📚 Overview: This video covers the 20 PT academic question types to help you prepare for your exam.
🗣️ PT Speaking Section:
- 5 Tasks: Read Aloud, Repeat Sentence, Describe Image, Retell Lecture, Answer Short Question.
- Scoring Criteria: Content, Pronunciation, Oral Fluency.
📖 Read Aloud:
- 6-7 Items: Read a paragraph clearly after 30 seconds of rehearsal.
- Scored on content, pronunciation, and oral fluency.
🔄 Repeat Sentence:
- 10-12 Items: Listen to a sentence and repeat it exactly.
- Focus on academic vocabulary and variations in tone.
🖼️ Describe Image:
- 3-4 Items: Analyze and describe an image within 40 seconds.
- Includes various types of images like graphs and diagrams.
🎤 Retell Lecture:
- 1-2 Tasks: Listen to a lecture, take notes, and summarize.
- Focus on main ideas, supporting points, and organization.
❓ Answer Short Question:
- 5-6 Questions: Answer in 1-2 words.
- Example: "What shows direction?" Answer: Compass.
✍️ PT Writing Section:
- 2 Tasks: Summarize Written Text (10 minutes) and Write Essay (20 minutes).
📝 Summarize Written Text:
- 1-2 Items: Summarize a text into a single sentence.
- Scored on content, form, grammar, and vocabulary.
🖊️ Write Essay:
- 1-2 Essays: Write 200-300 words on a given topic.
- Scored on content, structure, coherence, grammar, and vocabulary.
📖 PT Reading Section:
- 5 Tasks: Reading and Writing Fill in the Blanks, Multiple Choice, Reorder Paragraph, etc.
🔍 Reading and Writing Fill in the Blanks:
- 5-6 Items: Fill in blanks in a text of up to 300 words.
- Tests word choice and grammar.
📊 Multiple Choice (Choose Multiple Answers):
- 1-2 Questions: Select multiple correct answers from a long text.
- Be aware of negative marking.
🔄 Reorder Paragraph:
- 2-3 Items: Rearrange sentences into the correct order.
📝 Fill in the Blanks:
- 4-5 Items: Drag correct answers into blanks in a short text.
🔘 Multiple Choice (Choose Single Answer):
- 1-2 Questions: Choose one correct answer from a short text.
🎧 PT Listening Section:
- 8 Tasks: Summarize Spoken Text, Multiple Choice, Fill in the Blanks, etc.
📝 Summarize Spoken Text:
- 1-2 Tasks: Listen to a lecture and write a summary (50-70 words).
🔄 Multiple Choice (Choose Multiple Answers):
- 1-2 Items: Select multiple correct answers based on audio.
📝 Fill in the Blanks:
- 2-3 Tasks: Fill in missing words from audio.
✅ Highlight Correct Summary:
- 1-2 Tasks: Select the summary that best matches the audio.
🔍 Multiple Choice (Choose Single Answer):
- 1-2 Questions: Choose one correct answer based on audio.
🔊 Select Missing Word:
- 1-2 Tasks: Listen for a missing word in a sentence.
❌ Highlight Incorrect Words:
- 2-3 Tasks: Identify words in a transcript that differ from the audio.
✍️ Write from Dictation:
- 3-4 Tasks: Listen to a sentence and type it out correctly.
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