Reading Section of the PTE: Multiple choice, choose multiple answers  

The test of one’s ability to understand written text is thoroughly tested in this subsection of the PTE exam India. Without understanding the passage, it is impossible to pick the right choices from a list of responses. These tips listed below will assist you in narrowing down your options and arriving at the right answers:

Understanding the scoring has never been more important:

The dreaded negative marking has been the foe of many. Unfortunately, the PTE Test has incorporated it into their system of testing. It is of crucial importance to remember that this subsection of your test will be marked negatively if your answers are wrong. Ticking all answers or leaving them blank will also receive negative points. To master this testing item, one should pay maximum attention to the essay. But, there is a smart way to achieve this.

Smart reading:

Although it should not be hard to concentrate through the entire passage, here’s a smart tip for those with attention deficiency and those who are just less serious. Scrutinize the response options for repeated words. This will give you a blatant clue to the location of your answers in the PTE Academic passage. Generally, one or two words are repeated in all answers. Match these words with words in the passage as you read along, to know when you need to pay utmost attention.

This subsection of the PTE is designed to test the thoroughness of one’s understanding. With negative marking on one side and clues to the whereabouts of answers on the other, I think this subsection is evenly poised. Not too easy, not too hard, but the lenient correction has students swaying in its direction. PTE is the newest, cheapest and easiest test of English. Book your test today! You can also visit your nearest AECC Global office to buy PTE vouchers at the same discounted price, Rs.9,810.