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What is Pearson Test of English (PTE)?
The Pearson Test of English (PTE) is an internationally recognized English proficiency test accepted by universities, colleges, and governments worldwide. It serves as evidence of your English language skills for university and college admissions or as part of a visa application.
What does PTE measure?
PTE Academic evaluates your real-life English skills required for university studies or living in English-speaking countries. Like other language proficiency tests, it assesses your listening, reading, speaking, and writing abilities—the fundamental skills of the English language.
What is the Test format?
PTE Academic is a computer-based test that measures various language skills in both individual and integrated ways. The test provides results within a maximum of five days.
The test consists of three main parts and lasts approximately three hours, with an optional ten-minute break.
What about the test scores?
In the PTE Academic test, the scores are categorized into overall scores, communicative skills scores, and enabling skills scores. The overall score represents your overall English language proficiency, while the communicative skills scores assess your performance in listening, reading, speaking, and writing. The enabling skills scores evaluate specific language skills such as grammar, oral fluency, pronunciation, spelling, vocabulary, and writing discourse.
The score range for each category is from 10 to 90 points.
For academic purposes, a score of 50 points in each section is generally considered acceptable. However, specific institutions or organizations may have their own score requirements for admission or visa purposes. It's important to check the score requirements of your desired institution or organization.
Part 1: Speaking and Writing
| Section | Task Type | Task Description | Time Allowed |
| Section 1 | Personal Introduction | After reading the instructions, you have 30 seconds to give a recorded introduction about yourself. This part is not assessed, but is sent to institutions you choose along with your Score Report. | 1 minute |
| Section 2 | Read aloud | A text appears on screen. Read the text aloud. | 30-35 minutes |
| Read sentence | After listening to a sentence, repeat the sentence. | ||
| Describe image | An image appears on screen. Describe the image in detail. | ||
| Re-tell lecture | After listening to or watching a video of a lecture, re-tell the lecture in your own words. | ||
| Answer short question | After listening to a question, answer with a single word or a few words. | ||
| Section 3-4 | Summarize written text | After reading a passage, write a one-sentence summary of the passage of between 5 and 75 words. | 20 minutes |
| Section 5 | Summarize written text or Write essay | Either a Summarize written text task or a Write essay task, depending on the combination of tasks in your test. | 10 or 20 minutes |
| Section 6 | Write essay | Write an essay of 200-300 words on a given topic. | 20 minutes |
Part 2: Reading
| Section | Task Type | Task Description | Time Allowed |
| Multiple-choice, choose single answer | After reading a text, answer a multiple-choice question on the content or tone of the text by selecting one response. | ||
| Multiple-choice, multiple answers | After reading a text, answer a multiple-choice question on the content or tone of the text by selecting more than one response. | ||
| Re-order paragraphs | Several text boxes appear on screen in random order. Put the text boxes in the correct order. | ||
| Reading: Fill in the blanks | A text appears on screen with several blanks. Drag words or phrases from the blue box to fill in the blanks. | ||
| Reading & writing: Fill in the blanks | A text appears on screen with several blanks. Fill in the blanks by selecting words from several drop-down lists of response options. |
Part 3: Listening
| Section | Task Type | Task Description | Time Allowed |
| Section 1 | Summarize spoken text | After listening to a recording, write a summary of 50-70 words. | 20 or 30 minutes |
| Section 2 | Multiple-choice, choose multiple answers | After listening to a recording, answer a multiple-choice question on the content or tone of the recording by selecting more than one response. | 23-28 minutes |
| Fill in the blanks | The transcription of a recording appears on screen with several blanks. While listening to the recording, type the missing words into the blanks. | ||
| Highlight correct summary | After listening to a recording, select the paragraph that best summarizes the recording. | ||
| Multiple-choice, choose single answer | After listening to a recording, answer a multiple-choice question on the content or tone of the recording by selecting one response. | ||
| Select missing word | After listening to a recording, select the missing word or group of words that completes the recording. | ||
| Highlight incorrect words | The transcription of a recording appears on screen. While listening to the recording, identify the words in the transcription that differ from what is said. | ||
| Write from dictation | After listening to a recording of a sentence, type the sentence. |
