PTE Sample Essays
PTE Sample Essays
PTE Sample Essays
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.
We all need to work and gaining experience and knowledge will ensure
that we are useful employees or business owners. Whether you
complete a degree or learn the soft skills while working is a choice we
all must make. This essay will discuss why choosing university first is a
better option in the long term.
University study will help set you up for a professional career with a
recognised qualification. It is possible to develop an academic
understanding of a career while studying as an undergraduate and then
post graduate student. For example, teachers study at university to
understand teaching theory and practice. Becoming a professional
requires learning before a person can practice in that profession.
Working can help you build important interpersonal skills as well as give
you practical and useful knowledge and experience. Learning on the job
can give you enough training to master the requirements of the job. For
example, airline stewards, retail workers, tradespeople, office
managers, do not attend university but learn skills that that enable them
to work. In other words, learning the skills specific to a real job can pay
off for many people.
(243 words)
Online language learning has advantages over classroom
instruction.
This essay has argued that online language learning has distinct
advantages over classroom teaching in that it allows me to study where
and when I want while being tailored to meet my individual learning
needs. In my opinion an online course will help me meet my goals and
desired outcomes.
(232 words)
Studying at a good overseas university is better than studying
at a university in your own country.
This essay has argued that an overseas university can provide life-
changing experiences but can also be a very expensive way to be
educated. In my opinion, the long-term benefits of studying at an
overseas university outweigh the financial outlay.
(224 words)
Some people think that it would be better for large companies and
industry to move to regional areas outside large urban centres.
Others believe that companies and industries should remain in
more urban areas.
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.
To reduce pollution and keep cities cleaner and healthier it is a good idea
to encourage companies to move and operate in regional areas.
Traditionally, many industries and companies set up business
headquarters in the city, but as time has changed the need to be city
based has diminished. For example, car-manufacturing plants no longer
need to be based in urban areas, and are able to relocate to well
supported regional areas taking with them associated pollution problems.
For a healthier city it is good that industry and companies move outside of
the city.
This essay has argued that moving companies and industry to regional
areas may be practical and create healthier cities. In my opinion, relocating
companies to these developing regional areas will benefit those who work
for these businesses and the cities that they leave behind.
(226 words)
Cheating and lying are sometimes acceptable.
Cheating and lying seem to pervade all levels of society, from the playground to
international politics. Many people find all forms of deceit unacceptable while
others are the perpetrators of this deceit. This essay will argue that there are
several reasons why cheating and lying is unacceptable in all situations.
Cheating and lying can result in the breakdown of trust between friends, family
members, and business partners. Trust is the basis of all relationships, personal
and business. For example, promises that are not kept can result in long term
difficulties in reliability, predictability, certainty and closing deals made between
people. This can have negative long term consequences for all parties involved.
Everyone has the right to know the truth. Deceiving people can cause false hope.
Even in the case of a person experiencing a terminal illness, it is appropriate that
the truth be understood, and deception avoided. The right to be told the truth as it
is understood is fundamental to human health and well being.
This essay has argued that cheating and lying is never acceptable because it
breaks down trust which is the basis of healthy relationships, even in the face of
terminal illness. I maintain that in matters of human communication and
relationship building, the absence of cheating and lying is best adhered to in
order to build confidence and long term partnerships.
(226 words)