PTE Nutshell Writing Templates

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PTE Nutshell SWT Easy Peasy Technique & Template:
1. Pick 4 or 5 key sentences from the text. (Even fewer!)
2. Join them to each other using and, so, but, yet preceded by a comma.

sentence 1, and/ so/ but/ yet sentence 2, and/ so/ but/ yet sentence 3, and/
so/ but/ yet sentence 4, and/ so/ but/ yet sentence 5.
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PTE Nutshell WE (essay) Easy Peasy Technique & Template:

In recent years, the phenomenon of M1 has triggered a heated debate among
people and intellectuals. While some state that the positives of M2 cannot be
neglected, others believe that the negatives of M3 might be of great
importance. After considering both arguments, I assume that M4 may be
beneficial.

From a social point of view, M1 and M2 are remarkably correlated, which could
potentially highlight their significance. As a tangible example, a public
investigation conducted by high-profile researchers at Harvard University
demonstrates the anticipated benefits of M3. As a result, the enormous impacts
of M4 cannot be taken for granted.

On the other hand, taking financial aspects into account, the reality is that M1
could play a pivotal role in the damaging consequences of M2. As an illustration,
according to my experience, the importance of M3 can be concluded from
scientific experiments. Thus, it seems reasonable to presume that M4 might have
visible effects.

In conclusion, after analyzing the arguments elaborated above, I thoroughly

agree and strongly believe that the pros of M1 outweigh the cons, given that
M2 might tackle the issues associated with M3.
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What are the Ms?
● M1-M4 are the Major points related to the topic of the question.
● The best Ms can be extracted from the question.
● M1: the most important M (If you can’t recognize it, take it easy!)
● The order of M2-4 is not important.
● M1-4 are repeated in all 4 paragraphs in most cases.
● M1-4 are noun phrases.

Examples: What M1-4 would you suggest for the following

essay questions?

1. Scientists have been debating the impact of nature and nurture on

people’s personality and behavior. Nature brings you inborn skills and
nurture helps you obtain skills by practice. Which one do you think has a
greater influence?

M1: the impact of nature and nurture

M2: people’s personality and behavior
M3: inborn skills
M4: obtaining skills by practice

2. As the urban population grows, traffic is heavy and public areas such as
parking lots are packed. What solutions do you think can address such problems?

M1: the growth of the urban population/ the urban population growth/ the
growing urban population
M2: heavy traffic
M3: public areas
M4: packed parking lots

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3. Do you think textbooks should be replaced by online resources and
technological innovations?

M1: textbooks
M2: being replaced
M3: online resources
M4: technological innovations

4. Art and culture can improve life quality. Should the government or private
investment be responsible for the funding of art and culture? Give your opinion.

M1: art and culture

M2: improving life quality
M3: the government or private investment
M4: being responsible for the funding of art and culture

5. What is your opinion on the necessity of bilingual education in a globalized

world?

M1: the necessity of bilingual education

M2: a globalized world
M3: the link between bilingual education and a globalized world
M4: globalization/ modern education/ bilingualism/ global education

6. To what extent do you think that ethical considerations should guide scientific
research?

M1: ethical considerations

M2: guiding
M3: scientific research
M4: the correlation between ethical considerations and scientific research

7. Do you agree that people are too dependent on technology?

M1: people
M2: being too dependent
M3: technology
M4: the relationship between people and technology

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8. In your opinion, what are the advantages and disadvantages of extreme or
adventure sports?

M1: extreme sports

M2: adventure sports
M3: the link between extreme sports and adventure sports
M4: taking risks

9. What is your opinion on the necessity of space laws and governance?

M1: the necessity of space laws

M2: governance
M3: the correlation between space laws and governance
M4: space exploration/ spacecrafts/ space missions/ …

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PTE Nutshell SST Template:

The lecture discussed the importance of M1 for M2. It highlighted the effects of
M3 on M4, which means that the impacts of M5 are essential for M6.
Furthermore, the influences of M7 are crucial for M8. To conclude, the indications
of M9 are useful for M10, (M11, M12, and M13).

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M: the key points of the lecture. It must be a NOUN PHRASE.