How to improve writing skills for PTE EXAM?

PTE EXAM is conducted to examine the proficiency of English language of candidates who are applying to study or work abroad. This exam has writing tasks also which includes essays, precis and paragraph writing. There are various ways to enhance writing skills which we are going to discuss so that you can get high score in the PTE EXAM through PTE COACHING CLASSES IN JALANDHAR .

Effective Guidelines to Improve Score in Summarize Written Text

1.   You should be vigilant in the examination hall and are advised to read the instruction carefully and notice the word limit i.e. between 5-75 words

2.   You should write in only ONE sentence (only ONE sentence!!)

3.   You should practice hard to write  complex sentence. Therefore, you should use complex sentence sensibly.

4.   You should use the connectors appropriately, because good grammatical sense matters a lot.

5.   You should extract the central idea of the given text.

6.   Do notice the word count at the bottom.

7.   You are supposed to recheck the sentence for punctuations, grammar & spellings errors.

After witnessing countless mistakes committed by students in writing Essays and Summary, we can understand the problems faced by them.

In this blog, we will discuss the real mistakes, problems experienced by PTE test taker.

The most commonly committed mistakes are as following: -  

1. Crossing the word limit or writing below the expected word limit

It is most common mistake committed in many essays. The students don’t read the instructions concerning the specified word limit before writing essay. The students are supposed to write their response between 200-300 words. You should make sure that your essays should not exceed 300 words and should not be less than 200 words.

2. Writing in appalling writing format with irrelevant introduction and illogical conclusion

Commonly speaking, many students struggle badly with the structure of the essay as it reflects your capability of developing the idea with coherence and cohesion of your thoughts and perception. Therefore, you should always write a crisp beginning about the topic of discussion, so that the structure of the essay becomes engrossing for readers. Subsequently, you should conclude essay well by summarizing all the main idea. You should never end essay with absurd ending or ideas.

3.  Writing irrelevant content about the topic

Sometimes, students fail to understand the gist of the topic and write irrelevant content about the topic. You should first read the question properly and then apply logic about the topic, before writing essay. Do not write randomly.

Now let’s understand the most general mistakes that are noticed in the Summarize Written Text task in detail.

1. Misconstruction and misinterpretation of the idea of the given passage/ text

You are given only 10 minutes to write summary to write and so many students don’t read the text carefully and write irrelevant summary. It is not the main idea of the text and will not be appreciated by the examiner. Therefore, you should first read the text and then try to understand it properly before writing your response.

2. Not writing the summary in ONE sentence, (a severe mistake)

It is counted as severe mistake and can cost you all of your score of Summarize Written Text task. There are many occasions where candidates unconsciously put a full stop and then go on to write another sentence. It is absolutely wrong as per the given instruction. You are supposed to put a full stop at the end of the sentence, and then use proper connectors and comma (if necessary) and write only ONE sentence.

3. Erroneous usage of grammar

You should first understand that the Summarize Written Text is all about paraphrasing the core idea of the given text. You are challenged to write the idea of the given text in a single sentence of 5-75 words. Therefore, the proper usage of grammar plays a significant part. You are supposed to write a complex sentence with use of conjunctions and adverbs.

4.  Directly taking the words from the given text without checking the spelling

As we all know, PTE is a computer based test, where a candidate has to write summary in 10 minutes and so there are high possibilities that you may type wrong spellings of the words. You should check the spelling appropriately and then scrutinize them properly in the last stages of exam. Besides this strategy, do not write the same words as given in the text but try to use their synonyms.

In this article, we have explained every tips and tricks to improvise your written skills for PTE exam. Do read them thoroughly and practice them hard to attain perfection.

In case you are located nearby JALANDHAR and preparing for PTE EXAM or any such CELPIP COACHING CLASSES IN JALANDHAR  then IBT JALANDHAR is an ideal option to qualify with high score!!!

All the best!!!

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