Speaking Section of the PTE: Repeat Sentence
Speaking is an art that is developed over time. Much like an artist who adds fine strokes with his brush to enhance the appearance of a painting, a speaker incorporates nuances in intonation to make his speech more appealing to his listeners. I’m sure you remember sitting through lectures that have been riveting. I’m more sure that you have sat through lectures that have been boring. On retrospection, I’m sure you will agree that it wasn’t the subject that made it interesting or boring, but the way in which it was presented to you by your lecturer.
“Repeat Sentence” is probably the easiest subsection of the PTE speaking test. You will be required to listen to a sentence and repeat it, verbatim. If you are a good listener, repeating what you heard is a piece of cake. Remember, concentration is like water in a desert. Don’t attempt the PTE Academic without it!
Important tips to aid this subsection of your test:
Listen intently as the speaker breaks down the sentence into meaningful phrases:
A sentence contains punctuations to make reading, speaking and listening more appealing. The speaker in the PTE audio recording will also follow punctuations. Therefore, a sentence will contain smaller phrases. This will add to the aesthetic value of a sentence and also make it easier for you to remember, and repeat the content of the recording.
E.g. I met Sharon, we went for a movie together, and afterwards she went home.
In the above example the phrases can be broken down depending on the commas in the sentence: I met Sharon/we went for a movie together/and afterwards she went home.
Breaking down the sentence is to your benefit. Not only will it make it easy for you to remember, but it will give you a better PTE Academic India score.
Imitate the speaker’s intonations:
Without intonations a sentence will sound drab and boring. It is the usage of intonations that make great speeches. Mark Anthony’s speech in Julius Caesar has a number of intonations that spurred the rebellion of the people of Rome. Of course, the speech was very cleverly formulated, but without intonations the people of Rome would have fallen asleep!
E.g. I come to bury Caesar, NOT to praise him.
In his speech Anthony stresses on the word “not”, because the capricious people of Rome had been stirred against Caesar by Brutus, who had just addressed them regarding the assassination of Julius Caesar. However, Anthony reminds them of Caesar’s generosity and winsome nature, turns them against the conspirators, and the rest is history!
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