Hello friends! Let us see PTE repeat sentence tips from the speaking module. After listening to the recording of a sentence, you have to repeat it as is. This is one of the important task and it carries more marks. Sometimes the sentence will be lengthy and difficult to repeat. However, with correct methods, tips and strategies we can easily crack PTE repeat sentence. At the end of this page we can see some methods, which helps to capture most of the words.
Understand the task
Unlike read aloud you have to use the same intonation and stress. Use your own accent but imitate the same intonation as where the speaker rises and falls and stress the words wherever the speaker does. We will get around 8 to 10 questions in this task and the audio will start after 3 seconds.
Audio length will be 3 to 9 seconds. For long sentences, split them into phrases to remember easily. Sometimes it exceeds to 12 seconds and it may be difficult to remember and we may lose in fluency. Therefore, do not try to remember all the words, just speak out whatever you captured. For Speaking, fluency and pronunciation contributes the marks, and Listening is scored by content and pronunciation. You will not hear the recording again, so speak whatever you remember and don’t hesitate, otherwise, your fluency will be affected negatively.
Scoring structure
This task contributes the highest marks to PTE. 32 marks given to speaking section and 19.7 for listening section. In this task the Content carries 3 marks unlike other speaking modules as it carries 5 marks. Fluency and pronunciation carries 5 marks each. And it is scored by counting the number of correct word sequences.
Addition or omission of words – Don’t include any new word as it doesn’t carry any marks. But if you don’t remember much, you can add some words to get marks in fluency and pronunciation. But try to capture more words and repeat in the same sequence.
Intonation, Phrasing and Stress | PTE Repeat Sentence Tips
This should be followed blindly similar to the speaker. Intonation should be same but accent is not important and it can be your own. For example, “I will be in my office everyday from 11 (eleven) to 12”. Here rising and falling should be similar to speaker and stress on wherever the speaker does.
Phrasing – Split the long sentences into 3 phrases, and for medium sentences split it into 2 and give a slight pause in between.
No hesitations – Don’t interrupt. Speak whatever comes in your mind.
Don’t repeat the words and do not do false starts. i.e. before the recording bar starts or waiting for few seconds after the recording starts. Pronunciation should be understandable to regular speakers as well as whoever listens whatever you speak. So your voice should be clear and pronunciation should be accurate.
Pronounce past tense (ed), plurals, vowels and consonants correctly. We should also follow the same grammar as what speaker speaks such as is, was and it should not be altered. Haven’t or have not should be sounded as it is. Don’t change it. If the speaker says orange juice then repeat as it is. Don’t merge the words as oranjuice. Focus on each word so that you will be able to deliver all the vowels and consonants correctly.
What mistakes we usually do?
Failing to maintain the same intonation and stress – Speak naturally and with the same stress and intonation similar to the speaker.
Sequence of words – the order of words should be similar to the audio as per Pearson. However, I have reordered for four repeat sentences but still I was able to get good marks. If you reorder the keywords, it is fine but do not make this mistake for all repeat sentences. As we are focusing much on content, we will try to correct the words unknowingly. Therefore, our fluency marks will go down. So never ever do any of these mistakes.
How to practice and improve PTE repeat sentence using tips?
Practice 100 repeat sentences everyday for at least 1 month. Therefore your concentration and listening skills will also be improved. Moreover, we can crack this task easily if we practice a lot. Understand the meaning of the sentences, hence, we won’t do any grammar mistakes.
Split the long sentences into 3 phrases for better understanding. If we split the sentences into chunks we can remember easily, but if you feel it is too difficult to remember everything, try to speak the last phrase correctly as it will have some important keywords and some words from first two phrases. In addition, repeat the keywords fluently to help scoring for listening section. Recap once before the recording starts, so that you will be able to remember for long time, at least for 10 to 20 seconds.
Test Tips – What we have to do when the recording starts in PTE Repeat Sentence
In repeat sentence we won’t here the short tone. Therefore, as soon as the recording bar starts, speak immediately. If you don’t remember the entire sentence, reproduce whatever you remember. It is completely fine if you miss few words but don’t mess up with the fluency. Moreover, it will not reduce listening marks much as long as you speak some of the correct words without interruptions.
If you remember only 2 or 3 words, just frame the sentence as ‘The repeat sentence is about keyword1 and keyword2’. Again, this is only if you don’t capture many words and at least you can maintain it as a sentence. Though the irrelevant words doesn’t carry any marks for content, we will get it for pronunciation and fluency. But try to remember the keywords as much as possible. If you remain silent for 3 seconds, computer thinks that you have completed responding and stops recording. Hence, your fluency marks will be affected. Don’t even pause for a second. Start speaking immediately and click the next button once your response is done.
Keep the mouse arrow over the next button when the task starts and press immediately after your response. Sometimes the microphone is not noise cancellation and it may capture the background noises and the mouse movement sounds. Therefore, it will be better to keep it over the next button and don’t take any chances. After pressing the next button you will be seeing a confirmation message – yes or no. Just press yes button immediately, otherwise the recording will run at the background and again your fluency will be affected.
The three methods | PTE repeat sentence tips
There may be many methods that we can follow in repeat sentence. But these are the best among them that I have found. If you follow any of these methods, this task will be very easy. Let us see the first method.
Method1
Close your eyes, listen to the audio and visualize. While listening, repeat along with the speaker in your mind. Our brain will remember for few seconds. So once the speaker completed speaking, quickly recap once in one second before the recording starts so that you can speak most of the words.
Method2
Write first half of the sentence and remember the next half. In this method you don’t need to remember the entire sentence. Write either first half or second half of the sentence and remember the rest but be careful on the handwriting. As we write quickly, sometimes we may not be able to understand our own handwriting. Believe me! This has happened for so many people including me.
Method3
Write the first letter of each word. This method works for some people but it didn’t work for me. You can try this method and if it clicks you will be able to respond all the words.
Conclusion
In summary, with these tips and methods you can improve yourself in PTE repeat sentence. Don’t get nervous while speaking, just relax and be cool. Always remember that we need to speak fluently and deliver the words properly. Good luck for your exams!
