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PTE Academic | Speaking Module | Last Task– Answer Short Questions

You get to hear a question from headphones and you need to answer
it, when the screen shows recording.

All the tips, tricks strategies related to this task are explained in the class

1. What is the name of a building where you can borrow books? – Library
2. Who is a person that makes bread, cakes and pastries? – Baker
What organ controls your speech, feelings, body movement and thoughts? – Brain
3. What piece of equipment shows a person what direction they are traveling? – Compass
4. What is a series of events that happen in your mind while you are sleeping? – Dream
5. What is a person belongs to an organization called? – Member
6. Who cuts men’s hair? – Barber
7. What is it called when two or more people are speaking to each other? – Conversation
8. What is a violent conflict between two or more countries? – War
9. What is the name of ground military forces? – Army
10. What is someone that cannot see called? – Blind
11. What do you call the middle of something? – Center
12. Whose job is it to treat people that are ill or have an injury at a hospital? – Doctor
13. What is the process of teaching and learning called? – Education
14. What kind of book does a person write, about his/ her own life? – Autobiography
15. What is the red liquid that flows through a body? – Blood
16. What is the payment of a student’s education by an organization called? – Scholarship
17. What is piece of paper with official information written on it? – Document
18. What do you call the number of people living in a specific area? – Population
19. What do you call a person that cannot hear? – Deaf
20. What is the day that someone is born? – Birthday
21. What plan shows how much money is available and how it will be spent? – Budget
22. What is the name of a system of government in which the people elect their leaders? –
Democracy
23. What planet do we live on? – Earth
24. What is the job of someone that looks after your teeth and gums? – Dentist
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25. What is the time period before noon is called? – Ante Meridian
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26. What is the time after noon called? – Post meridian

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27. What organ do cardiologists specialize in? – Heart

28. Which section of newspaper gives the editor an opinion? – Editorial
29. What instrument used to examine very small thing – microscope
30. What is the destructive program that spread from person to person – A virus
31. What term used for animals that gives birth – Mammals
32. System of government where people vote for candidates – Democracy
33. Piece of paper that you get when you buy an item or service?– A receipt
34. What you call the document that tells your qualification and work experience? – CV or Resume
35. How would you describe economy largely based on farming? – Agricultural, rural
36. What is the study of stars and planet called? – Astronomy
37. In business and advertising, what is PR stand for? – Public relations
38. What emergency service called at see? – Coastguard
39. Name a month fall between April and June? – May
40. What word describe moving a website files from internet to your comp – Downloading /
Download
41. What is called a picture doctor take to see inside body? – An X-ray / X-Ray
42. What crime has someone stealing from shop committed? – Shoplifting
43. Who is person in-charge of a football match? – The referee
44. Last game in sporting competition that decide champion? – The final
45. What is the general term for painting at countryside or natural view? – Landscape
46. What is commonly found in an office printer or painter)? – Printer
47. There are two types of sporting contests: one is amateur; and other is? – Professional
48. Where would you find the whale (tropical forest, ocean)? – ocean
49. Coat had a stain on it where would you take it. – to a dry cleaner
50. What are the things that “Hens lays” called? – eggs
51. The people who use to obey the rules and protect the public from criminals are called. – The
police
52. On what geographical location would someone be living if their country is surrounded by water
on all the sides? – an island
53. What general part of the day is known as dawn?- sunrise
54. What are the people that plant food, raise crop are commonly known as? – farmers
55. If a button has come off a shirt, what would someone most likely use, to put it back on? – a
needle and thread
56. What appliance do people use to keep their food cool and preventing from spoiling? – fridge
57. To crossover from one side of the wide river to another without using boat, what is usually
require? – a bridge
58. What is a painting of a person’s head is called?---a portrait
59. Where do we find urban area in a city or countryside? – in a city
60. What we call it, when moon completely blocks out the light from the sun? – a solar eclipse / an
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61. What point of the compass is directly opposite to the east?– west
62. Where do u pay for your purchases at the super market? – (at the) Counter / checkout
63. What do u call an apartment that is beyond ground level (a basement apartment or a penthouse
apartment)? – a basement apartment
64. What features do pianos and computers have in common? – a keyboard
65. If you are feeling, „fed up‟ it is positive or negative feeling? – a negative feeling
66. What we call a period of ten years? – a decade
67. A specialist who repairs leaking water pipes is called a? ---plumber
68. A famous canal links the Meditation Sea with the Indian ocean, is it the Curran or Suez canal? –
the Suez canal
69. Where would you keep the meat you wish to keep frozen at home? – in a freezer.

70. What is the most important doc you would have to show if you would to hire a car? – a driving
license
71. Where would you go to work out on a trade mill? – a gym / gymnasium
72. Where would you most likely go to buy some flowers (a bakery, a florist or a super market)? – a
florist
73. Which hospital department you go for x-ray (radiology or cardio) – radiology
74. Where would you go to see an exhibition of sculptures? – to an art gallery / to a museum
75. Would you measure volume of water in litres or kilos? – litres
76. What is the joint called where your hand is connected to your arm? – The (or your) wrist.
77. If telescopes are used to locate distant objects, what instrument is employed to magnify miniscule
objects? – (electron) microscope / microscopes
78. Which kind of punishment for a crime is the less severe, an imprisonment or community service? -
---community service
79. How many sides are there in a bilateral agreement? – two
80. Which is the longest: a decade, a millennium or a century? – a millennium
81. A list of events placed in time order is usually described as what? – a chronology / a timeline
82. If a figure is hexagonal, how many sides does it have? – six
83. What key mineral makes sea water different from fresh water? – salt
84. In the animal kingdom, is the purpose of camouflage to attract a mate, to find food or to hide? – to
hide.
85. An older unmarried woman – Spinster
86. Sleep enjoyed in the afternoon- nap or siesta? Siesta
87. Language which is confused and unintelligible – Jargon
88. The one who has no money is called Pauper or Beggar. - Pauper
89. A man whose wife is dead – Widower
90. A place where dead bodies are kept is called cemetery or mortuary? – mortuary
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91. One whose business is to find out criminals – Detective

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92. A government run by a dictator – Autocracy

93. One who prepares plans for buildings – architect
94. A great lover of books – bibliophile
95. A place where fishes are kept – aquarium
96. One who tests eyesight and sells spectacles – optician
97. The science of animal life – Zoology
98. One who kills animals and sells their flesh – butcher
99. A disease which spreads by contact - contagious disease
100. A man who thinks only for himself – egoistic
101. An animal living both on land in water – amphibian
102. A building for keeping and feeding horses in – stable
103. A string of beads used for counting prayers – rosary
104. A government publication relating to order, notification, etc. – Gazette
105. An animal of Australia with great leaping ability – Kangaroo
106. A vehicles that carries dead bodies - hearse
107. One who know many languages – Linguist
108. A grass eating animal – Herbivorous
109. What the eclipse of moon called– Lunar
110. A flesh eating animal – Carnivorous
111. Animals which give milk – Mammals
112. Things of different nature – Heterogeneous
113. Things of Same nature – Homogeneous
114. Handwritten book- manuscript
115. A person who dies for his country – Martyr
116. A serpent with many heads- hydra
117. A handwriting that cannot be read- illegible
118. Someone who moves from one place to other- migratory
119. A sound that cannot be heard – Inaudible
120. Incapable of being burnt – Incombustible
121. Something that cannot be believed- incredible
122. A person who hates woman – Misogynist
123. Something that cannot be cured- incurable
124. Something that cannot be avoided- inevitable
125. Something that can’t be explained- explicable
126. The act of killing an infant – Infanticide
127. Not limited by person or number – Infinite
128. That cannot be satisfies- insatiable
129. That kills insects – Insecticide
130. Something that is not applicable – Irrelevant
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131. Government by a king or a queen – Monarchy

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132. The practice of having one wife or husband- Monogamy

133. The practice of having more than one wife or husband – Polygamy
134. Medicine which induces sleep – Narcotic
135. A study of ocean- oceanography
136. A place where ships seek shelter- port
137. Medical examination of a dead body- Post-mortem
138. A one who knows everything- omniscient
139. An animal that eats any kind of food- Omnivorous
140. The Water which is fit for drinking-potable
141. A person without mother and father- orphan
142. One who believe in traditional values-Orthodox
143. A place where orphans live-Orphanage
144. Study of disease – Pathology
145. Lover of mankind-Philanthropist
146. Study of stamp collection – Philately
147. Study of words and their roots- philology
148. The study of sound – Acoustics, Phonetics
149. The study of the body- Physiology
150. One who copies from other writers – Plagiarist
151. A government by the rich – Plutocracy
152. One who know many languages – Polyglot
153. A figure with many angles or sides-polygon
154. A person who is above hundred year age: centenarian
155. One who possesses many talent is referred as- versatile
156. Tendency to quarrel – Pugnacity
157. A book published after the death of its author- Posthumous
158. An animal that preys on other animals- Predator
159. The study of ancient societies – Archaeology
160. In which part of the house the clothes are washed ?---washroom / bathroom / lanudry
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