eligibility Criteria 2019- Pearson- the PTE AcademicTM conducting body does not prescribe any specific PTE Academic 2019 eligibility criteria.

• However, according to the PTE Academic eligibility criteria 2019, applicants need to be at least 16 years of age at the time of appearing in the examination.

• Students who are below 18 years of age will have to produce an evidence of parental consent to take the English proficiency test.

• Since the eligibility criteria of PTE Academic 2019 is not specified, aspirants planning to take the test must also check the eligibility criteria of the institutes they wish to apply.

• The PTE Academic Test score alone does not guarantee admission to the Institute of choice. Careers360, in this article, explains the PTE Academic 2019 eligibility criteria.

Course Highlights

• Highly experienced faculties

• Well equipped computer lab for practice

• Updated study materials

• Online practice

• Personal attention

• Best results in Trivandrum

• Systematic approach

Benefits & Outcome

• Quick Exam Result: Taking the PTE, you will get the exam result within five business days. No need to wait for the exam result and waste precious time to apply for admission in the reputed universities.

• Secure and Transparent Score: Intelligent machines are utilised in checking the answer of takers. Marks are given as per predefined guidelines to bring higher transparency in the marking system. No human rater, and thus, limited chance of getting a bias score or doing partiality. The score remains live on the official PTE website for two years.

• Worldwide Acceptance: PTE exam is not only recognised, but scores are accepted in over 6000 organisations globally. It includes educational institutions, immigration agencies, government, and employers of USA, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

• Real Life Questions: The test contains questions from real-life settings and academic contents instead of ambiguous questions. The questions are useful to test the ability of takers in the English language quickly.

• Find Flexible Test Dates: PTE has 150 authorised centres which are used to book and take the test 363 days a year. Hence no problem in the search for a suitable date for taking the test.