Is thoughts about negative marking in PTE stealing your sleep? This story will provide the answer.
When you answer a question incorrectly, you will receive negative marking, which results in a loss of one mark.
The thought of losing marks adds to the anxiety of the preparation and the exam-taking process.
In PTE, there are 2 types of questions that incur a loss of marks if you are wrong.
They are :Multiple Choice, Choose Multiple Answers (Listening and Reading), and
Highlight Incorrect Words (Listening)
In Multiple Choice, Choose Multiple Answers, there are many correct answers out of the given choices. You will incur (-1) if you choose the wrong options.
It is to be noted that Multiple Choice Type question with a single correct answer does not have negative markings.
In Highlight Incorrect Words, you will be allotted one negative mark on your overall score for the question if you choose a correct word.
You can avoid losing points due to the complex technique of negative marking by being prepared and regularly practising.
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