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Essay - Protect The Beautiful Building In The Past, Even If It Is Expensive For Owners To Do So

IELTS / PTE Essay -  It is important that maintain and protect the beautiful building in the past, even if it is expensive for owners to do so.” what do you think of this statement? Give reasons and examples on your own experience.

Sample Answer

These days there are discussions among people about maintaining beautiful old buildings. Some say that old buildings should be renovated and preserved as these represent Country’s culture but some are against this because of multiple reasons. I shall discuss both sides in this essay and conclude my opinion at the end.

There are several reasons why these legacy structures called buildings should be maintained. One of which is for preserving our culture for the younger generation. Our culture is disappearing slowly as the new generation is growing very fast and it is all in the world of internet and digital. Becuase of this, they are unaware of their ancestors and what and how some basic structures been to build that time. It should also be accounted that if we maintain such buildings, then it would attract visitors and boost country’s growth.

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Some people feel that old building shall not be protected. It is claimed that nowadays maintenance cost is very high and expenses have been increased exponentially for the family of the building owner, so it is difficult to maintain both prices if there is no government support. Land cost has been increased rapidly, so people have a mindset of earning money by building something useful on that land. In my city, there used to be a massive old building which was being maintained but as there was no support for money owners stopped protecting it and build the shopping complex.

So after discussing both sides, my opinion is if the government is ready to provide financial support then the owner must protect building as a country’s heritage.

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How To Crack PTE Exam - Strategies Which Will Help You Score Perfect 90

Below are the few strategies I followed to crack PTE:

Disclaimer: These strategies have worked well for me, but this may or may not work for you. Proceed with caution.

PTE Speaking: 

1. My only strategy for this section is to speak little bit louder than normal and speak faster (I speak 1.5 - 2 times faster)

2. Read Aloud: Speak faster, louder and click next immediately once done. Read Aloud PTE is once such section where fluency is of utmost importance.

3. Describe Image & ReTell Lecture: Speak faster, content is secondary, fluency was my priority. Avoid pauses. Speak something relevant, don't try to describe or summarize all the point. If you think about points/content then you will lose speed/fluency

For Speaking section,  fluency is directly related to score

4. For Repeat Sentence listen carefully, don't panic, try to repeat as much as you can, don't try to correct if you miss anything.

(I generally omit/add few words even in read aloud and repeat sentence but I got 85-90 consistently)

5. For retell: Have a template, memorize perfectly, only include one or few groups of words in the template, speak till the end of the recording. Don't stop. Dont worry too much about concluding, generally I never conclude.

PTE Listening:

1.

Summarize Spoken Text:

Have a perfect template without grammar errors, include only keywords from recording (I use the same template for SST and Retell. Only thing is you speak something continuously in retell and try to write 55-65 words in SST.

*** I save around 3-4 minutes in SST, That means I try to complete SST in 6 minutes and click next. Some people argue that it is individually timed section but whenever I spend full 10 minutes in SST, I miss last 3-4 questions in listening. I spend some more time on other questions like Highlight Correct Summary and MCMQ. 

(If you think SST is individually timed section and time saved in this section is not added to main listening section, then please ignore above point but this happened to me every time) 2. Select Missing words (beep sound at the end): Read the options before recording starts. Listen carefully while the record is played and try to get the context of the recording to select the correct option. 3. Highlight incorrect words: I practised it on PTEAcademicExam.com. but in the real exam, it is much easier than the practice questions on this site.

4. Write from dictation: Most of them are repeated, practice all the repeated questions available before the exam. Start with capital letter, end with full stop

PTE Writing:

- Have a template, memorize and practice it well.

- Make sure you don't make any spelling mistakes at least in template part, for 65 pointers, Steven Fernandez template is ok.

-But you can slightly modify it, including some good vocab in the template itself and practice it well so that no spelling mistakes are made.

- I generally avoid difficult spelling when I include word/words other than in template so that spelling mistakes are avoided.

- I generally write the essay between 220 to 245 words. I tried to write even 260 to 280 word but always got below 70 points.

- Summarize written text carries more points(my assumption based on my experience), Try to cover the main point and write as many words as you can by using COMMA and connecting words like hence, so, because, however, but, instead etc.

Only one FULLSTOP should be used at the end and start the sentence with capital letter.

PTE Reading:

- This was most challenging part for me, very difficult to improve in the very short time span. - But nowadays reading section is a bit easier than before. - There are many repeated questions for dropdowns, FIB's and ROP. Memorize them, generally, we get 1-4 questions. - The time saved in repeated questions can be used for other questions so that we make fewer mistakes.

FIB's & dropdowns: Read the complete sentence before looking at options (not complete paragraph but only until the end of the sentence). Try to guess the answer, select closely relevant answer to guessed answer.(This strategy really helped me to improve my reading score)

MCMQ & MCSA: Read question twice carefully, then options before reading the paragraph. Use elimination technique to select the correct option. Try to eliminate the option describing the keyword or points that are not discussed in the paragraph even though they are relevant or logically correct/meaningful

Reorder PAragraphs: Look for logical sequence or date sequence.

Other points:

- Strategies should be practised well before the exam during your preparation, You will not find them useful if you directly apply them in the exam, moreover, they create confusion and consumes more time.

- There can be different strategies for each question type, choose best suitable one, above strategies worked well for me.

- Write exam peacefully with confidence. Don't panic if you make any mistake. I got 90's even after doing quite a few minor mistakes

Template I used for SST & retell:

The speaker was discussing about **. The most important point he mentioned **. In addition to this, he also talked about *. Then he discussed about **. Apart from this he described **.To conclude, he suggested that **.