Why Grammar Matters in PTE (কেন গুরুত্বপূর্ণ)
Unlike IELTS, where grammar sits inside one Writing/Speaking band descriptor, PTE Academic scores Grammar as one of its distinct enabling skills — a separate number that feeds into your Speaking and Writing scores across almost every item type. A grammar mistake in a spoken Describe Image answer, a written essay, or even a Reading dropdown blank, can each cost marks independently.
IELTS-এর মতো নয় — যেখানে গ্রামার একটি Writing/Speaking ব্যান্ড বর্ণনার অংশ — PTE Academic Grammar-কে একটি আলাদা enabling skill হিসেবে স্কোর করে। Describe Image-এর কথ্য উত্তরে, লেখা essay-তে, এমনকি Reading-এর dropdown শূন্যস্থানেও একটি ব্যাকরণ ভুল আলাদাভাবে নম্বর কাটতে পারে।
Where grammar is scored: Read Aloud (sentence stress on grammatical words), Describe Image / Retell Lecture / Answer Short Question (spoken grammar), Summarize Written Text & Write Essay (written grammar), and Fill in the Blanks Dropdown (Reading, but also a Writing sub-score).
যেখানে গ্রামার স্কোর হয়: Read Aloud, Describe Image, Retell Lecture, Answer Short Question (কথ্য), Summarize Written Text ও Write Essay (লিখিত), এবং Fill in the Blanks Dropdown (Reading + Writing উভয়ে)।
Already studied IELTS grammar? The underlying English grammar rules are identical — tenses, agreement, articles, clauses. If you have worked through our IELTS Grammar hub and Band 7+ series, you already have the foundation. This PTE guide focuses on the parts of grammar that PTE tests differently.
আগে IELTS গ্রামার পড়েছেন? মূল ব্যাকরণ নিয়ম একই। এই গাইড শুধু PTE-নির্দিষ্ট প্রয়োগে ফোকাস করে।
Core Grammar Review (মূল ব্যাকরণ পর্যালোচনা)
A condensed refresher on the four areas that appear most often across PTE items. For deeper teaching on each, see the linked IELTS guides — the rules themselves don't change between exams.
PTE আইটেমে সবচেয়ে বেশি আসা ৪টি ক্ষেত্রের সংক্ষিপ্ত রিভিশন। বিস্তারিত শেখার জন্য লিংক করা IELTS গাইডগুলো দেখুন — নিয়ম একই থাকে।
| Area | Quick Rule | PTE Item Where It Bites |
|---|---|---|
| Tenses | Match the time frame consistently — don't drift from past to present mid-answer. | Retell Lecture, Summarize Spoken/Written Text |
| Subject-verb agreement | Plural subject → plural verb, even when other words come between them. | Describe Image ("the data show…"), Write Essay |
| Articles | "a/an" for one unspecified thing, "the" for something already known, no article for general plurals. | Fill in the Blanks Dropdown, Read Aloud |
| Prepositions | Learn them as fixed collocations ("increase in", "responsible for") rather than translating from Bangla. | Write Essay, Fill in the Blanks (Reading) |
See the full Verb Tenses, Agreement & Punctuation, Articles & Determiners and Prepositions guides for complete explanations, diagrams and practice.
12 Topic Guides (১২টি বিষয়ভিত্তিক গাইড)
Twelve short, PTE-specific guides — each covers one grammar area with examples drawn directly from real PTE item types (Describe Image, Retell Lecture, Fill in the Blanks Dropdown, Write Essay, Summarize Written Text) rather than generic textbook sentences, plus a "Your Turn" practice set. For the fullest teaching on any single rule, each guide links out to its matching IELTS Grammar deep-dive.
১২টি সংক্ষিপ্ত, PTE-নির্দিষ্ট গাইড — প্রতিটি বাস্তব PTE আইটেম থেকে উদাহরণ ব্যবহার করে এবং একটি অনুশীলন সেট অন্তর্ভুক্ত করে। সম্পূর্ণ শেখার জন্য প্রতিটি গাইড সংশ্লিষ্ট IELTS Grammar গাইডের সাথে লিংক করা।
Verb TensesRetell Lecture, Essay
Staying in one tense frame and the past-perfect/present-perfect traps in dropdown blanks.
Agreement & PunctuationSummarize Written Text
Subject-verb agreement with long subjects, plus the one-sentence punctuation rule.
Articles & DeterminersRead Aloud, Dropdown
a/an/the/zero-article choices — the single most common Bangla-speaker error.
PrepositionsEssay, Dropdown
Fixed collocations ("responsible for," "increase in") learned as chunks, not translated.
ConditionalsWrite Essay, Respond to a Situation
First, second and third conditionals for a fast grammatical-range boost.
Passive Voice & NominalisationEssay, Summarize Written Text
Sounding academic instead of conversational, and packing ideas into one sentence.
Complex SentencesSummarize Written Text
Relative and subordinate clauses to fit a full idea into exactly one sentence.
Comparison & ModalityDescribe Image, Essay
Comparatives/superlatives for charts, plus hedging modals for essay claims.
Gerunds & InfinitivesEssay, Speaking
Which verbs take -ing versus to-infinitive — a fixed pattern with no shortcut.
One-Sentence SummariesSummarize Written Text
Clause-combining grammar to fit a full idea into exactly one sentence.
Essay Grammar RangeWrite Essay
Sentence-type variety, conditionals, passive voice and hedging language together.
Common PTE ErrorsReading & Speaking
Dropdown-blank traps, spoken agreement errors, and article/preposition slips.
Focused PTE Grammar Guides
Three guides built specifically around PTE's unusual constraints — a summary that must be one sentence, an essay scored partly on structural variety, and the traps unique to PTE's computer-marked items.
PTE-এর অস্বাভাবিক শর্তগুলোর জন্য তৈরি তিনটি গাইড — এক-বাক্যের সারসংক্ষেপ, গঠনগত বৈচিত্র্যে স্কোর হওয়া essay, এবং কম্পিউটার-মার্কড আইটেমের ফাঁদ।
One-Sentence SummariesSummarize Written Text
Clause-combining grammar — coordinating and subordinating conjunctions, relative clauses and participle clauses — to fit a full idea into exactly one sentence.
Essay Grammar RangeWrite Essay
Sentence-type variety, conditionals, passive voice and hedging language to raise your Grammar and Written Discourse scores.
Common PTE ErrorsReading & Speaking
Dropdown-blank grammar traps, subject-verb agreement in spoken answers, and article/preposition errors the scoring engine catches.
A 4-Week Grammar Plan (৪-সপ্তাহের পরিকল্পনা)
Core Review
Work through tenses, agreement, articles and prepositions using the linked IELTS guides. IELTS গাইড দিয়ে মূল বিষয়গুলো রিভিশন দিন।
One-Sentence Summaries
Practise combining two ideas into one grammatically correct sentence, daily. প্রতিদিন দুটি ধারণাকে এক বাক্যে মেলান।
Essay Grammar Range
Write short paragraphs deliberately mixing simple, compound and complex sentences. সরল, যৌগিক ও জটিল বাক্য মিশিয়ে লিখুন।
Error-Spotting
Drill the common-error list against your own practice-test answers and error log. নিজের ভুলের তালিকা তৈরি করে অনুশীলন করুন।
Put it into practice: try the Speaking & Writing practice test and the Reading practice test to see these rules tested for real.