PTE Revision Pack Vocabulary

Vocabulary flashcards for PTE Revision Pack.

Theory

A statement or set of ideas meant to explain something.

Mystery

Something that cannot be easily explained or understood.

Affect

To influence or make a difference to something.

Behavior

How a person or animal acts.

Disagree

When you do not agree with someone.

Definite

Clearly true and without any doubt.

Disappear

To go missing or become invisible.

Explore

To search and learn more about something.

Buried

When something is placed under the ground.

Probably

When something is likely but not sure.

Populations

A group of people, animals, or plants living in one place.

Establish

To create or start something.

Build

To make or put something together.

Scientific

Related to science or scientists.

Physical

About the body or something you can touch.

Variety

A large range of different things.

Whether

Used when not sure between two choices.

Were

The past form of 'are.'

Frequently

When something happens many times.

Relative Clause

Gives extra information about a noun, often starting with who, which, that, whose, where.

Modal Verbs

Special verbs used to show ability, possibility, permission, or obligation (can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, will, would).

Present Perfect Tense

Shows an action that happened at an unspecified time before now or started in the past and may continue (have/has + past participle).

Past Perfect Tense

Shows an action that was completed before another past action (had + past participle).

Formal Language

Used in professional, academic, or polite settings.

Informal Language

Used in casual or friendly conversations.

Passive Voice

Used when the action is more important than the person doing it; object of the action becomes the subject (be + past participle).

Expanded Noun Phrase

Gives more detail about a noun by adding adjectives, prepositional phrases, or other modifiers.

Cohesive Devices

Help link ideas together in writing (conjunctions, adverbials, pronouns, synonyms/repetition).