PTE Speaking & Writing Practice Test 2

"The museum's new wing will feature an interactive exhibit on renewable energy."

"Today I want to talk about how tsunamis form and why they can be so destructive far from where they originate. Most tsunamis are triggered by sudden movements of the ocean floor, typically caused by large underwater earthquakes along tectonic plate boundaries. When the seafloor shifts abruptly, it displaces an enormous volume of water above it, generating a series of waves that spread outward across the ocean in all directions. In deep open water, these waves can be barely noticeable, sometimes only a few centimetres high, but they travel extremely fast, often exceeding seven hundred kilometres per hour. As a tsunami approaches shallower coastal waters, its speed decreases dramatically, but this lost energy has to go somewhere, so the wave's height increases sharply, sometimes reaching several metres before striking the shore. Because a tsunami can travel across an entire ocean basin in a matter of hours, warning systems rely on networks of ocean sensors and coastal tide gauges to detect unusual wave activity and issue alerts to distant coastal communities well before the waves arrive. Public education about recognising natural warning signs, such as a sudden, unusual withdrawal of the sea from the shoreline, has also saved many lives in areas where formal warning systems may not reach everyone in time."

"Meteorology." — one word is enough; a full sentence is not required.

Speaker A: "I think companies should let employees choose freely between working from home and coming into the office, since people are simply more productive in different environments."

Speaker B: "I understand that, but fully remote teams can struggle with spontaneous collaboration and mentoring junior staff, things that happen naturally when people share a physical office."

Speaker A: "That's true for some roles, though many companies now use scheduled in-person days specifically to preserve that collaboration without forcing a full return to the office every day.

Speaker B: "Fair point, but hybrid schedules can also create unequal treatment, where employees who happen to be in the office more often get noticed and promoted more easily than remote colleagues.

Moderator: "So our panel is divided between prioritising flexible remote work for individual productivity, and preserving structured office time for collaboration, mentoring and equal visibility."

শক্তিশালী: উভয় দৃষ্টিভঙ্গি সুস্পষ্টভাবে উপস্থাপিত, সুনির্দিষ্ট প্রমাণ উল্লেখ, এবং একটি সুষম, যুক্তিসঙ্গত মতামত — জটিল বাক্য গঠনে লেখা।

মধ্যম: মূল বিষয়বস্তু ঠিক আছে কিন্তু সহজ বাক্য, সীমিত উদাহরণ ও শব্দভান্ডার।

দুর্বল: ব্যাকরণ ভুল অনেক, খুব কম শব্দ, স্পষ্ট গঠন নেই।