PTE Academic · Advanced · Paper 1
Separate answers & teacher scripts
Code: EWS-PTE-ADVANCED-1-KEY · 10 original classroom items
Give the learner the question paper first. Read listening scripts once at a natural pace without showing the text. These short sources practise skills; they do not reproduce full exam input length, item counts or Pearson scoring. Model answers are examples; accept other accurate responses.
- Read Aloud
Read every word, maintaining the contrast introduced by Although and the consequence introduced by therefore. Check accuracy, intelligibility and phrasing; no automatic pronunciation score is supplied.
- Repeat Sentence
Reader script: “Despite the initial delay, the research team completed the survey before the deadline.”
- Describe Image
Model points: both sources fell; electricity remained higher each year; electricity fell 60 MWh overall; gas fell 90 MWh; total declined from 720 to 570 MWh. Do not claim a cause that is absent from the table.
- Retell Lecture
Reader script: “Remote work can widen access to employment for people who live far from major cities. Yet the benefits are uneven. Some households lack reliable internet, and workers may miss informal support from colleagues. A recent company trial therefore combined remote days with scheduled office sessions and provided equipment loans. Managers will evaluate both productivity and staff wellbeing before extending the scheme.” Model: wider access plus unequal infrastructure; loss of informal support; mixed schedule/equipment loans; evaluate productivity and wellbeing.
Complete original EWS response
The lecture explains that remote work can improve employment access for people living far from cities, but its benefits are not equal for everyone. Poor internet access and the loss of informal support from colleagues can create difficulties. A company trial addressed these issues through a mixture of remote and office work, together with equipment loans. Managers plan to review productivity and staff wellbeing before deciding whether to extend the arrangement.
- Summarize Group Discussion
Reader script: Mira: “We should replace the final exam with regular projects, because one exam cannot show everything a student can do.” Owen: “Projects help, but group marks can hide unequal contributions. A supervised exam still checks individual understanding.” Dr Perera: “Both approaches have weaknesses. We could combine individual in-class tasks, a project log and a smaller final exam.” Mira: “I could support that if the project still carries substantial weight.” Owen: “And if the individual evidence is checked carefully.” Model: connect Mira’s broader-assessment argument with Owen’s fairness concern; explain the lecturer’s mixed proposal; report conditional support, without inventing a settled weighting.
Complete original EWS response
The discussion concerns how student learning should be assessed. Mira favours regular projects because a single final exam may not show the full range of a student’s abilities. Owen accepts that projects are useful, but worries that group marks can hide differences in individual contributions. He therefore wants to retain some supervised assessment. Dr Perera proposes combining individual classroom tasks, a project log and a smaller final exam. Mira and Owen give conditional support: she wants projects to remain important, while he wants individual evidence to be checked carefully. They consider a mixed approach, but do not settle its exact weighting.
- Respond to a Situation
Model: Hello, I wanted to update you on tomorrow’s report. The analysis is drafted, but we are still waiting for the final figures from the finance team. I can send the completed sections tomorrow morning with the missing figures clearly marked, then add the verified data as soon as it arrives. Would that work, or would you prefer a shorter deadline extension?
- Summarize Written Text
Model: Restoring coastal wetlands can strengthen flood protection and support wildlife after losses caused by development, but success requires long-term monitoring and cooperation among communities, scientists and local authorities.
- Write Essay
Accept any well-supported position. Look for a clear response to paid learning time, developed effects on staff/employers, a relevant example, coherent paragraphs and accurate language within the task limits.
Complete original EWS response
Employers should provide a reasonable amount of paid time for staff to learn skills that are relevant to their work. Such a policy can improve performance and support professional development, although companies need clear limits and practical arrangements.
The main reason is that organisations benefit when employees can use new methods confidently. Buying updated software, for example, achieves little if staff have no time to learn how it works. A short training session during working hours can prevent repeated mistakes and reduce the need for colleagues to solve the same problems. In this situation, learning is part of doing the job properly, so it is fair for the employer to provide time for it.
Paid learning time can also make development opportunities more accessible. Some employees have caring responsibilities or long journeys home, which make evening courses difficult. Allowing them to study during an agreed period avoids giving an unfair advantage to staff with more free time. It may also encourage experienced workers to remain with an organisation that invests in them.
Nevertheless, training must be planned around essential services. A small customer support team cannot close its telephone lines whenever everyone wants to study. Managers could arrange a rota, set a realistic annual allowance and agree on learning goals with each employee. Staff should then have an opportunity to apply the new skill and explain what they have learned.
Overall, I support paid learning time when it has a clear purpose and is organised fairly. The aim should be useful progress that benefits employees and the organisation, rather than simply recording how many courses people have attended.
- Fill in the Blanks (Dropdown)
cautiously; assess. An adverb modifies interpreted; to takes the base verb here.
- Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers — Reading
A and C. B and D are stronger than the evidence supports.