<font style="background-color: inherit;">1) PTE A is easier than IELTS.
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More often than not, I see students who want to try PTE A after taking IELTS (probably several times) and not getting their target score only because they have heard that PTE A is easier. However, this is not the case! You might find it easier because of your different capabilties and strengths (like typing fast or having exceptional speaking skill). This means while for some PTE A is certainly a better choice, for others IELTS works way better. One thing that I can say for sure is that you need a greater deal of time to prepare yourself for PTE A comparing to IELTS.
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2) In terms of scoring, enabling skills such as Spelling and Oral fluency (and the rest) have nothing to do with communicative skills.
If you hear this from somebody, make sure they have no idea about PTE A. Indeed, enabling skills score will certainly affect your communicative skills score. So, make sure you work on them to secure your target score.
FYI
enabling skills: grammar, oral fluency, pronunciation, spelling, vocabulary, written discourse
communicative skills: Speaking, Writing, Reading, Listening
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1. If you have a talent for gardening, you have a ...
A) green hand
B) green head
C) green thumb
2. Not every argument has two clear sides; Sometimes there is a ...
A) grey side
B) grey area
C) grey point
3. If you don't know what's going on in a situation, you are ... about it.
A) in the dark
B) in the black
C) on the dark
4. When something happens ..., you didn't expect it to occur.
A) in the blue
B) out of the blue
C) over the blue
5. When you are caught ..., it means somebody has seen you doing something wrong or illegal.
A) red-faced
B) red-armed
C) red-handed
6. If you are fired from your job in a company, you get the ...
A) red paper
B) pink slip
C) blue notice
7. In some offices there are many forms to fill out and there is a long procedure for tasks. This means there is a lot of ...
A) red tape
B) red forms
C) red paper
8. If you tell a small lie about something unimportant which doesn't really hurt anybody, you tell a ... lie
A) pink
B) white
C) yellow
9. When you are unhappy, you have the ... .
A) blues
B) greys
C) blacks
10. Although I though that I knew Jack, it was years later that he ... his ..., when I realised he was a thief.
A) had / dark colours
B) showed / dark colours
C) showed / true colours
I'm waiting for your answers. The answer key will be posted shortly.
Interested? Find part One of this quiz series here:
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