PTE Reading Tips and Tricks
PTE reading tests in details with type questions and answering strategies. Please follow these PTE reading tips and tricks to secure a fantastic score. PTE reading could be tricky sometime. However, this challenge can be tackled by proper planning and strategy.
Key Skills required:
- Rapid Reading Speed (Skimming & Scanning)
- Understanding the academic words/phrases
- Time management (Single Time)
Process:
- Read at least 1 hour a day
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- Read Academic Articles or Journals
PTE Reading Tips and Tricks
Type of questions and answering tips
Multiple choice – multiple answers 1-2 (up to 300 words)
- Read question first try to locate it on the text.
- Skim through options
- Scan question along with the options
- Eliminate in case of difficulty.
- If the question is asking for main idea, focus on first 2 lines and last 2 lines
- Don’t select unless you are confident
Re-order paragraphs 2-3 (up to 150 words)
- Skim through the text to get a general idea of the topic
- Remember these are the part of one big paragraph. Find the beginning.
- Try to figure out topic and sequence
- 1st paragraph wouldn’t start with pronoun, definite article, back reference.
- 1st paragraph wouldn’t start with “But, However, Although” or similar type of words.
- Make sure you are comfortable with some grammatical aspects (Infinitive, Parts of Speech Tense, Gerund, Article)
- Look for connectors/linkers
Fill in the blanks (Reading) 8-12 (2Types):
- Skim through the whole paragraph
- Fill the easier one first
- Typically, 2 options will be grammatically misfit
- Make sure word is well blended (read the sentence after answering)
- Don’t leave unanswered (no negative marking)
Reading Multiple Choice – single answer 1-2
- Read question first
- Try to scan the question part from the text.
- Skim through options
- Do not leave unanswered (no negative marking)
