Listening - PTE Academic / UKVI, PTE Core
Highlight Incorrect Words
Highlight Incorrect Words practice builds the listening and reading tracking needed to spot transcript differences in real time.
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Key takeaways
Track the transcript at the speaker’s pace.
Click only when the audio clearly differs from the written word.
Practise recovering quickly after a missed word.
How to practise Highlight Incorrect Words
The hardest part is staying aligned with the audio. Practise short passages first, then increase length once tracking is stable.
- Follow the transcript with your cursor or visual focus.
- Click clear substitutions only.
- Keep moving even after a missed item.
Practice framework
- Follow the transcript with your cursor or visual focus.
- Click clear substitutions only.
- Keep moving even after a missed item.
- Review missed words by sound pattern.
Common mistakes
- Reading ahead and missing the current audio word.
- Clicking words that sound similar but are actually correct.
- Losing place after one missed change.
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