This week's sessions
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- Speaking warm-up, all seven tasksRead this week's lesson, then do every task on the recorder. Compare your pauses and start times with week 1.
- Mock test 3: Speaking & WritingDo Part 1: Speaking & Writing in one sitting, with real timers. It takes longer than a usual session, so set aside the time.
- Mock test 3: Reading and ListeningFinish the mock: Part 2: Reading and Part 3: Listening, without pausing. Note every wrong click and every dictation word you lost.
- Review every lost markSort every lost mark into the groups in this week's lesson. Choose the group with the most losses as your focus for next week.
- Daily practice, calm and steadyDo today's ten questions as a calm warm-up. Then read your error list one last time.
This week's lesson: finding the last few marks
You've worked on every kind of lost mark. This week you'll take a full mock test under real conditions, review it in detail and plan the last days before your test.
Take the mock like the real test
- One sitting, about two hours, with no pausing and no second attempts.
- A quiet room and a headset, if you have one.
- Real timers for everything. Don't stop the clock to think.
Remember that our mock tests show your points and accuracy, not a PTE score. Use them to find where you lose marks; use an official result to see where you really are.
Review by type of loss
At this level, "I need more practice" isn't specific enough. Go through every task and sort each lost mark into a group:
Speaking
- Fluency: a restart, a filler or a pause in the middle of a phrase.
- Pronunciation: a word with the wrong stress, a missing ending, a word that's hard to recognise.
- Content: a main point missing from a retell, a speaker left out of a discussion summary, a detail from the situation not used.
Writing
- Form: a word limit missed, or two full stops in a written summary.
- Accuracy: spelling, articles, agreement, word forms.
- Development: an essay idea that isn't supported with a reason and an example.
Listening and Reading
- Dictation: a plural, an ending, a small word or a spelling.
- Wrong clicks: a guess in Highlight Incorrect Words or a multiple-answer task.
- Collocation or word family in Fill in the Blanks.
The group with the most losses is where your next week of practice goes.
If one skill is still behind
Usually it's Speaking or Writing. Repeat that skill's week (week 1 or 2 for speaking, week 3 for writing) with one change: do every task twice. The second attempt, after you've compared the first with the model, is where most of the learning happens.
The last week before your test
- Short, daily speaking practice: a few Read Aloud and Repeat Sentence answers every day keep your fluency steady.
- One timed essay three or four days before the test, then stop writing full essays. Read your error list instead.
- Don't change your technique now. Use the note-taking, timing and proofreading routines you've practised.
- Prepare the practical details: ID, travel time and sleep.
On the day
- Speaking: start each answer within a second or two, keep a steady pace and never restart.
- Writing: keep three minutes for proofreading every essay and summary.
- Listening: in dictation, check grammar before you move on; in highlight and multiple-answer tasks, choose only what you're sure of.
- Reading: grammar, meaning, then collocation for every gap.
What's next
When you have your official scores, compare each one with your targets. If an organisation has set its own minimums, check each skill against those. If one skill is still below target, repeat that week of this plan before you book again.
Weekly check: A new full mock test
A different full-length test each time. Take it in one sitting, then compare your accuracy in each part with mock test 3.
When you finish, come back to your plan home: your dashboard updates with the new score.
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