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Summary published at 9/19/2024

📚 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.

🚀 Next Steps: Practice using E2 Test Prep for resources, live classes, and feedback.

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