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PTE (Pearson Test of English is a computer-based test.)

The Pearson Test of English, or PTE, is a test used to gauge proficiency in the English language. It assesses the level of English language competency among non-native speakers. Many universities, governments, and organizations all throughout the world accept PTE as a qualification for employment, study, and immigration.

  • Receptive Skills

    • Reading

    • Listening

  • Productive Skills

    • Writing

    • Speaking

Speaking

1. Read Aloud
2. Repeat Sentence
3. Describe Image
4. Re-tell Lecture
5. Answer Short Question

Writing

1. Summarize Written Text
2. Write Essay



PTE Academic: Speaking and Writing Overview

Questions Task Prompt Length Time to Answer
Read Aloud Read the text appears on the screen Text up to 60 words Up to 40 seconds
Repeat Sentence After listening to a recording, repeat the sentence & record it 3-9 seconds 15 seconds
Describe Image An image appears on screen, describe the image in detail N/A 40 seconds
Re-tell Lecture After listening to a lecture, re-tell the lecture in your own words Up to 90 seconds 40 seconds
Answer Short Questions Listen to a question and answer with a single word or few words 3-9 seconds 10 seconds
Summarize Written Text After reading a text, write a one sentence summary of the passage Text up to 300 words 10 minutes
Write Essay Write a 200-300 word essay on a given topic 2-3 sentence 20 minutes

Reading

1. Reading & Writing: Fill in the blanks
2. Multiple Choice (Multiple)
3. Re-order Paragraphs
4. Reading: Fill in the blanks
5. Multiple Choice (Single)



Listening

1. Summarize Spoken Text
2. Multiple Choice (Multiple)
3. Fill In the Blanks
4. Highlight Correct Summary
5. Multiple Choice (Single)
6. Select Missing Word
7. Highlight Incorrect Words
8. Write From Dictation

PTE Academic: Reading questions Overview

Questions Task Prompt Length
Multiple-choice, choose single answer After reading a text, answer a multiple-choice question on the content of the text by selecting one response Text up to 110 words
Multiple-choice, choose multiple answers After reading a text, answer a multiple-choice question on the content of the text by selecting more than one response Text up to 300 words
Re-order paragraphs Several text boxes appear on screen in a random order,put the text boxes in the correct order Text up to 150 words
Reading: Fill in the blanks A text appears on screen with several gaps, drag words from the box below to fill the gaps Up to 80 words
Reading and writing: Fill in the blanks A text appears on screen with several gaps, fill in each gap from a drop-down list of response options Text up to 300 words

PTE Academic: Listening questions Overview

Questions Task Prompt Length
Summarize Spoken Text After listening to a recording, write a 50-70 word summary 60-90 seconds
Multiple choice, choose multiple answers After listening to a recording, answer a multiple-choice questions on the content of the recording by selecting more than one response 40-90 seconds
Fill in the blanks A transcript of a recording appears on screen with several gaps,after listening to the recording, type the missing word in each gap 30-60 seconds
Highlight Correct Summary Listen to a recording, select the paragraph that best summarizes the recording 30-90 seconds
Multiple choice, choose single answer Listen to the recording, answer a multiple-choice question on the content of the recording by selecting one response 30-60 seconds
Select Missing Word Listen to a recording, select missing word that completes recording from a list of options 20-70 seconds
Highlight InCorrect Words The transcript of a recording appears on screen, while listening to recording, highlight words in the transcript that differ from what is said 15-50 seconds
Write from Dictation After listening to a recording of a sentence, type the sentence 3-8 seconds

PTE Academic Test Format