At a railway station, what is the area called where passengers wait to board a departing train?
Answer · 1 words
Platform
PTE Academic · speaking · 20 real bank items
PTE Answer Short Question practice: 20 questions with answers
Twenty real Answer Short Question items from the EdKnot bank with their accepted answers. The task plays a short spoken question and you answer in one word or a short phrase.
20 Answer Short Question practice questions with answers
Real items from the EdKnot bank, in random order. Each one opens in the practice player with the timer, the recording and AI scoring. Format, scoring and technique are on the Answer Short Question task page.
What is the name of the temperature scale commonly used in the United States, where water freezes at 32 degrees?
Answer · 1 wordsFahrenheit
Which two American explorers led the Corps of Discovery expedition from 1804 to 1806 across the western United States?
Answer · 7 wordsLewis and Clark / Lewis & Clark
What is the term for uneaten food after a meal?
Answer · 3 wordsLeftover / leftovers
What do we call it when a student misses class due to sickness?
Answer · 3 wordsAbsent / absence
What is the act of breathing in tobacco products?
Answer · 1 wordsSmoking
What do you call the tiny lustrous white sphere produced inside an oyster's shell?
Answer · 3 wordsPearl / margarite
What is the medical term for inflammation of the lining of the bronchial tubes?
Answer · 1 wordsBronchitis
Which gas do humans exhale from their lungs?
Answer · 2 wordsCarbon dioxide
In Hinduism, which goddess is associated with wealth, fortune, and prosperity?
Answer · 1 wordsLakshmi
What do you call a division of the academic year?
Answer · 7 wordsTerm / terms / semester / quarter
In what sequence is a bibliography typically arranged?
Answer · 6 wordsAlphabet / Alphabetical order / Alphabetically
What term describes an illness transmitted through direct or indirect contact?
Answer · 7 wordsContagious disease / infectious disease / contagion
What body part is located opposite the head?
Answer · 3 wordsFoot / Feet
In physics, what is the term for the phenomenon where two waves combine to form a new wave pattern, often with increased or decreased amplitude?
Answer · 1 wordsInterference
What is the name of the Australian marsupial that mostly eats eucalyptus leaves and sleeps up to 20 hours a day?
Answer · 1 wordsKoala
What small, herbivorous mammal related to the rabbit, with short ears and a squeaky call, lives in mountainous regions of Asia and North America?
Answer · 1 wordsPika
What is the name of the heavy, broad-bladed kitchen knife used for chopping through bones and large cuts of meat?
Answer · 1 wordsCleaver
What is the full name of the Italian Renaissance painter known for his Madonnas and frescoes in the Vatican?
Answer · 1 wordsRaphael
What kitchen appliance is used to brown, crisp, and heat bread slices?
Answer · 1 wordsToaster
Frequently asked questions
Do I lose marks for answering in a full sentence?
No, as long as the correct word is in it. A single word is safest because it cannot introduce a wrong one.
What if I do not know the answer?
Say the most likely word anyway. A blank and a wrong word both score zero; a guess has a chance.
Does my accent matter?
Only intelligibility matters. The scorer has to recognise the word, not a particular accent.
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