PTE Read Aloud Practice with Answer - July Edition 2021 - Part-4 (Repeated Exam Questions List)

PTE Read Aloud Practice with Answer - July Edition 2021 - Part-4 (Repeated Exam Questions List)


You will get 30-40 seconds to prepare before the recording starts. Once the beep sound is played, you can start reading the passage loud and clear. Remember don’t start speaking before the beep sound is played, as your voice will not get recorded.
Before the progress bar of the recording ends, finish reading the passage. Otherwise, the microphone will stop recording from that point of time, even if you have not finished reading the whole passage.
Do remember, if the computer detects silence for more than 3 seconds, the recorder will stop recording the voice and you will lose marks for the rest of the paragraph.
Now let’s look at the scoring guidelines for PTE read aloud:


PTE Speaking read aloud is scored based on three factors.
Content: Have you included all the words as per the given passage? The addition and removal of the extra word will negatively impact your score. So, try to read the passage as it is in the question. You are given a maximum of 5 marks for the content.
Oral Fluency: Your ability to speak in fluent tone without hesitating or taking a long pause will determine your Oral fluency score. Repetition and hesitating will lower your scores.
Pronunciation: Are you able to demonstrate the proper speech sound as the normal speaker of the language? It is determined if your speech is easily understandable by most of the regular speakers.
Tips to improve PTE read aloud score in the PTE exam:
During the preparation time of 30-40 seconds, prepare yourself by mocking the answer. Try to read aloud the paragraph as if you are giving the real answer. Try to practice the words which seem new or difficult for you to pronounce. This will prepare your brain for pronouncing the most difficult words before the recorder starts.
The other task you can do before the recorder starts is to divide the paragraph into a meaningful chunk to improve your oral fluency in PTE read-aloud section. Taking the necessary pause will give proper meaning to the whole paragraph, which will improve your enabling skills. Look at the following example where the sentence is divided (/) into proper chunk to give it meaning:
Yellow is the most optimistic color, /yet surprisingly, /people lose their tempers most often in yellow rooms /and babies cry more in them./ The reason may be that yellow is the hardest color on the eye. /On the other hand,/ it speeds metabolism and enhances concentration; /think of yellow legal pads and post-it notes.
Focus on punctuation such as commas, semi-colon, and full stops; ignoring this will make your oral fluency suffer.


DO’s and Don’ts for the PTE exam:
Do’s:
Try to mock the answer before the recorder starts.
Repeat and pronounce the difficult words during the count-down timer.
Divide the text into meaningful chunks.
Read at a normal pace with full confidence.
Don’ts:
Don’t hesitate or repeat the sentence.
Don’t add the extra words or letters apart from the original text.
Try to eliminate the ‘Umming and Urring’ while speaking.
Ignore the mistakes and keep on reading the next word.
Don’t be silent more than 3 seconds