Summarize Spoken Text Study Guide
About
Test takers will usually hear a lecture / dialogue（60s-90s）before they are required to write a summary of what they have just heard. The word limit is 50 to 70 words. 10 minutes is given for each question. In exam, there are 2 to 3 SST questions.
Exam Tips
SST is actually a very simple question type in PTE.
Many test takers will probably be daunted by SST, thinking without comprehension of the whole lecture/dialogue it is impossible to deliver a response. However, in SST grading content just accounts for 2 points out of the total 10 points, which means if only some single words or fragments are heard and written down the points of content will not be 0. Also, good application of the templates, correct grammar and spelling can assure the remaining 8 points, which is already enough for the 79-point level.
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Time Span
In real tests SST’s time length is 10 minutes( with audio playing combined in). For each SST task, finishing a response with less than 10 minutes can not mean an addition to next question’s time length for the response. Therefor there is no need to rush, and responses should be carefully checked by test takers.
Practice Goal
WHV: This is not worthy of attention for test taker targeting at WHV.
50 points:The assessment on logic in response is very easy. Practice on Apeuni website before self-checking and AI scoring. In all assessment items but content test takers should try to achieve full marks.
65 points:The assessment on logic in response is very easy. Practice on Apeuni website before self-checking and AI scoring. In all assessment items but content test takers should try to achieve full marks.
79 points:The assessment on logic in response is very easy. Practice on Apeuni website before self-checking and AI scoring. In all assessment items but content test takers should try to achieve full marks.
Practice Task
Get familiar with the tips and the temlates taught in the introductory classes. Before mock/ real tests, practice 5 or 6 tasks. Make sure to meet the requirements corresponding to a specific grade section.
