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This episode of the Swoosh English PTE Academic Podcast features UK English teachers Scott and Una as they provide some top tips on the Answer Short Question task of the PTE Speaking section. HIGHLIGHTS 01:37 | What is Answer Short Question? 04:25 | Scoring this task 05:01 | Method for this task 10:16 | Sample questions and answers: 1. What do we call a period of ten years? Key words: What, period (time), ten years. Answer: Decade. | 2. What do we call it when the moon completely blocks out the light from the sun? Answer: A solar eclipse. | 3. Name the month that falls between September and November. Answer: October. | 4. Where do you pay for your purchases at a supermarket? Answer: A till. (also accepted: checkout) | 5. What is the job title for someone who designs buildings? Answer: An architect. | 6. What feature do pianos and computers have in common? Key words: What, feature, pianos, computers, common Answer: A keyboard. | 7. If you don't feel like eating, what do we say you don't have? What do you don't have? Answer: An appetite. | 8. What do we call a picture that a doctor takes to see inside your body? Answer: X-ray. | 9. Which of these would probably be found in most homes around the world? A computer, a bed or a TV? Answer: Bed. It is the most basic. Not all homes have a computer and TV since these are more luxurious items. But everyone needs somewhere to sleep. | 10. What is the general term of paintings of your countryside or natural views? Answer: Landscape. 17:19 | Final tips

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