Test Tip of the Week


Are you preparing test takers for PTE General? This blog brings you weekly test tips that you can use with your students to help them perform better when taking PTE General. Visit www.pearsonpte.com/PTEGeneral for more information about the test and the relevant test preparation resources available.

Show students how analyzing the purpose and type of text may help them eliminate wrong options

READING: SECTION 4 - Gap fill multiple choice (All levels)

The short texts in Section 4 come from a range of sources, such as notices and advertisements, signs and labels, instructions, etc. Test takers should read the gapped text first and decide why it was written.

They should ask themselves:
•    ‘What type of text is this?’ and
•    ‘What is the writer’s purpose?’

They can then rule out any options that do not fit the overall aim of the writer.

Test takers also need to check that the option they have chosen is correct in terms of grammar and meaning.
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