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@JetBlast my OH did the mock tests from the gold level PTE practice. He thinks they have been good as extra practice. Both times his speaking was 90 so that's odd seen as he got such a low score on the actual test in Wimbledon. His other scores have improved too, just have everything crossed that he passes it this time round.

Will do JetBlast. He won't be doing them till the weekend though. Have you booked another test to do? What test centre did you use?

Thank you for all your replies My OH already has the Pearson PTE book that comes with a CD. He did find the graphs quite tricky and said the ones he got in the test were a lot more complicated than the ones shown in the book. He has just purchased the gold level mock tests on the Pearson website to try and help him further. Hopefully he will get there eventually!

Hi Everyone I am new here. We are currently applying for a 189 visa with my partner being the main applicant as a Civil Engineer. We have had his positive skills assessment back from Vetasses and even though he has 22 years experience as a Civil Engineer, as he left it a long time to do his degree, Vetasses only deems the last 1.8 years since doing the degree as skilled employment. This has messed us up a bit for points. The other worrying factor is he is 39 so time is not on his side as we need to lodge and hopefully get an invite before his birthday in the beginning of Jan 17 or he will loose points and our dream will be over. He currently has 40 points and needs to get superior in his English test to hit the required 60. He sat his PTE test in Wimbledon (London UK) last week and didn't do overly well. The speaking part really let him down as he only got 56 in speaking. This was surprising as he has a very clear native (london) accent and he thought he had done well in that element so not sure what went wrong? He has said the test center was less than ideal as you has partitions on the desks but nothing between you and the person next to you and you could hear everything everyone else was saying. He has now booked up to re-sit the test next week. I have checked out the Pearson V's IELTS thread on here, and just wondered how many times it has taken you to pass the superior test, and what test centers in the UK did you use? Are there any test centers that have proper individual cubicles? Fingers crossed he passes it next time, though I have heard sometimes its third time lucky!:skeptical: