PTE Core · Write Email

Applied Agriculture and Food Science

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Vertical Farm Dosing Training

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Read the situation below and write an email in response. You have 9 minutes. You should write 80–120 words.

You are an assistant grower at an urban vertical farming facility. You recently attended a regional training workshop on automated nutrient dosing for indoor salad crops, which several of your colleagues missed due to urgent harvesting duties. Write an email to your farm supervisor, Mr Henderson.

  • Summarise the key technique learned during the workshop.
  • Explain why the rest of the team would benefit from this knowledge.
  • Suggest a date and format for an internal briefing session.

0 words · target 50–120 · 9 minutes in the test · spell-check is off, as in the test

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Read the situation below and write an email in response. You have 9 minutes. You should write 80–120 words.

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Heritage Grain Milling Schedule

You are organising a local heritage wheat milling project with a fellow community volunteer, Clara. You have just been informed that the community stone mill will be closed for routine maintenance on the day you planned to process the harvest. Write an email to Clara.

  • Inform her about the unexpected closure of the stone mill.
  • Explain how this delay affects the planned flour delivery to local bakeries.
  • Propose an alternative date or location to finish milling the grain.
3

Pasteurisation Sensor Calibration Audit

You are the production manager at a small fruit juice bottling facility. An environmental health officer, Ms Davies, recently conducted a routine hygiene inspection of your thermal pasteurisation unit and requested updated calibration logs for the temperature sensors. Write an email to Ms Davies.

  • Clarify the recent adjustments made to the pasteurisation sensors.
  • Provide details regarding the updated calibration records.
  • Invite her to conduct a follow-up verification visit if necessary.

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