Xenia, one of our MAGIC students, was able to achieve PTE overall 83 with Listening 87, Reading 80, Speaking 89 and Writing 81 after learning the tips and strategies from PTE MAGIC. In this article, she will share with us some of her study tips in order to help more PTE aspirants. Speaking: Daily practice on…
In the PTE Re-tell Lecture task, you need to re-tell a lecture in your own words after listening to it. After the audio finishes, you have 10 seconds to prepare. You hear a short tone. After the tone, start speaking into the microphone immediately. Time to answer is 40 seconds. This task is scored on content, oral…
In the PTE Describe Image task, an image appears on screen, and you need to describe the image in detail. You have 25 seconds to study the image and prepare your response. After you hear a short tone, you’ll need to speak into the microphone. Time to answer is 40 seconds. This task is scored on…
Denise, one of our MAGIC students, was able to get a perfect 90 after learning the tips and strategies from PTE MAGIC. In this article, she will share with us some of her study tips in order to help more PTE aspirants. Understand in-depth the requirements of each component (i.e. how each set of questions…
Anita, one of our MAGIC students, was able to get 66+ in all the 4 components (with overall 77!) in her first attempt after learning the tips and strategies from PTE MAGIC. In this article, she will share with us some of her preparation tips in order to help more PTE aspirants. Speaking I followed the…
We have seen many MAGIC students struggle with Reading & Writing: Fill in the blanks and Reading: Fill in the blanks in the PTE reading section. What skills are these two tasks testing? What knowledge do you need to acquire in order to do well in Fill in the Blanks? FIB Skill #1: Sound Grammar…
In this PTE item type, you need to write a summary of the text in one sentence after reading it. Sounds pretty straightforward, right? However, we have seen many students make some mistakes when writing a one-sentence summary of the passage. Today, let’s have a look at the 5 common mistakes that people make in…
In the latest 2020 PTE and IELTS Concordance Report published on 1st December 2020, Pearson has announced the new changes in PTE scoring comparison below: Is 84 now new 79? and 66 is new 65? We were able to download the report before it got crashed: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QUc-0Y1BVpA1Y2YqjXnf2QHyI-g6LIfm/view?usp=sharing The following question was also brought up: All…
Have you ever wondered why you’re always missing some points in PTE Listening? If yes, please keep reading. PTE Listening is the third part of your test, and it might take 45-57 minutes depending on the number of questions you get on test day. Part 3 consists of questions which are based on audios that…
In the PTE task Read Aloud, a text appears on screen, and we need to read the text aloud. It doesn’t sound that difficult, right? However, it’s not that easy as well. Today, let’s find out some common mistakes that people make in Read Aloud. Mistake 1: I don’t know how to pronounce this word,…