FREE PTE Academic Questions and Answers

Question 1

Which of the following DOES NOT belong in a well-crafted sentence?

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Repeating yourself often to make a point

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Using interesting words

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Using specific, descriptive words

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Eliminate confusing words

Question 2

Which sections belong on your sheet for taking notes?

Accepted Answer

Questions, Notes, and Summary

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Speaker's name, Topic, and time length

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Answers, Summary, and Examples

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Facts, Myths, and Questions

Question 3

A motivational speaker tells a story about how liberating it may be to collect bees with your left hand, according to a friend of his. What does this illustrate?

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Second-person observation

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First-person observation

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First-person experience

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Second--person experience

Question 4

Determine the writing sample's tone: "The apartment was terribly run-down and outdated." The furniture seems to be out of a Victorian horror story. There were moths on the drapes. As if they were nearing their end, even the appliances let forth a rattling and clanking sound.

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Critical

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Optimistic

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Nostalgic

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Humorous

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Thoughtful

Question 5

Will there be a change in the sound of the following two sentences read aloud in English?

First sentence: His scarf was left at home.
Sentence 2: Was his scarf left behind at home?

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Yes, the second sentence will rise in pitch at the end because it's a question

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Yes, the second sentence will fall in pitch at the end because it's a question.

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No, there is no difference

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Yes, the first sentence will fall in pitch at the end because it's statement

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Yes, the first sentence will fall in pitch at the end because it's a question

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Yes, the first sentence will rise in pitch at the end because it's a statement

Question 6

Which phrase makes use of your, yore, or you're correctly?

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Your test had the best score in the class!

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Your going on vacation next week

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If you keep you're backpack clean, you won't loose anything

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I can give you yoreallowance tomorrow

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I lost you're earrings last week

Question 7

What should you do if you hear a word you don't know while listening to English spoken aloud?

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Stay calm and let it go; focus on the speaker's main point

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Forget about trying to understand anything else

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It depends on whether or not the word is in a word chain

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Stop and think about it until you figure it out

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Stop the speaker and insist on a definition

Question 8

'Insecure' has what prefix?

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in

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secure

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ure

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ins

Question 9

What in this sentence is incorrect?

Sharon chose to have spaghetti for dinner even though she had planned to go have steak.

Accepted Answer

The wrong transitional word is being used

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It includes a nonword

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The adverb form of a word is being used as an adjective

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The wrong pronoun is being used

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The adjective form of a word is being used as an adverb

Question 10

Which of these terms serves as a connector to link ideas that are similar or related?

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But

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Additionally

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And

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Another