Listening
Listening
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Listening
Listening of PTE Academic tests your ability to
understand spoken English in an academic
environment. It also tests you ability to
understand a variety of accents, both native
and non-native.
The recording focus on academic subjects in
the humanities, natural sciences or social
sciences. They contain characteristics of
actual speech, such as accents and dialects,
fillers, hesitations, false starts, self
corrections and variations in delivery speed.
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Listening
Each recording is played only once. You may
take notes using the Erasable Note board
Booklet and pen, and use these notes as a
guide when answering the items.
With the exceptions of Summarize spoken
text, listening item types are not timed
individually. You can refer to the timer in the
upper right-hand corner of the computer
screen, “Time Remaining,” which counts down
the amount of time remaining for the listening
part.
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Test Components: Listening
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Summarize Spoken Text
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Summarize Spoken Text
Summarize Spoken Text is an item type
that test your ability to comprehend,
analyze and combine information from
a lecture, and then summarize the key
points in writing. It assesses both
listening and writing skills.
The recordings for this item type run for
approximately 60-90 seconds. There are two
to three Summarize Spoken Text items in PTE
Acadmic, depending on the combination of
items in a given test.
This item is individually timed. You have ten
minutes to answer for each item of this type.
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Summarize Spoken Text
Timer
Instruction
Status
Volume Control
Audio Progress Indicator
Response Box
Word Account
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Item Scoring: Summarize Spoken Text
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Summarize Spoken Text
Strategies
While Listening
• Pay attention to the content of the lecture. It is important that you understand what you hear
because you will have to summarize the lecture in your own words.
• Take notes using the Erasable Note Booklet and pen. Focus on key words. Do not attempt to take notes
word-for-word. You may miss important information if you try to write too much.
• Review your notes and plan your summary when the recording stops.
While Writing
• Summarize the lecture in your own words. Refer to your notes when necessary.
• Use an overview sentence to introduce the summary.
• Include all of the main ideas from the lecture and provide some supporting details.
• Use grammatical structures that you feel confident about.
After Writing
• Check the content of your summary. Does it contain all of the key information.
• Check the total word count. Does it fall between 50-70 words? If not, adjust the text length
accordingly.
• Check grammar, spelling and punctuation, and make corrections where necessary.
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Practice 1 Summarize Spoken Text
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Practice Summarize Spoken Text
The short report talked about the research twenty years ago of the list of chemicals
which affected brain development and was numbered at 750. According to it, today,
this number has increased to about 1000. There is insufficient research on the
testing of such chemicals by OECD. These chemicals cause harmful effects like the
lost of IQ, concentration, memory and motor functions. It is estimated that for every
lost IQ point of a child, society stands to lose 8,000 to 10,000 dollars.
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Multiple Choice, Choose Multiple Answers
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Multiple choice - choose multiple answers
Multiple Choice , choose multiple
answers is a multiple-choice listening
item type with more than one correct
response. It test your ability to analyze,
interpret and evaluate a brief audio or
on an academic subject.
The recordings for this item type run for
approximately 40-90 seconds. Each recording
will play once. There are two to three MC-MA
items in the listening part.
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Multiple – choice, choose multiple answers
Timer
Instruction
Status
Volume Control
Audio Progress Indicator
Prompt
Response Option
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Item Scoring: Multiple – choice
choose multiple answers
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Multiple – choice, choose multiple answers
Strategies
Before Listening
• Read the prompt carefully. This will help you understand what to listen for.
• Do not read the options.
While Listening
• Take notes using the Erasable Note board Booklet and pen if you want to. Focus on key words. Do not
attempt to take notes word-for-word. You may miss important information if you try to write too
much.
• Continue Listening until the end of the recording, even if you think you have already hear the
information you need. Sometimes speakers review what they have said, or add extra information.
After Listening
• Re-read the prompt.
• Red the response options and select the correct ones.
• First eliminate any response options which you fell sure incorrect.
• Then eliminate response options containing information that is not mentioned.
• Do not select an option just because it contains words from the recording. Sometimes incorrect
options contain the same words from the recording.
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Practice 1 Multiple – choice, choose multiple answers
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Practice 2 Multiple – choice, choose multiple answers
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Fill in the blanks
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Fill in the blanks
Fill in the blanks is an item type that test
your ability to listen for missing words in
recording and type the missing words
intro a transactions.
The recordings for this item type run for
approximately 30-60 seconds. Each recording
will play once. There are two to three Fill in
the blanks items in the listening part.
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Fill in the blanks
Timer
Instruction
Status
Volume Control
Audio Progress Indicator
Blank
Transcription
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Item Scoring: Fill in the blanks
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Fill in the blanks
Strategies
Before Listening
• Skim the text quickly. This will help you understand what you hear.
• Place the cursor in the first blank so that you are prepared to type.
While Listening
• Follow the written text as you hear it spoken.
• Take notes using the Erasable Note board Booklet and pen if you want to, and fill in the blanks after
listening.
• Type a word in the first blank. Do not stop to re-read what you have typed.
• Move the cursor to the next blank so you are prepared to type.
• Continue filling in the blanks until the recording stops.
After Listening
• Check you responses and correct them if necessary.
• Do the completed sentences make sense?
• Do the words you have typed fit the sentence grammatically?
• Are the spellings of the words you have typed correct?
• Make changes only if you are sure that the words you typed are incorrect.
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Practice 1 Fill in the blanks
opinions
attached
institution
colleagues
reputation
staff
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Practice 2 Fill in the blanks
structured
valid material
appreciate
assignments excellent
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Highlight Correct Summary
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Highlight Correct Summary
Highlight correct summary is an item
type that tests your ability to
comprehend, analyze and combine
information from a recording and
identify the most accurate summary of
the recording.
The recordings for this item type run for
approximately 30-90 seconds. Each recording
will play once. There are two to three
Highlight Correct Summary items in the
listening part.
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Highlight Correct Summary
Timer
Instruction
Status
Volume Control
Audio Progress Indicator
Response
Options
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Item Scoring: Highlight Correct Summary
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Highlight Correct Summary
Strategies
Before Listening
• Watch the status in the audio status box and be prepared to focus on listening when the recording
begins.
While Listening
• Concentrate on what you hear. Do not read the paragraphs.
• Take notes using the Erasable Note board Booklet and pen if you want to. Focus on key words. Do not
attempt to take notes word-for-not . You may miss important information if you try to write too much.
After Listening
• Read the paragraphs carefully. Choose the one that best summarizes the recording.
• First eliminate the paragraphs containing incorrect information.
• Then eliminate the paragraphs containing information which is not mentioned in the recording.
• Eliminate the paragraphs which contain details, but omit the main points
• Attempt the item if you are not sure which is the correct paragraph. It is better to attempt the item
than to leave it unanswered.
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Practice 1 Highlight Correct Summary
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Practice 2 Highlight Correct Summary
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Multiple Choice Choose Single Answer
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Multiple Choice Choose Single Answer
Multiple choice choose single answer is
a multiple-choice listening item type
with a single correct response. It test
your ability to analyze, interpret and
evaluate a brief recording on an
academic subject.
The recordings for this item type run for
approximately 30-60 seconds. Each recording
will play once. There are two to three
Multiple choice choose single answer items
in the listening part.
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Multiple Choice Choose Single Answer
Timer
Instruction
Status
Volume Control
Audio Progress Indicator
Prompt
Response
Options
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Item Scoring: Multiple Choice
Choose Single Answer
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Multiple – choice, choose single answer
Strategies
Before Listening
• Read the prompt carefully. This will help you understand what to listen for.
• Do not read the options.
While Listening
• Take notes using the Erasable Note board Booklet and pen if you want to. Focus on key words. Do not
attempt to take notes word-for-word. You may miss important information if you try to write too
much.
• Continue Listening until the end of the recording, even if you think you have already hear the
information you need. Sometimes speakers review what they have said, or add extra information.
After Listening
• Re-read the prompt.
• Red the response options and select the correct ones.
• First eliminate any response options which you fell sure incorrect.
• Then eliminate response options containing information that is not mentioned.
• Do not select an option just because it contains words from the recording. Sometimes incorrect
options contain the same words from the recording.
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Practice 1 Multiple Choice Choose Single Answer
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Practice 2 Multiple Choice Choose Single Answer
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Select Missing Word
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Select Missing Word
Select Missing Word is an item type that
tests your ability to predict what a
speaker will say based on contextual
clues in a recording.
The recordings for this item type run for
approximately 20-70 seconds. Each recording
will play once. There are two to three Select
Missing Word items in the listening part.
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Select Missing Word
Timer
Instruction
Status
Volume Control
Audio Progress Indicator
Response Options
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Item Scoring: Select Missing Word
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Select Missing Word
Strategies
Before Listening
• Read the instructions. The first sentence of the instructions describes the topic of the recording.
Knowing the topic of the recording helps you prepare for it.
While Listening
• Focus on the general content of the recording. You need to understand the main points as well as the
details.
• Pay attention to the audio progress indication. This helps you anticipate the end of the recording.
After Listening
• Read the response options and select the correct ones.
• Think about the options you have chosen. Does it have the right meaning to the missing word? Is it
the right part of speech to be the missing word?
• Attempt the item if you are not sure which is the correct response. It is better to attempt the item
than to leave it unanswered.
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Practice 1 Select Missing Word
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Practice 2 Select Missing Word
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Highlight Incorrect Words
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Highlight Incorrect Words
Highlight incorrect words is an item type that
tests your ability to listen for and point out
the differences between a recording and a
transcription.
The recordings for this item type run for
approximately 15-50 seconds. Each recording
will play once. There are two to three
Highlight incorrect words items in the
listening part.
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Highlight Incorrect Words
Timer
Instruction
Status
Volume Control
Audio Progress Indicator
Transcription
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Item Scoring: Highlight Incorrect Words
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Highlight Incorrect Words
Strategies
Before Listening
• Skim the transcription quickly. This will help you understand what you hear.
• Position the cursor at the beginning of the text so that you are prepared to click and select.
• Watch the status in the audio status box, and be prepared to follow the text with the cursor when the
recording begins.
While Listening
• Focus on identifying words in the transcription.
• Move the cursor along the text as you hear the words. Be prepared to click on any wor d which does
not match what is said.
• Do not make guesses. Only click on a word in the text when you are sure it is different from the word
in the recording.
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Practice 1 Highlight Incorrect Words
major – main
continuously – constantly
featured – favored
militias – militaries
farthest – longest
bar - ban
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Practice 2 Highlight Incorrect Words
method – means
many – multiple
complicated – complex
abroad – overseas
environment – context
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Write From Dictation
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Write From Dictation
Write from dictation is an item type that tests
your ability to understand and remember a
sentence you hear, and then write it exactly
as you hear it using correct spelling.
The recordings for this item type run for
approximately three to five seconds. Each
recording will play once. There are three to
four Write from dictation items in the
listening part.
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Write From Dictation
Timer
Instruction
Status
Volume Control
Audio Progress Indicator
Response Box
Word Count
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Item Scoring: Write From Dictation
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Write From Dictation
Strategies
Before Listening
• Place the cursor in the response box so that you are prepared to type.
While Listening
• Focus on the meaning of the sentence. This will help you remember it.
• Write the sentence quickly.
• If you can type fast, type the sentence directly into the response box.
• If you can write fast, write the sentence, or take notes using the Erasable Note board Booklet and
pen. Type the sentence into the response box after listening.
Finish typing or writing the sentence before correcting any mistakes you maek.
After Listening
• Re-read the sentence and correct any grammar, spelling, punctuation or capitalization mistakes.
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Practice 1 Write From Dictation
You can request library books by using the electronic catalogue.
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Practice 2 Write From Dictation
Popular culture is now a serious subject of academic inquiry.
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Practice 3 Write From Dictation
Weather patterns have changed significantly over the past two
hundred years.
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