PTE Academic

Are you preparing for PTE Academic? This blog brings you test tips that will help you perform when taking PTE Academic. Visit www.pearsonpte.com for more information about the test and the relevant test preparation resources available.

Monday 14 December 2009

2. Find out the meaning of phrases relevant to PTE Academic

For example, information about PTE Academic uses the term ‘item type’. An ‘item’ means the whole test task and includes the instructions, the content, what you have to do to respond and how your response is scored. An ‘item type’ is a particular kind of item such as Multiple choice: choose single answer, or Read aloud, or Write essay, and there 20 different item types in the test.

You can see the format of the screen for different item types in the PTE Academic Tutorial.


You will find the meaning of words used in information about PTE Academic in the Glossary of The Official Guide to PTE Academic.

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