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PTE : SPEAKING

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ANSWER SHORT QUESTION

Speaking: Answer short question For this item type you need to reply to the question in one or a few words. The audio begins to play automatically. You may also see an image. When the audio finishes, the microphone opens and the recording status box shows “Recording”. Speak into the microphone immediately (there is no short tone) and answer the question with one or a few words. You should speak clearly. There is no need to rush. Finish speaking before the progress bar reaches the end. The word “Recording” changes to “Completed”. You are not able to replay the audio. You are only able to record your response once. Compilation of short answer questions. 1. What is the name of ground military forces? –

borrow books? – library

Army 2. What is someone that can‟t see called? – Blind 3. What do you call the middle of something? – Center

pastries? – baker movement and thoughts? – brain

have an injury at a hospital? – Doctor

13. What piece of equipment shows a person what direction they are traveling? – compass

5. What is the process of teaching and learning called? – Education

14. What is a series of events that happen in your

6. What kind of book is written by a person about their own life? – Autobiography

mind while you are sleeping? – dream 15. What is a that person belongs to an organization called? – member

7. What is the red liquid that flows through a body? – Blood

16. Who cuts men‟s hair? – barber

8. What is the payment of a students education by an organization called? – scholarship

17. What is it called when two or more people are speaking to each other? – conversation

9. What is piece of paper with official information

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11. Who is a person that makes bread, cakes and

12. What organ controls your speech, feelings, body

4. Whose job is it to treat people that are ill or

written on it? – document

10. What is the name of a building where you can

18. What is a violent conflict between two or more countries? – war

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19. What do you call the number of people living in a specific area? – population

on farming? – agricultural, rural

20. What do you call a person that can‟t hear? –

37. What is the study of stars and planet called? –

deaf

astronomy

21. What is the day that someone is born? –

38. In business and advt what is PR stand for? –

birthday

public relations

22. What plan shows how much money is available and how it will be spent? – budget which the people elect their leaders? –

40. Name a month fall bet april and june? – May 41. What word describe moving a website from internet to your comp – downloading /

democracy 24. What planet do we live on? – earth

download

25. What is the job of someone that looks after your teeth and gums? – dentist

42. What is called a picture doctor take to see inside body? – an X-ray

26. What is the time period before noon is called? –

43. What crime has someone stealing from shop committed? – shoplifting

ante meridian 27. What is the time after noon called? – post

44. If someone feeling ill they will say „they are feeling under the ___‟ what? – weather

meridian 28. What organ do cardiologists specialize in? –

[under the weather – Feel sick, poor health, tired

Heart

or exhausted]

29. Which section of news paper gives the editor an opinion? – editorial

45. Who is person in-charge of a football match? – the referee

30. What instrument used to examine very small thing – microscope

46. Last game in sporting competition that decide champ? – the final

31. What is the destructive program that spread

47. What is the general term for painting at country

from comp to comp – a virus

side or natural view? – landscape

32. What term used for animals that gives birth to –

48. Found in office (a printer and other two options)? – a printer

mammals 33. System of govt where people vote for people –

49. There are two types of sporting contests: one is amateur; and other is ___? – professional

democracy 34. Piece of paper that you bought an item – a

50. Where would you find the whale (tropical forest, ocean)? – ocean [tropical = very hot and

receipt 35. What you call the document that tells your

humid]

qualification and work exp? – CV, curriculum

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39. What emergecy service called at see? – coastguard

23. What is the name of a system of government in

vitae, Resume

36. How would you describe economy largely based

51. Coat had a stain on it where would they take? – a dry cleaner‟s

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52. What are the things that „Hans lay‟ called? –

65. What do u call an apartment that is beyond

eggs

ground level (a basement apartment or a

53. The people who use ___ to obey the rules and protect the public from criminals are called? –

penthouse appartment)? – a basement apartment 66. What features do pianos and computers have in common? – a keyboard

the police 54. On what geographical location would someone

67. If you are feeling „fed up‟ it is positive or

be living if their country is surrounded by water

negative feeling? – a negative feeling

on all side? – an island

[ fed up – annoyed, unhappy, or bored,

55. What general part of the day is known as dawn?

especially with a situation that has existed for a

– a sunrise

long time.

[Part of the Day: “Dawn–Twilight–Sunrise,

“I am fed up with being put down and made to

Morning, Daylight / midday-afternoon,

feel stupid”]

Evening, Sunset–Twilight–Dusk, Night”]

68. What we call a period of ten years? – a decade

56. What are the people that plant food, raise crop

69. A specialist who repairs leaking water pipes is

are commonly known as? – farmers

called a ___? plumber (plʌmə)

57. If a button has come off a shirt, what would

70. A famous canal links the mediterian sea with the

someone most likely use to put it back on? – a

indian ocean, is it the curran or suez canal? – the

needle and thread

suez canal

58. What appliance do people use to keep their food cool and preventing from spoiling? – fridge

71. Where would you keep the meat you wish to keep frozen at home? – in a freezer

59. To crossover from one side of the wide river to

72. What is the most imp doc you would have to

another without using boat, what is usually

show if you would to hire a car? – a driving

require? – a bridge

license

60. What is a painting of a person‟s head is called? – a portrait

73. Where would you go to workout on a trade mill? – a gym / gymnasium

61. Where do we find urban area in a city or country side? – in a city

74. What piece of equipment would you use to go diving in a see, an aquaplane or an aqualung? –

62. What we call it, when moon completely blocks

an aqualung [ aqualung – a portable breathing

out the light from the sun? – a solar eclipse / an

apparatus for divers; aquaplane – a board for

eclipse

riding on water, pulled by a speedboat]

63. What point of the compass is directly opposite east? – west

flowers (a bakery, a florist or a super market)? –

64. Where do u pay for your purchases at the super market? – (at the) till / checkout

75. Where would you most likely go to buy some

a supermarket 76. Which hospital dept you go for x-ray (radiology or cardio) – a radiology

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surroundings. – “the whiteness of polar bears

77. Where would you go to see an exhibition of sculptures? – to an artgallery / to a museum

provides camouflage” synonyms: protective

78. Would you measures volume of water in litres or kilos? – litres

colouring;] 90. An older unmarried woman – Spinster

79. What‟s the joint called where your hand is

91. Sleep enjoyed in the afternoon- nap or siesta ?

connected to your arm? – the (or your) wrist

The right answer is siesta

80. What organ do cardiologists specialize in? –

92. Language which is confused and unintelligible –

(the) heart / hearts

Jargon

81. If telescopes are used to locate distant objects, what instrument is employed to magnify

93. The one who has no money is called Pauper or Bagger? - Pauper

miniscule objects? – (electron) microscope /

94. A man whose wife is dead – Widower

microscopes

95. A place where dead bodies are kept is called

82. Which kind of punishment for a crime is the less severe, an imprisonment or community service? – community service

cemetery or mortuary? – mortuary 96. One whose business is to find out criminals – Detective 97. The government runs by the dictator –

83. How many sides are there in a bilateral agreement? – two

Autocracy

84. Which is the longest: a decade, a millennium or a century? – a millennium

98. One who prepares plans for buildings – architect 99. A great lover of books – bibliophile 100. A place where fishes are kept – aquarium

85. A manufacturing process releases noxious

101. One who tests eyesight and sells spectacles –

gases. What is the most important safety measure for workers at this plant – ensuring

optician

good ventilation, or appropriate footwear? –

102. The science of animal life – Zoology

(ensuring good) ventilation

103. One who kills animals and sells their flesh –

86. A list of events placed in time order is usually described as what? – a chronology / a timeline 87. If a figure is hexagonal, how many sides does it have? – six

butcher 104. A disease which spreads by contact contagious disease 105. A man who thinks only for himself – egoistic 106. An animal living both on land in water –

88. What key mineral makes sea water different from fresh water? – salt

amphibian 107. A building for keeping and feeding horses in –

89. In the animal kingdom, is the purpose of camouflage to attract a mate, to find food or to hide? – (it‟s) (the purpose is) (to) hide

stable 108. A string of beads used for counting prayers –

[camouflage – the natural colouring or form of

rosary

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109. A government publication relating to order, notification, etc. – Gazette

136. An animal of Australia with great leaping power- kangaroo

110. A vehicle to carry dead bodies – hearse

137. One who know many languages – Linguist

111. A grass eating animal – Herbivorous

138. The eclipse of moon – Lunar

112. A flash eating animal – Carnivorous

139. Animals which give milk – Mammals

113. Things of different nature – Heterogeneous

140. Handwritten book- manuscript

114. Things of Same nature – Homogeneous

141. A person who die for his country – Martyr

115. The point where the earth and sky seem to

142. One for whom the money is the most

meet. – Horizon

important thing – Materialistic

116. Someone who is fond of entertaining guests – Hospitable

143. A cinema show which is held in the afternoons- matinee

117. A serpent with many heads- hydra

144. Morning prayer in church-matinee

118. One who pretends to be what he is not-

145. Belonging to the middle ages- medieval

hypocrite

146. Very particular about very small details-

119. Worship of idols- idolatry

meticulous

120. A handwriting that cannot be read- illegible 121. A sound that cannot be heard – Inaudible

147. Someone who moves from one place to another – Migratory

122. Incapable of being burnt – Incombustible

148. A person who does not believe in the

123. Something that cannot be believed- incredible

institution of marriages – Misogamist

124. Something that cannot be cured- incurable

149. A person who hates woman – Misogynist

125. Something that cannot be avoided- inevitable

150. Government by a king or a queen – Monarchy

126. Something that can‟t be explained- explicable

151. The practice of having one wife or husband –

127. The act of killing an infant – Infanticide

monogamy

128. Not limited by person or number – Infinite

152. The practice of having more than one wife or

129. Something that is quickly and easily set on fire and burned – inflammable

husband – polygamy 153. Medicine which induces sleep – Narcotic

130. That cannot be satisfies- insatiable

154. One who is a new comer- neophyte

131. That kills insects – Insecticide

155. Person publically authorized to draw up or

132. The one who is unable to pay his debts –

attest contracts etc- notary

insolvent

156. One who is new to a trade or profession-

133. Something that is not applicable – Irrelevant

novice

134. One who travels from place to place- itinerant

157. Article of food rich in nutrition.- nutritive

135. Anything which is related to youth and young

158. Having a lot of fat in one‟s body- obesity

– juvenile

159. A notice of death in a newspaper- obituary 160. A thing no longer in use – Obsolete, Outdated

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161. A study of ocean- oceanography

187. A place where ships seek shelter- port

162. All powerful, possessing complete power and

188. A book published after the death of its author – Posthumous

authority- omnipotent 163. A one who is presents everywhere-

189. Medical examination of a dead body-

omnipresent

postmortem

164. A one who knows everything- omniscient

190. A short message added on to the end of a

165. An animal that eats any kind of food –

letter after the signature-postscript

Omnivorous

191. Water fit for drinking-potable

166. One who looks at the bright side of the thing – Optimist

192. An animal that preys on other animalspredator

167. A person without mother and father- orphan 168. A place where orphans live- orphanage

193. To form an opinion against anybody baselessly- prejudice 194. Tendency to quarrel – Pugnacity

169. One who believe in traditional values-

195. One who is particular about the purity of one‟s

orthodox 170. A supposed cure for all diseases or problems-

language-purist 196. The study of ancient societies – Archaeology

panacea 171. Study of disease – Pathology

197. A person of good understanding knowledge

172. Killer of one‟s own father – Patricide

and reasoning power – Intellectual

173. Properties inherited from one‟s father-

198. What is the list of the business or subjects to be considered at a meeting called – Agenda

patrimony 174. One who loves his/ her country – Patriot

199. One who possesses many talent is referred as

175. Payment made in consideration of past service – pension

– versatile 200. A person who is above hundred years –

176. One who looks on the dark side of things –

centenarian

Pessimist 177. Lover of mankind-philanthropist 178. Study of stamp collection – Philately 179. Study of words and their roots- philology 180. The study of sound – Acoustics, Phonetics 181. The study of the body- physiology 182. One who leads others- pioneer 183. One who copies from other writers – plagiarist 184. A government by the rich – plutocracy 185. One who know many languages – Polyglot 186. A figure with many angles or sides-polygon PTE prep : Overview

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