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RESOURCES: 1. Books There are huge amount of books that you may avoid of reading. But the best reading is to use them. One thing kept in mind that whatever the reason you should use these basic grammar rules in you daily life while speaking. For PTE Exams 1. The Official Guide to PTE 2. PTE Practice Practice test Plus
(Contains a CD include some practical examples) ( Contains Contains 4 official official tests tests and software software))
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2. Websites Ptestudy.com Pte-practice.com
Video Links for PTE Tasks 1. Read Aloud https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3KjrUGfkLY&t=1s
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2. Repea Repeatt Sente Sentenc nce e https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYtqHGfyKy8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3KjrUGfkLY&t=1094s
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3. Desc Descri ribe be Imag Image e https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rveo3RFK3kk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97ZX6jySeEg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YxXFj5LwAo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rveo3RFK3kk&t=2516s
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4. Retell Lecture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zoigeFjlB4&t=751s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9iYnbHd5ys&t=215s
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5. Answer Short Question
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6. Summarize Written Text 2-3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teVfEY_emTw&index=10&list=PLNgX3kw7kalvvmBZf39bf-isw0JJceqDd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdyRgrOEzx8&list=PLNgX3kw7kalvvmBZf39bf-isw0JJceqDd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxNrsf39n6c&t=41s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCjTv_tqjh4
7. Write Essays
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8. Reading Multiple Choice, Choose Single Answer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdttHHw66KY&t=2551s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdttHHw66KY&t=2467s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOppYp6ON84 9. Reading Reading Multipl Multiple e Choice, Choice, Choose Choose Multip Multiple le Answers Answers 10. Reorder Paragraph Paragraph https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMFNS7WObyc&t=1096s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c__V0SyQqc&t=740s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41GPBzdQ-Zo&index=10&list=PLuNN-0EZaL5kz0AOCgSUKItKqY32AVc Ec
11. Reading Fill Fill in the blanks blanks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqbe7xUyksk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCb7XJyTFak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc6Uz0hCUoA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAxKWTCvgfk&t=206s 12. Reading and Writing Writing Fill in the blanks blanks 13. Summarize Spoken Spoken Text Text 14. Listening Multiple Choice, Choice, Choose Multiple Answers Answers 15. Fill in the Blanks Blanks 16. Highlight Correct Correct Summary Summary 17. Multiple choice, choice, choose single answer answer 18. Select missing word 19. Highlight incorrect words 20. Write from dictation dictation
TECHNIQUES AND QUESTIONS TYPES
Speaking Read Aloud 1. Read with proper proper pauses, pauses, intonation intonation and stress stress 2. Better Better to to group group a few words words toge togethe therr 3. Keep Keep you yourr natu natura rall rhyt rhythm hm 4. Practi Practice ce befor before e actual actually ly answe answerin ring g Repeat Sentence 1. Listen Listen for for phra phrases ses in the the sent sentenc ence e 2. Copy Copy the the empha emphasis sis in the the sent sentenc ence e Describe Image 1. Intr Introd oduc uce e Ima Image ge 2. Expl Explai ain n Key Key Featu Feature res s 3. Conclude 4. Introduce Introduce Image Image - This graph represen represents ts the Title + X-axis or as appropria appropriate te for the given image image (10 seconds) seconds) 5. Key Features Features - Most Most noticeab noticeable le features features and smooth smooth talk talk (20 second seconds) s) 6. Conclusio Conclusion n - start with word "Overall" "Overall" or "In Conclus Conclusion", ion", single single sentence sentence (10 (10 seconds) seconds) 7. Note: Oral Fluency Fluency is is more more importa important nt than than Content Content.. Retell Lecture (Only 10 sec to prepare) 5. Make Make note note of of key key point points s quick quickly ly 6. Get Get the the gist gist of of the the lect lectur ure e 7. Spea Speak k at lea least st 5 sen senten tence ces s 8. Use arrows arrows & symbols symbols in the the Notes Notes to indicate indicate order or flow flow 9. Speak fluently fluently and with correct correct pronu pronunciat nciation ion 10. Start with "The "The speaker said.." said.." 11. Memorize this structure structure to make fluency fluency better whatever the topic topic maybe.
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Answer Short Questions 12. Be Precis Precise e 13. Answer Answer in 1 - 3 words words 14. Listen carefully carefully
Writing 1. Summarize Written Text 2. Iden Identi tify fy Key Key Poin Points ts
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Use FANBOY FANBOY connect connector or words. words. FANBOY FANBOY = For,And, For,And,Nor,B Nor,But,Or ut,Or,Yet ,Yet Strictly Strictly less less than than 70 words ideally ideally 40 - 50 words One One sent senten ence ce onl only y Use Use max max of two two com comma mas s Start Start with with Capita Capitall and end end with with full full stop stop
Writing Essay 8. Essa Essay y Temp Templa late te 9. (suite (suited d for essay essays s asking asking my my opinio opinion) n) 10. Keep it to 230 230 - 250 words words 11. 12. (Introducti (Introduction) on) 13. These days, there is an ongoing debate debate between people about ______________. ______________. While it is possible to claim that______________ , my view is that the disadvantages outweigh the advantages. In this essay, I shall explain my point of view by analysing both sides of the argument. 14. 15. 16. (2nd Paragraph) Paragraph) 17. There are several reasons why ____________________ _____________________. _. One of them is that ___________________. ___________________. It can als be argued that ___________________. It should also be taken into account that ________________. 18. 19. 20. (3rd Paragraph) Paragraph) 21. Those who argue for __________ __________ have a different view and say that it can actually be a good thing. thing. Firstly, it is claimed that ____________. Then, there are concerns about __________________. __________________. 22. 23. (Conclusi (Conclusion) on) 24. While there are strong arguments on both both sides of the case, my personal opinion opinion is that _________. I would strongly recommend that _______________. 25.
Reading Multiple Choice, Choose Single Answer 1. Read Read and and Under Understa stand nd the the Ques Questio tion n 2. Read Read Pass Passage age and Unders Understan tand d 3. Choose Choose YOUR Answe Answerr and Elimin Eliminate ate other other incorrec incorrectt Answers Answers Multiple Choice, Choose Multiple Answers 1. Has Has Neg Negat ativ ive e Mar Marki king ng 2. Can have have 2 or 3 correct correct options options - Choos Choose e wisely wisely and don't don't push push yourself yourself 3. Read Read Ques Questio tion n and and Unders Understan tand d 4. Read Read Passag Passage e with with Focus Focus and and Unders Understan tand d 5. Eliminate Eliminate Answers Answers and and Choose Choose the right right options options Re-order Paragraphs 1. Search Search for Heading/Top Heading/Topic ic Sentence Sentence that stands stands alone 2. Check Proper Nouns-Common Nouns-Common nouns-Pronoun-Articles nouns-Pronoun-Articles Usage-Time Usage-Time Phrases Phrases order order to re-order the sentences. sentences. 3. Proper Proper Nouns Nouns - Atlantic Atlantic Ocean, Ocean, Walt Walt Disney, Disney, etc
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Common Common Nouns Nouns - Man, Man, Mount Mountain ain,, etc etc Pronou Pronoun n - He, He, S She, he, They, They, Them Them,, etc Articles Articles Usage Usage - a, an, the. the. "The" refers refers to a noun noun already already introdu introduced ced earlier earlier Time Phrases Phrases - Passive Passive voice voice refers refers back back to another another sentence sentence Other Phrases Phrases - However, However, Moreov Moreover, er, Althoug Although, h, Also, Also, etc
Fill in the Blanks (Both Reading\Writing) 1. Skim Skim throu through gh the Pas Passag sage e first first 2. Concentrat Concentrate e at parts parts of of speech speech before before and and after after the Blank 3. Prac Practi tice ce Coll Colloc ocati ation ons s
Listening Summarize Spoken Text 1. Start Start writin writing g with "The "The spea speaker ker said said..." ..." 2. Other Other tips tips same same as as Re-te Re-tell ll Lectu Lecture re 3. Make Make note note of of key key point points s quick quickly ly 4. Get Get the the gist gist of of the the lect lectur ure e 5. Writ Write e at lea least st 5 sen sente tenc nces es 6. Use arrows arrows & symbols symbols to indicate indicate order or flow flow 7. Write Write with with corre correct ct pronu pronunci nciati ation on Multiple Choice, Choose Single Answer 1. Read Read quest question ion before before audi audio o starts starts 2. Stay Stay foc focus used ed til tilll the the end end Multiple Choice, Choose Multiple Answers 1. Has Nega Negativ tive e Marki Marking ng - be be cautio cautious us 2. Read Read quest question ion before before audi audio o starts starts 3. Stay Stay foc focus used ed til tilll the the end end Highlight Correct Summary 1. Writ Write e dow down n in in not notep epad ad 2. Unders Understan tand d what is is convey conveyed ed by speak speaker er 3. Use Use elim elimin inati ation on met metho hod d 4. In general, general, the answer answer with many many detail is wrong wrong one. one. Use this tip only only when you you can’t underst understand and at all. Fill in 1. 2. 3.
the Blanks Note Note down down in note notepa pad d Careful Careful listen listen to nouns nouns - singul singular/pl ar/plural? ural? Take care care of Spelli Spellings. ngs. Answer Answer is Wrong Wrong if Spellin Spelling g is wrong. wrong.
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Highlight Incorrect Words 1. Single Single Left Left Mouse Mouse Click on the the Incorre Incorrect ct Word. Word. 2. Be Quick Quick as as the spea speaker ker can can be fast fast at at times. times.
Write From Dictation 1. Use Notepa Notepad d or Type, Type, which whichever ever is is more more comfortab comfortable. le. 2. Start Start with with Capita Capitall and End End with with Full Full stop. stop.
Some examples Repeat Sentence: 1. Please come to the next seminar properly prepared. 2. You will find the economics section on the second floor of the library. 3. Next time, we will discuss the influence of the media in public policy. 4. There is plenty of cheap accommodation off-campus. 5. The lecture on child psychology has been postponed until Friday. 6. The meeting will take place in the main auditorium. 7. You must establish a day and a time with your tutor. 8. There will be no extensions given for this project. 9. New timetables will be posted on the student noticeboard. 10. All students are encouraged to vote in the forthcoming elections 11. Most teaching staff make their lecture notes available online. 12. Sydney is Australia’s largest city, chief port and cultural center. 13. There will be a conference here next summer on using a web for academic research. 14. The university has world renowned school of archaeology. 15. Successful applicants will work with a large team of researchers. 16. Higher numbers of patients were infected than during previous outbreaks of the illness. 17. The final year will consist of four taught courses and one project. 18. He started his tutorial presentation right on time. 19. The nearest automatic teller is in front of Anatomy labs. 20. Newspaper are supported primarily by the sale of advertising space. 21. The Arts Magazine is looking for a new Assistant Editor. 22. The lecture will deal with the influence of technology on music. 23. Make sure you correctly cite all your sources. 24. There are hundreds of clubs and societies to choose from. 25. Does the college refectory offer vegetarian dishes on a daily basis? 26. All essays and seminar papers submitted must be emailed to your tutor. 27. He was not the only one to call for legal reform in the 16th century. 28. The Drama Society is now auditioning for parts in the student play. 29. There is a position available for a Junior Lecturer in Media Studies. 30. There will be a significant rise in tuition fees starting next year. 31. Of course, you can also choose to have your grades email to you. 32. Does the professor keep regular office hours? 33. I will check again but I am pretty sure we are supposed to read chapter two. 34. I think the University’s main campus is closed. 35. If your parents come to visit you this semester where will they stay? 36. When I was in school, I had many of the same problem you do now. 37. I thought the mid-term exam was only worth half of our course grade. 38. Many of the most popular courses are available online. 39. Please have copies of your seminar papers in the library a week in advance. 40. Most students are not eligible to claim housing benefit.
41. If you want to quit the student union, tell the registrar. 42. Does the university have an ice hockey team? 43. Without doubt, his primary motive was economic. 44. The modern approach to the problem is to stress the symbolic side of human nature. 45. Many privately-owned firms have been eaten up by larger corporations. 46. I'm afraid Professor Jones doesn't suffer fools gladly. 47. Most of these criticisms can be shown to be false. 48. The seminar will now take place a week on Tuesday. 49. You don't have to be on Professor Smith's course to attend this lecture. 50. The library will be closed for three days over the bank holiday weekend. 51. l think we should get together over the weekend to discuss this assignment. 52. There's an hourly bus service from the campus into town. 53. This is the third time you've asked for an extension on this project. 54. They say Professor Jones's lectures are always interesting, and funny. 55. Being a student representative on the union really cuts into my study time. 56. I've got a tutorial in an hour and I haven't had any time to prepare for it. 57. We are warning the clients that the rates are increasing. 58. Much of his research objectives are driven by his natural curiosity and instincts. 59. The fire left the area almost completely devoid of vegetation. 60. I will now demonstrate how the reaction can be arrested by adding a dilute acid. 61. The initial results are intriguing; however, statistically speaking they are insignificant. 62. The opposition has so far been unresponsive to our proposal. 63. I believe the children should read aloud more. 64. The majority of the hardware we are using was built for a customer.
Part -1 Speaking and Writing Writing
1. #RA v4.0 1. 2. 3. 4.
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How to Practice: Speak with Google Voice service and check how many words you got correct with it. It should be 80% of your total words. At least talk 10 minutes minutes daily for this talk. And listen again and again and improve your speaking habit.
Source Material: Watch out these video:
2. #RS v4.0
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Understand the topic and Repeat the sentence. In case of emergency, repeat whatever you heard or Just press NEXT. Score on Meaning of the Content and Fluency. Close down you eye and listen to phrases. This is the major contributor of your Listening, Speaking skills.
3. #DI v.2.0 Practice daily for each type of question. E.g. Picture, Graph, Pie Chart and Table First Sentence · The graph represents [graph title + x axis] based on [The list of categories] · x-axis shows […] and y-axis shows […] Second Sentence · As depicted in the graph, There are [number of categories: two] different trends for [categories: men and women]. · In addition to this information, it is quite clear that [all the numbers are increasing/decreasing/fluctuating] · [The max] has the [highest] number among all categories.
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[The Max] belongs to [china with 40 percent]
Third Sentence · Overall, the graph shows the fluctuations of [graph title] over time. · Based on the data in the graph, it can be predicted that in future, we will see the same pattern.
4. #RL 5. #ASQ v.1.0. Practice with sample file given V.4.0.pdf
Writing Module
6. #SWT v.4.0. Whereas the fundamental essence of N1 emphasizes the significance of N2, the corresponding impacts of N3 such as N4 and N5 are acknowledged, and N6 could be inferred evidently from N7, from which the potential implications of N8 as well as N9 are presumed. 7. #WE Recently, Recently, the phenomenon of T1 and its corresponding impact has sparked a heated debate. Although contested by many that the matter of N1 is highly beneficial, such issue is regarded thoroughly both constructive and positive by a substantial number of individuals. I am inclined to believe that N2 can be a plus, and I will analyze that throughout this essay. essay. From a social standpoint, T2 can provide the society with some noticeable effects which are rooted in the fact that N3, as well as N4, are inextricably bound up. According to my own experience, when I was a university student, I performed an academic experiment which discovered N5. Thus, beneficial ramifications of both N6 and N7 apparently can be seen. Within the realm of N8, T3 might increase the consequences of N9. Moreover, fundamental aspects of N10 relate to this reality that the demerits of N11 pertain to N12. As a tangible example, some scientific research undertaken by a prestigious university has asserted that the downside of N13 is correlated negatively with N14. Hence, it is correct to presume the preconceived notion of N15. To conclude, while there are several compelling arguments on both sides, I profoundly believe that the benefits of T4 far outweigh its drawbacks. Not only do the advantages of N16 prove the significance of N17, but also pinpoint N18 implications. ============================================================================== 1.Dangerous activities like extreme skiing, bungee jumping etc. and whether you support them or not. Ø Extremely Popular - Mul-billion dollar global industry - Skydiving, Bungee Jumping, scuba diving, bull fighng Ø Risky Pursuits - Involves high speed, high altude, and high degree of physical exeron Ø Extreme injuries – B/w 2000 & 2011, 4 million injuries reported self-confidence, independent behaviors, and physical stamina. Stress busters. overcoming phobias, gives courage to face hurdles of Ø Help in boosng self-confidence, life, experience thrill & adrenaline rush. Ø Helpful in achieving name and fame in the world. Many names recorded in Guinness world book of record Ø contribute to the economy, create an influx of internaonal currency Ø very risky and dangerous, risk of life and permanent disabilies Ø equipment needed for these sports are very expensive Ø Youngsters could not concentrate on studies, not able to get lucrave jobs Ø Require proper guidance, supervision and beer equipment Ø government should provide adequate knowledge, safety measures - life is a precious gi of God Ø Only licensed companies allowed to operate in this field
2.Climate change /global warming/ Environment pollution. Roles that Government, Corporate, and Individuals can play to improve it. Ø Carbon-dioxide (co2) emission everyday – By companies and consumers Ø Temperature is increasing, melng polar ice and rising sea level Ø Carbon dioxide traps heat from sun causing greenhouse effect. Depletes ozone layer. Ø Every person is equally responsible as government. Work together to develop polluon free society for next generaon. Ø Impose stringent laws on factories and public, ‘green taxes’ on drivers and airline companies Ø Expand renewable energy sources. Invenng technology which does not cause polluon. Japan uses solar, solar, wind or water power. power. Ø People can prefer public transportaon (buses, trains) rather than using their own private vehicle. Save our fossil fuel. Live organic lifestyle Ø Stop use of plasc bags prefer paper bags. Companies should produce recyclable and eco-friendly products Ø Governments should establish climate change guidelines, educaonal programs for awareness, Reduce deforestaon. Wildlife protecon. Clean system. 3.Do you think that place where person grew has an influence on his accomplishments? Explain with example. Region affects successful people? In favor Ø Nave region provides àconducive (Contribung) environment, environment, opportunies to learn, access to mulple resources and facilies. Ø A favorable environment in childhood helps to explore passion and area of interest. Ø To illustrate, Thomas Edison, Bill Gates, Dhirubhai Ambani nurtured with a helpful environment. Brazil and Argenna has produced many legendary footballers. Ø qualies such as language development, leadership, leadership, Behavior and social skills learn from surroundings Ø good guidance from family and school teachers - easily accomplish goals Against Ø Success depends on à atude, determinaon, dedicaon and will power, power, never give up atude, interpersonal skills. Ø Strong determinaon and focussed mind can overcome overcome problems. Amitabh Bachhan, rejected in first audion, proved himself because of strong willpower. willpower. Many people in society who took birth in very poor family but because of their hard work they able to change their situaon and become ric Ø As they say “Where there is a will there is a way”. way”. 4.Nowadays TV has become an essential part of life. Medium to spread news & awareness and for some it acts like a companion. What is your opinion? In favor Ø Essenal part of life, important invenons of the human’s history Ø Unlimited source of entertainment, entertainment, news, knowledge and adversements Ø Channels like History, Discovery, Naonal Geographic shows things that you are not even aware of. Content involving nature, science, culture, and history. history. Cognive learning programs. Ø Keep you updated with current happenings and events from around the globe. Ø weather report and polics Ø Good for house wives, old people Against Ø Spend producve me, gazing at the screen. Harmful to eye. Ø Children watch acon serials or movies, imitate things, and lose control. Increase in juvenile crime Ø Causing Heart diseases, cancer, cancer, diabetes, flu/pneumonia, Parkinson’s disease and liver disease Ø Great me waster. waster. Students waste their me, poor academic results. No me for hobbies, physical acvies, sports got ignored. Makes lazy. Ø Addicted people skip meals, sleep, and even work. Ø Makes Ansocial affecng relaonship between family members & future career. 5.Company Top level Authorities should or should not take employees suggestions or ideas to take any decisions. Discuss. In favor Ø Innovaons and new ideas crucial to sustain compeon Ø People with domain knowledge know the ins and outs of the processes more deeply than others Ø Involving employees employees also saves money and me.
Ø not to depend on external experts or outsourcing for decision making Ø posive atude and inspiraon to employees to work beer, beer, increasing overall producvity & employee retenon for longer period Against Ø Employees may give advice for personal benefit, harmful to the company. Ø Many advices would only lead to chaos Ø Final decision by higher authority only (weather good or bad to the company). 6.Successful sports stars and glamorous film stars are a role model for youngsters. Do u support it or not? (Agree/Disagree) In favor Ø Sports personalies - acvely parcipang in social acvies like helping poor children - movaon to young generaon Ø Famous film stars deliver meaningful movies showing creavity - helps children to think like them. The Hollywood star, Angelina Jolie can be a perfec example. She is a great spokeswoman and can lead children in the right direcon Against Ø Youngsters inspired from negave roles and imitang same act at home/streets – bad impact on society Ø Celebries oen promotes smoking & alcohol products through adversements – youngster follow Ø Charged with drugs and other criminal acvies. For eg. Sanjay Du Ø Violence and crime in movies imitated for thrill and adventure by adolescents - destrucon of ethical values of society. Ø Many athletes have no moral values – P lay for money & fame only. only. Should not worship them as hero. Ø Athletes are involved in scandals, beng and fixing. Ø Lance Armstrong, 7 mes winner of Tour de France found guilty for using drugs Ø It is recommended to teach youth to follow virtuous characters. 7.In the education system, assessment through written formal examinations is valid or not. In favor Ø Benefits of formal examinaon - equal opportunity to show caliber Ø Same amount of me to give an exam; filters bright students from average children. Ø Exams conducted in educaonal instute in presence of invigilator invigilator.. Real test of grasping power & memory of student Against Ø Connual assessment good for slow learners who can’t perform in me constrained exam. Ø Some argue that formal examinaon system system only tests the memory of student not skills and experse. Ø Formal exam depends on conducive environment, health & mood of children Ø Single examinaon may not cover scope subject completely especially especially in broad subjects such as medicine and law. Ø Assessment style is vulnerable to cheang, fraud and human error Ø Exams get rescheduled because of paper leak. examiners Ø Many students' send their papers to re-check and bribe the examiners Ø Most students do not work on home work and projects, take help from different sources (parents, copy from others) to finish assignments 8.Large shopping malls are replacing small shops. What is your opinion about this? Discuss with appropriate examples. In favor Ø Shopping malls are collecon of small retailers at one place with all facilies such as restaurants, restaurants, entertainments Ø Shopping malls are easy to access ,huge free or minimal fee parking, me saving Ø monitored by security guards, hence visitors feel comfortable comfortable when they walk around the malls Ø Variety of products to choose from Ø For example, Wesield is a very popular shopping mall in Australia, which convey all these facilies at minimal effort and price as compared other shops Ø Shopping malls are becoming very very popular as meeng place for innumerable reasons, reasons, located near to the centre of city Ø Having huge discount sales every end of the month, which aract many customers those are going to local market and paying high price for the sam item. Ø 100% original products as buy items directly from companies, no middleman. Against
Ø Sales of small shops are going down. Many shops owners close business or reduce number of employees. Ø Due to fascinang discount people end up purchasing more than they actually need 9.Some people think that technology improves the quality of life whereas others feel that creates new problems that threaten the quality of life. Discuss both these views and suggest your opinion? or Talk about the pros/ cons of this era as is full of daily inventions. In favor comfortable Ø Made our life very comfortable Ø Computers - efficient and easy to use, save me and effort conversaon Ø Electronic communicaon - VOIP technology face-to-face conversaon Ø Students’ studies - recorded video tutorials , lot of study material Ø medical discoveries – advanced research - many diseases curable- saves life- increase life expectancy Ø Advanced farming tools - Reduced workloads – increased producvity Ø Android and smartphones Ø Facebook, twier, whatsapp – makes social Ø Storing pictures – photography Ø LED light saves electricity, Flat TV saves space Against Ø Invenons of nuclear weapons dangerous for existence of all life forms on Earth Ø Increase in motor vehicles causes polluon, global warming Ø More machinery, less human labor, unemployment Ø Dependence on machinery - laziness, lifestyle diseases. 10.Any new technological development in the recent years is a boon or curse for the society in general. or In the past 100 years, there have been many inventions such as antibiotics, airplanes and computers. What do you think is the most important o them? Why? Greatest invention in the last 100 years, medicine, science or technology? In favor Ø Computers - Made our life very comfortable Ø Most revoluonary invenon for development of human beings. Ø Pivotal role in communicaon, calculaon, navigaon and automobile industry. Ø efficient and easy to use, save me and effort conversaon Ø Electronic communicaon - VOIP technology face-to-face conversaon Ø Students’ studies - recorded video tutorials , lot of study material mistake. Ø Stores informaon, no need to rewrite whole paper because of any mistake. Against Ø Life has become more complicated. Overuse of computer causes strain on eyes, poor eyesight, causes several diseases Ø Recent research, 40% American children have obesity - spend average 4 hours per day in front of computer Ø Children addicted to computer games - becoming more introvert. 11.It is argued that getting married before finishing school or getting a job is not a good choice. To what extent do you agree or disagree? In favor Ø professional life & married life both have pivotal role in life, no synchronizaon between two, no peace Ø In developed countries, mostly parents force children to live separately. Ø Youngsters get married earlier, get partner for help
Ø Girls have restricons in parents house. when married get more freedom with husband & enjoy life more Against Ø many disadvantages if married before 30 years. Ø Financial prob - more responsibilies toward family, family, earn less can’t manage expenses, poor living quality, quality, frustraon & depression. Ø no enough me for study. Girls leave study. No me to improve professional skills Ø women sacrifice professional life for caring children Ø marrying at early age also increases populaon. Ø India's 2014 populaon stascs – people married early have greater number of children as compared to who married late Ø maturity level low in youngsters, not mentally and emoonally fit, chances of divorce increases. delivery , sll births , death of young mothers during delivery and anaemic mother and child. Ø premature delivery 12.Information revolution has changed the way of mass communications and had some negative and positive effects on individual lives as well as on society. To To what extent do you agree or disagree? or Communication has changed significantly in the last 10 years. Discuss pros and cons impacts. In favor Ø Informaon technology has brought world closer together Ø technology drascally drascally changed way of mass communicaon. with smartphones, can communicate communicate with anyone around the globe by simply sending text message or email. Ø face-to-face communicaon with video conferencing Ø GPS tracking system to get home safely even at midnight. Ø online coaching sing at home. save travelling travelling me. Against Ø decreased privacy of individuals- email hacking, banking frauds, private informaon stolen and misused Ø dominang English language culture, regional regional languages losing importance. importance. Ø job redundancies, downsizing, downsizing, and outsourcing. Unemployment Unemployment 13.Marketing strategy for big companies should be placed on offer and discounts, and in what ways this can impact on their reputation. In favor Ø shopping culture changed from last one decade, company offer lucrave lucrave deals to gravitate gravitate more customers Ø offering discounts increases the customer base Ø more shopping during sale, discounts encourage people to spend more Ø offering discounts help business to meet sales figures Ø discounng items free up room in stores, clearing last season's stock, or out-dated models, new items come on store shelves. Against Ø profit margin decline as goods sold at reduced prices. Ø giving discounts encourage encourage customer to ask for it all the me and if the marketer does not give a best deal, they may get discouraged and look at oth places Ø Hurt/impact organizaon’s organizaon’s business in long run. Ø If company is giving discounts frequently it shows that it has a lack of confidence on its products and customer may think that product is not trustworthiness. Ø many companies give buy one and get one free, but reduce quality simultaneously. simultaneously. Aer ulizing these goods, people feel defeated defeated and stop to use them permanently. 14.Some people believe law changes human behaviour. behaviour. Do you agree/disagree? In favor
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Laws have vital role in society. makes our lives comfortable. laid by government and required to keep society and country in an order and harmony smooth funconing of naon by governing behavior of people For instance, traffic lights helps people to travel easily without creang any chaos. laws help in prevenng criminal acvies in human community. community. law bonds/encourage bonds/encourage cizens of country to act in certain ways. For example, a person cannot murder someone because of criminal act 190, in which he has to face death sentence imposing laws creates a sense of fear among people of geng punished human nature and behavior are inborn qualies, cannot be changed at any stage of life span, but can be controlled enforcing laws can place limits on behavior of people, never can change immutable human nature.
15.In underdeveloped countries, tourism has disadvantages and can be said the opposite as well. In favor Ø Increase in revenue for various industries - hotels, transport, restaurants, and entertainment, Airlines(low fair) Ø increase in number of jobs for people who lack a college educaon Ø helps to understand foreign culture. many tourists tourists go to India and live there for many years and get first-hand experience of its culture. Ø tourism is "Green Industry” and generates generates low level of polluon. polluon. Ø development of infrastructure and services Ø increasing the popularity of country, improve country’s image internaonally. Australia Ø more flow of money. money. great example set by the Nepal- 80% economy is depending upon tourism industry. Ø India have tag line “Incredible India”. Against Ø loss of tradional culture. youngsters youngsters in Third World naons copy lifestyle, customs, and language of tourists Ø government doing deforestaon & building aracve places, carbon contents increasing and causing health problems Ø countries spent major budget to aract tourist, could be used in other problems like in research, poverty Ø Carry expensive objects like cameras, bags etc.– Target for thieves – crime rate increases Ø increase in drug consumpon and prostuon 16.Illiterate of the future would not be one who does not know to read, but people who do not know how to learn Ø With rapid technological changes, adapt new skills and dump obsolete Ø to stay relevant relevant to constantly changing environment environment need to know how to learn, unlearn and relearn. Ø innovave innovave invenons is changing the way we do things. For an instance, computer's Operang System’s started with DOS and recently an upgraded version -Windows 10 has been released. It was mandatory for an individual to unlearn DOS and learn and relearn the upgraded versions features lured people to buy it and imposed them t Ø The latest innovaon in telecom sector - smartphones with advanced cameras and mul-tasking features learn and relearn the new features of the new phones. Ø Technology is evolving rapidly in many industries and reducing labour work. For instance, in manufacturing and agriculture business, labour work is almost obsoleted and replaced by robots and arficial intelligence. Ø learning also improves person’s creavity and imaginaon. Ø Example of Nokia failure with Android
17.Do you think the consumer should avoid over packed products or it is the responsibility of the producer to avoid extra packaging of products Give your views or any relevant example with your own experience. In Favor Ø It helps them increase the durability, durability, safety and freshness of products. Ø shelf life of products increase significantly when they are packed in several layers aluminium foil and superior plasc Ø prevent an item from microbes and other dust parcles while transing the products Ø aracve aracve packaging could be a significant factor for selling Against
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cost of the material use to pack an item is actually added to the product pills and tablets are found to be packed in much bigger and colorful strips than needed which eventually increases the drug cost non-disposable wrappers like plasc which are harmful for our environmental environmental small amount of real products are oen presented in a large container or packet and the customers are being deceived(cheat) by the packet size chemical used for packing can be at bad ailment for health.
18.Parents should be held legally responsible for their children’s acts. What is your opinion? Support it with personal examples. No Ø violence by juveniles has increased in recent years at an alarming rate in our society Ø decision to commit the crime is enrely made by the children Ø many parents who have done best part in the upbringing of their children yet, their offspring sll succeed in comming crime Ø mass media is playing crucial role in making adolescents aggressive. child’s more violent Ø violent games and movies that are being released in the market. This makes a child’s Ø Blue Whale game Yes Ø parents are the first people that a child gets to know aer he or she is born. It is believed that parents start shaping the child’s moral compass and character Ø Being a parent comes to a great sense of responsibilies towards the child. It is the duty of every parent to discipline their children. Parents are their children’s first mentor, role model or teacher so in my view, should be held legally responsible for their children’s acts Ø Parents should be aware of their children acts or acons. It is quite oen that a child can cause harm to someone whether intenonally or unintenonally, unintenonally, in that case, it should be the responsibility of parent towards the other person. Even if the harm is accidental, the consequences can va from minor to serious. It costs a hey amount to the vicm like in property damage or the cases. If the child is minor or is not financially supported, th parents are to be held liable to pay for their child’s child’s act. Ø For instance, according to 2013 stascs, in America, most offense were made by j uvenile belongs to a criminal family. family. they were violently abused b their parents when they were young.
19.Nowadays, people spend too much time at work, to the extent that, they hardly have time for their personal life. Discuss. Or Work life balance ?
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jobs are becoming slavemaster slavemasters. s. People spending huge part of their day in their offices to meet the cut-throat compeon compeon and neglecng their personal and family life overme work - due to globalizaon, employees are facing compeon companies are creang project deadlines too small for profit which eventually pressurize employees long working hours could affect person’s health and personal relaons who sit in front of computers for longer than 11 hours daily decreases and causes memory related problems. children are deprived of the aenon they deserve from their parents proper work-life balance is essenal to lead a contented life companies arrange their working hours in such a way that employees also get some me for themselves.
20.Learning a new language at an early age is helpful for children. Is it more positive for their future aspect or have some adverse effects? Do u agree or disagree? Give examples from your experience. In favor Ø globalized world, studying a foreign language is very helpful to communicate with other naon’s people Ø to succeed in the highly compeve world, a person must be bilingual or mullingual. Ø learning a foreign language is helpful for the growth of a child’s brain. Ø acvates various parts of the brain, which eventually make a child intelligent. Ø can easily communicate with foreign Land people understand their culture and lifestyle Ø help a child to express things more clearly as they have a wider range of vocabulary
Against Ø increases the burden of a primary school students, due to which, they will not able to understand important important subjects such as Science and Mathemacs, Ø children may get confused because of learning many languages at the same me and this could have a negave impact on their personality development. Ø bilingual children develop the ability to talk more slowly than monolingual kids. 21.Education is the biggest barrier to my learning – Einstein. What do you mean by this? And do you think Einstein was correct in saying that? Agree system, the content of syllabus was very confined and related to only religion, philosophy, metaphysics metaphysics and scriptural Ø In the tradional educaon system, subjects Ø This is the reason why Einstein considered educaon to be the biggest barrier to his learning Ø Educaon in schools is demolishing creavity and thus pung a barrier in learning. Ø Educaon system teaches every student the same way and taking away the exceponal qualies of some children Ø We have lost our capacity for creaon because our educaon system doesn’t smulate innovaon and creavity. Ø According to Einstein, students who learn through a formally designed educaon system are restricted restricted to their thought process and they not able to think out of box Ø rigid rules like age of admission, content and duraon of course which are designed by government Disagree Ø schooling is very important for children as it helps to enhance their mentality and creavity. creavity. Ø the internet provides a vast informaon Ø Contemporary Contemporary world educaon is aided with a variety of technology Ø adequate educaon helps a person to get a lucrave job.
22.Value 22.Value added by travel in Education. Is travel a necessary component of education or not? Will scholar sitting at home have more knowledge? In favor Ø Vising new places help in broadening scholars mentality , understand things more praccally Ø reading books or theorecal lectures deliver half knowledge to students, but travelling travelling clears their doubt Ø help understand things radically and fundamentally fundamentally Ø students are taught in their classrooms about hills, valleys, lakes, and animals, but travelling travelling provide them vivid picture of these subjects Against technology, scholars can visit any place in fracon of second virtually Ø with the advent of informaon technology, Ø save their precious me and efforts Ø Google maps, an online website has three dimensional pictures of various places Ø videos of different places are also available on the internet and scholars can get a feeling that they are actually present there 23.Travel 23.Travel to study is over rated, we have brilliant scholars who studied locally. Is travel really required for higher studies? (foreign study) In Favor Ø The quality of educaon in foreign countries is excellent. Ø instuons offer a wide range of subjects that are not available in Third World naons. Ø studying in these reputed instuons almost guarantees a job for the students when they complete their studies. Ø foreign countries also gives a chance to study and understand different different cultures increase mental horizon Ø acquiring globally recognised recognised qualificaon opens many job opportunies for the student in almost every corner of the world Ø millions of students every year from developing naons like China and India come to USA for study in their interested interested field for which there is no prop course available in their home country. Ø Canada and Australia have mulcultural sociees created by different groups traveled from different countries and all are living peacefully Against
Ø Foreign educaon costly, costly, exhausng savings or take loans to support their children to go abroad Ø some students cannot resist the new environment, due to this, they either have to quit their studies or come back to their respecve countries Ø some students may lose their focus from their studies and start gravitang towards earning more money, which eventually distract distract them complete their studies. 24.The space travel is fantastic these day and they are very fascinate towards its but there are many environmental problems in our planet we should resolve the problems or travel space and spend a lot of money. or Discuss both sides of Space travel vs. Current crucial problems faced by human? In Favor Ø many countries spend billions of dollars for space research Ø space research brings knowledge, discoveries and improvements Ø It helped tremendously in weather forecasng, educaon and security of the country Ø find the possibility of extra-terrestrial species and natural resources in other planets Ø NASA has found the evidence of water in Mars Against Ø some countries are sll facing crucial problems like overpopulaon, lack of food, clean water and electricity. Ø Instead of spending more money in space travel, the developed countries should think morally and ethically to help under developed countries Ø African countries are suffering from Ebola virus infecon, drought and terrorism and lot of innocent people are dying every year Ø over spending of tax payers’ money to space travel will not improve the quality of human life. Ø For example, in Africa in a year 2010, around 45% of children death only occurred due to malnutrion. Ø governments should spend their budget to support people of Third World naons 25.“In a war of ideas, it is people who get killed”. Does a common man suffer from a group’s ideology? Express your opinion, and support the same with reasons and examples. Ø throughout history,the history,the thinking of a group of people is impacng the lives of thousands of civilians Ø polical or social level, a set of decisions of a group explains how a society should work Ø in the conflict of interest between different countries or different groups, it is the innocent people who sacrifice their lives. Ø during World War II, a group of countries namely US, UK and China aacked aacked Japan with explosive atomic bombs destroying the cies of Hiroshima a Nagasaki, killing more than one lakh civilians. This is a clear example of the decision laid by a few countries against Japan to surrender to its allies. Thou these countries achieved victory in their mission but Japanese people are sll suffering from the radioacve radiaon effect which resulted in blindness and mental disorders. Thus, we can say that polical ideologies(a system of ideas and ideals) of a group can drascally drascally harm society extremist group, hijacked four airplanes and killed around 3,000 peop Ø September 11 aacks on US by a group of 19 militants, associated with Islamic extremist by colliding airplanes into symbolic US landmark. This example clearly clearly shows how the decision and planning of these terrorist acvists took lives of thousands of innocent people. 26.Do you think English will remain to be a global language despite globalization? Ø In today’s era, English is the most prevalent language around the world Ø English is becoming a common language in every part of the world Ø Despite having many languages around the world, it remains official language in almost 100 countries. Ø Three quarters of the world’s world’s overall populaon are English speakers. Ø in today’s internaonal business market, English plays a pivotal role to make the business links with other internaonal companies. a company prefe to hire an employee who has a good skill in English. Ø significant role in technology. most of the scienst prefer to write their research papers in English. Ø computer languages like C, C++, Java, and C# are first wrien in English language only Ø helps students in making their successful academic career Ø Students who have a knowledge of this language can access informaon from internet, magazines, and books which eventually help them to increas their mentality .
Ø social networking is increasing at alarming rate, people who know English language can easily communicate with human beings of foreign land 27.Some people think placing advertisements in schools is a great resource for public schools that need additional funding, but others think it exploits children by treating them as a captive audience for corporate sponsors. Choose which position you most agree with and discuss why you chose that position. Support your point of view with details from your own experiences, observations or reading. In Favor Ø adversements are good source of funding for the public schools who always always find themselves hard to manage their financial cash flow Ø adversements targeted targeted to kids such as toothpaste and shower gel are helpful to bring awareness to children. Ø For instance, children may enlighten about the importance of hygiene and keep precauons in their mind before eang something Against Ø placing adversements in schools will distract juveniles who do not have controlling power on themselves Ø School children might less concentrate on their studies and more focus on colourful adversements Ø teens are vulnerable and persuade the parents into buying what they are seeing, so, companies are targeng teens and younger ages to build brand recognion. Schools should not be selling children as a captive audience for corporate sponsors. Ø Junk food adversements influence children to eat bad foods. placing such ads in school premises is morally wrong
28.Positive and negative effects of the information revolution through mass media. In Favor Ø Earlier the newspapers were the only source of mass communicaon media, but now the mass communicaon communicaon is equipped with the latest technolo and innovaons of computer Internet Ø The policians are using mass communicaon media for their elecon campaigns and make the people in their favor to caste vote Ø Products adversements are being done for business promoons to aract consumers toward toward their product. Ø charity promoons to help someone for medical treatment Ø Through mass media technologies, anyone can upload his/her own informaon and ideas to a vast audience. Ø Any piece of informaon or news from around the world can be accessed in a click. Ø Personal opinions expressed on social networking sites like YouTube, Twier, Facebook or blogs reaches the global audience Ø Public opinion through mass media like TV, newspaper, radio or social sites also have a great impact on world polics Aginst Ø cause damage to the society. society. For instance: cyber crime has increased tremendously from recent years. Ø Criminals and Extremists also have greater access to informaon through mass media. With the help of satellite images, they plan terrorist aacks a target people or facilies, as well as influence and radicalize vulnerable people Anyone’s home addresses, cell phone numbers or locaon are readily available on the internet which can be used to carry out bank accounts hackin Ø Anyone’s or illegal access to government data files 29.You 29.You are given climate as the field of study. Which area will you prefer? Explain why you picked up the particular area for your study?
Ø All over the world today, today, it can be observed that the issue of climate change has grown in importance over the past few decades. Therefore, if I were given climate as my field of study, I would like to study the underlying causes of this devastang devastang global phenomenon and possible soluons to tackle thi Ø To begin with, a variety of reasons can be offered to explain why I would choose this parcular area of study. Foremost Foremost among these is the fact that have been experiencing the hoest 15 years on record in the last two decades. Linked to this is the fact that millions are at risk of drought, chronic wate shortages, bushfire, coastal flooding and hazardous air polluon. As the above-menoned points make it clear, clear, it can hardly be denied that the issues of climate change must be addressed with a sense of urgency. Ø But what really is the proper role for individuals and instuons in addressing climate change? An immediate immediate and natural response may be that everyone should do their part. As individuals, we can help by taking acon to reduce our personal carbon emissions. But to fully address the threat of global warming, we must demand acon from our elected leaders to support and implement a comprehensive set of climate soluons such as transforming transforming our energy system to a cleaner one, placing limits on the amount of carbon that polluters are allowed to emit, reducing tropical deforestaon deforestaon and its associated global warming emissions.
Ø In conclusion, It is my considered opinion that if we were to put in place some of the soluons menoned, we would at least be on our way to solvin this problem. Therefore, I would like to play my part to contribute to the soluon of climate change.
