PTE Coaching in Gandhinagar

PTE (Pearson Test of English) is an English language proficiency test that is widely accepted by universities and immigration departments across the world. PTE examines a students's skills in reading, writing, listening, and speaking English.

Desire’s PTE coaching in Gandhinagar offers comprehensive training programs that cover all aspects of the exam, from grammar and vocabulary to listening and speaking. The classes also include mock tests and assessments that help students evaluate their progress and identify areas that need improvement


Speaking and Writing

• Personal Introduction (1 question) - After 25 seconds of preparation time, you will read a prompt and record your personal details in 30 seconds.

• Read aloud (6-7 tasks) - You must read a transcript of 60 words aloud in 30-40 seconds. If you wait more than 3 seconds your recording will stop.

• Repeat the sentence (10-12 tasks) - You will be listening to the played audio and repeat the same within 15 seconds.

• Describe image (6-7 tasks) - Go through the given image for 25 seconds and describe the image in your own words.

• Re-tell Lecture (3-4 tasks) - You will listen to a 90-second lecture, summarize for 10 seconds and say your answer in 40 seconds.

• Answer short answer questions (10-12 tasks) - Listen to an 8-9 second audio and answer the question using single or multiple words in 10 seconds.

• Summarize written text (2-3 tasks) - Read a text prompt of 300 words and summarize the same in 75 words in 10 minutes.

• Essay (1-2 tasks) - Read a prompt of 2-3 sentences and write an essay in 200 to 300 words explaining them in 20 minutes.

Listening

• Summarize spoken text (2-3 tasks)- You will listen to a 60-90 second audio, and write it in 50- 60 words in 10 minutes.

• Multiple choice, Multiple answers (2-3 tasks)- Listen to a 40- 90 second prompt and choose multiple correct answers.

• Fill in the blanks (2-3 tasks) - Listen to a 30-60 second prompt and complete the sentence with the exact phrase used in the transcript.

• Highlight the correct summary (2-3 tasks) - hear the 30-90 transcript and choose the correct summary of the content.

• Multiple choice, Single answer (2-3 tasks) - Choose a single answer to fill in the blanks after listening to a 30-90 seconds prompt.

• Select missing words (2-3 tasks) - Find the missing word by listening to an audio of 20-70 seconds.

• Highlight incorrect answers (2-3 tasks) - Listen to a 15-50 second audio and mark the incorrect words used in the sentence.

• Write from dictation (3-4 words) - listen to the dictated word and write it using the correct spelling in 3-5 seconds.

Reading

• Multiple choice, choose single answer (2-3 questions) - Read a 300-word text and fill in the given blanks with single words.

• Multiple choice, choose multiple answers (2-3 questions) - Read a 300-word text and choose multiple answers to fill in the blanks.

• Re-order paragraphs (2-3 questions) - Read a 150-word paragraph and re-order the given sentences to form coherently correct paragraphs.

• Reading fill-in-the-blanks (4-5 questions)- Read an 80-word text and fill in the blanks with the correct answer from the drop-down box.

• Reading & writing fill in the blanks (5-6 questions) - Read a 300-word text and fill in the blanks with the appropriate answers.

Format of the PTE test

You can appear for the PTE exam of your choice.

• PTE Academic is the most preferred exam, taken for admission and immigration process. The test will be assessing your reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills.

• PTE general test is conducted to analyze your language proficiency. The five levels of the test are Foundation A1, Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, Level 4, and Level 5.

• PTE UKVI is a standardized test approved by the UK Home office to offer UK visas and admissions. The scores are accepted by nearly 98% of UK universities

• PTE young learners is a fun English assessment conducted for students of age groups 6 to 13. The different levels in this test are Firstwords, Springboard, Quickmarch, and Breakthrough.

• PTE Home is a pass-fail speaking and listening test which can be taken online. Clearing this test indicates that your English competency meets the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) levels A1, A2, and B1.