Detailed Instructions For Writing QuestionsQuestion type introduction and scoring criteria PTE writing section has fewer questions than others. There are only 2 types of questions, about 3-4 tasks.
Task: After reading the text, write a one-sentence summary of the passage. Prompt Length: Text up to 300 words. Skills Assessed: Reading and Writing Time to Answer: 10 mins 2. Essay Task: Write a 200–300 word essay on a given topic. Prompt Length: 2-3 sentences. Skills Assessed: Writing Time to Answer: 20 mins. How to Answer? Summarise Written Text The first is Summarise Written Text. In this part, you have to read a passage in 10 minutes, summarize the main content and details. The length of the reading article is usually not a long article, will be less than 300 words. This type of question mainly tests students' reading and writing skills. There will be 2-3 SWT questions on the exam. The system scores for content, form, grammar and vocabulary.  Essay Next comes the essay writing section. In this section, you have 20 minutes to write an argumentative essay. In this essay, the candidates should not only state their personal position but also give corresponding explanations and examples. This type of question deals with controversial issues in society and aims to test students' writing ability. There will be questions 1-2 in the essay writing section. Write 200-300 words. The machine scores candidates' essays in seven aspects including content logic and language expression. To Write a good essay you need to... 1. Accurate use of words and sentence patterns PTE writing ultimately tests students' ability of language expression. The structure of the article is a skeleton, with this skeleton, students need to fill with blood and meat to complete the article. And flesh and blood are words, sentence patterns, etc. It requires candidates to use word and sentence patterns skillfully and accurately. However, the PTE exam is computer-based, so a range of spelling and grammar errors is understandable. Some errors are permissible as long as they do not affect the meaning of the text. But accurate grammar becomes a must-have for students who want to score high. It is worth mentioning that although PTE writing belongs to academic writing, oral idioms are acceptable being used in articles. The appearance of these expressions can better reflect the idiomatic nature of the language, but they must be used in accordance with the context and reasonable. Suggest candidates do accumulation more daily times. 2. Argumentation thinking The most basic and important requirement for high scores in PTE essay writing is that students can fully demonstrate their opinions reasonably. From the official GUIDE of PTE, we can see that there are not many advanced words and complex sentence patterns used in the high-score composition, but the whole article is very rigorous in argumentation, and the beginning, transition and combination are appropriate. Therefore, the training of argumentation thinking is the key direction of examinee preparation. It is suggested that students read more writing topics and argumentative articles, find and accumulate arguments, research methods of argumentation and use them for their own. 3. The ability of fast typing PTE is a computer-based examination. In the writing part, the two tasks require candidates to type 200-400 words with computer keyboard in a short time, which will be a great challenge for students who are not used to computer typing in daily life. To make matters worse, the system are very strict about the number of words in the essay, which undoubtedly increases the pressure on candidates to prepare for the exam. Therefore, the ability to type quickly is the necessary to complete the test task, the candidates need to practice more on it. |