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Publisher: Pearson Education Ltd 2011.Paperback: 56 pages.Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic) is a new. international, computer-based academic English language test. The test accurately measures the listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills of test takers who are non-native speakers of English and need to demonstrate their level of academic English proficiency.This part of the test consists of some questions where an audio is listened to and then a spoken response given. In the actual PTE Academic test a personal introduction is given, but this is not included in this practice test.Duration: 30 minutesSection 1: Personal Introduction Section 2: Read aloud Repeat sentence Describe image Re-tell lecture Answer short question The practice items are on pages 2-36 and the Answer Key and Transcripts on pages 37-52.
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PTE Academic Offline Practice Test Part 1: Speaking V1 June 2011 1 Pearson Education Ltd 2011. No part of this publication may be reproduced without the prior written permission of Pearson Education Ltd. PTE Academic Offline Practice Test Part 1: Speaking 2 Part 1: Speaking This part of the test consists of some questions where an audio is listened to and then a spoken response given. In the actual PTE Academic test a personal introduction is given, but this is not included in this practice test. Section Section 1 Section 2 Item type Personal introduction Read aloud Repeat sentence Describe image Re-tell lecture Answer short question Time allowed 1 minute 30-35 minutes The practice items are on pages 2-36 and the Answer Key and Transcripts on pages 37-52. Audio prompts are provided in the folder Prompts and filed by item type, e.g., Answer short question and by item number, e.g., Answer short question_Item 1. Audio sample responses are provided at B1, B2 and C1 levels in the folder Sample responses and filed by item type Re-tell lecture and by item number Re-tell lecture_1. It is important to record responses for comparison with these samples. Commentaries on the sample responses are provided in the Answer Key. This offline test does not have the same functionality as the actual online test. Recorded answer and audio countdowns are not included so if timing the test, only approximations can be applied. 1 Read aloud – Item 1 Read the text aloud and record your response. 2 Read aloud – Item 2 Read the text aloud and record your response. 3 Read aloud – Item 3 Read the text aloud and record your response. 4 Read aloud – Item 4 Read the text aloud and record your response. 5 Read aloud – Item 5 Read the text aloud and record your response. 6 Read aloud – Item 6 Read the text aloud and record your response. 7 Repeat sentence – Item 1 Play audio file Prompt_Repeat_sentence_Item_1 in the Prompts folder. Repeat the sentence and record your response. 8 Repeat sentence – Item 2 Play audio file Prompt_Repeat_sentence_Item_2 in the Prompts folder. Repeat the sentence and record your response. 9 Repeat sentence – Item 3 Play audio file Prompt_Repeat_sentence_Item_3 in the Prompts folder. Repeat the sentence and record your response. 10 Repeat sentence – Item 4 Play audio file Prompt_Repeat_sentence_Item_4 in the Prompts folder. Repeat the sentence and record your response. 11 Repeat sentence – Item 5 Play audio file Prompt_Repeat_sentence_Item_5 in the Prompts folder. Repeat the sentence and record your response. 12 Repeat sentence – Item 6 Play audio file Prom