PTE · Respond to a Situation

Academic Tutorials and Supervisory Meetings: PTE Respond to a Situation practice questions

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Rescheduling a Research Supervision

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Read and listen to the situation below. You have 10 seconds to prepare (20 in PTE Core), then 40 seconds to say what you would say. Answer as fully as you can.

You need to rearrange your weekly progress meeting with your dissertation supervisor. You have an urgent dental appointment on Thursday afternoon, but you are free on Friday morning instead. You also want to discuss your latest chapter draft. What would you say to your supervisor?

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Read and listen to the situation below. You have 10 seconds to prepare (20 in PTE Core), then 40 seconds to say what you would say. Answer as fully as you can.

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Clarifying Feedback on an Essay

You recently received written comments from your tutor on your literature review, but you find several suggestions about your data analysis confusing. You are calling your tutor to request a short fifteen-minute meeting before next Monday's final submission. What would you say to your tutor?

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Negotiating a Topic Shift

You are meeting your project supervisor to explain that your laboratory experiment failed due to faulty equipment. You want to ask whether you can shift your project focus to a theoretical model instead, and you need advice on suitable background reading. What would you say to your supervisor?

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Addressing Late Colleague in Group Meeting

You and a classmate are working on a joint presentation with your academic tutor. Your project partner has arrived twenty minutes late to your scheduled planning session for the third time this term, and the tutor will arrive shortly. What would you say to your partner?

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Requesting Agenda for Supervisory Session

You are preparing for a quarterly review with your workplace mentor and your academic supervisor. You need to ask your mentor for the proposed meeting agenda by Wednesday so you can gather your performance records and project summaries beforehand. What would you say to your mentor?

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