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PTE Core study plan: how to prepare in four weeks

Four focused weeks is enough for many people to reach their target, as long as the time goes where the points are. This plan moves from learning the format to timed mock tests, with a bias toward the tasks that lift more than one score.

By the PTEfy coaching team

Week 1: learn the format and find your gap

Start by learning the exam format and every task type, so nothing on test day is a surprise. Take a full practice test to see your current level in each skill. The goal of week one is a clear picture of which skill and which tasks are holding your score back.

Week 2: drill your weakest skill

Spend most of your time on the skill with the lowest score, using task-by-task practice. If Writing is weak, focus on Write Email and Summarize Written Text. If Speaking is weak, drill Read Aloud and Repeat Sentence.

Week 3: attack the high-value tasks

Some tasks feed two skills at once, so they give the most return for your time. Put extra reps into Read Aloud, Repeat Sentence, Write from Dictation and Summarize Spoken Text. Improving these lifts more than one section score together.

Chase dual-scored tasksBecause several tasks count toward two skills, a little progress on them moves your overall result more than the same effort on a single-skill task.

Week 4: timed mocks and review

Sit full, timed mock tests to build stamina and pace, then review every mistake. By now you should be passing your target with a small buffer in each skill. Do not book the real test until your mocks are steady. See the exact numbers to aim for in the PTE Core CLB chart.

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