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About the Test

PTE (Pearson Test of English) is a standardized English language proficiency test designed to evaluate the English skills of non-native speakers. It is commonly used for study abroad, migration, and work purposes in English-speaking countries.

Key Features of PTE:

Computer-based: The entire test, including speaking, is conducted on a computer.
AI-Scored: Answers are evaluated by artificial intelligence, ensuring impartial and consistent scoring.
Fast Results: Test-takers typically receive their results within 48 hours.
Integrated Skills: Tasks often assess more than one language skill simultaneously (e.g., listening and writing, or reading and speaking).

Difference Between PTE Academic and PTE Core

Aspect	PTE Academic	PTE Core
Purpose	Primarily for academic purposes, such as university admissions.	Focused on general language proficiency for work and migration.
Recognition	Accepted by universities, colleges, and academic institutions worldwide.	Accepted for visa and migration applications (e.g., for Australia, Canada).
Content	Includes academic-oriented tasks like summarizing academic texts or lectures.	Covers general English tasks applicable to real-world scenarios.
Target Audience	Students planning to study in English-speaking countries.	Individuals applying for migration or work in English-speaking environments.
Test Modules	Speaking & Writing, Reading, Listening.	Similar modules but with less academic focus in task design.
Availability	Globally available.	Currently available in select countries and contexts.
Example Tasks	- Write an essay on an academic topic. - Summarize spoken lectures.	- Respond to real-life scenarios. - Describe everyday events.

Choosing the Right Test

PTE Academic: Choose this if you're applying for a university program or need to demonstrate academic English proficiency.
PTE Core: Opt for this if you're applying for work visas or permanent residency programs and need to prove general English proficiency.

PTE Academic (2-Hour Exam) – Questions & Weightage (Aug 2025)

Task Type	No. of Questions	Weightage (%)
Personal Introduction (not scored)	1	–
Read Aloud	6–7	20–25% (Overall)
Repeat Sentence	10–12	20–25% (Overall)
Describe Image	3–4	10–15% (Speaking)
Re-tell Lecture	1–2	5–10% (Speaking)
Respond to Situation 🆕	2–3	8–12% (Speaking + Listening)
Answer Short Question	5–6	< 5% (Speaking)
Summarize Written Text	1–2	10–15% (Writing + Reading)
Write Essay	1	15–20% (Writing)
Summarize Group Discussion 🆕	1–2	8–12% (Speaking + Listening)

Reading (29–30 mins)

Task Type	No. of Questions	Weightage (%)
Reading & Writing: Fill in the Blanks	5–6	20–25% (Reading)
Reading: Fill in the Blanks	4–5	15–20% (Reading)
Re-order Paragraphs	2–3	10–15% (Reading)
Multiple-choice, Single Answer	1–2	< 5% (Reading)
Multiple-choice, Multiple Answers	1–2	< 5% (Reading)

Listening (30–43 mins)

Task Type	No. of Questions	Weightage (%)
Summarize Spoken Text	1–2	10–15% (Listening + Writing)
Multiple-choice, Single Answer	1–2	< 5% (Listening)
Fill in the Blanks	2–3	20–25% (Listening)
Highlight Correct Summary	1–2	10–15% (Listening)
Multiple-choice, Multiple Answers	1–2	< 5% (Listening)
Select Missing Word	1–2	< 5% (Listening)
Highlight Incorrect Words	2–3	10–15% (Listening + Reading)
Write from Dictation	3–4	25–30% (Listening + Writing)

Key Updates (Aug 2025):

1. New Speaking + Listening Task: Respond to Situation – 8–12% weightage.
2. New Speaking + Listening Task: Summarize Group Discussion – 8–12% weightage.
3. High-Weightage Tasks: Read Aloud, Repeat Sentence, WFD, Fill in the Blanks.
4. Exam Duration: 2 hours; optional break removed.

Key Insights

High-Weightage Champions:

Speaking: Read Aloud, Repeat Sentence
Reading: Reading & Writing: Fill in the Blanks
Listening: Write from Dictation, Fill in the Blanks

New Tasks with Value:

Respond to Situation (Speaking + Listening)
Summarize Group Discussion (Listening + Writing)

Low-Weightage Tasks:

MCQs, Short Questions, Select Missing Word – practice them but don’t over-focus.

Strategy Update:

Focus 70% of practice on top tasks (RA, RS, WFD, RW FIB, Respond to Situation, Summarize GD).
Allocate 20% to essays, SWT, highlight tasks.
Use 10% for MCQs and other low-weightage items.

Test Format

What will change?

Duration & Timings

New Duration: 2 Hours (for both PTE Academic & PTE Online).
Why shorter? Some tasks have fewer questions, but no question type is removed.
Accuracy remains: Still follows the same highly reliable testing practices.

Speaking & Writing Module

In the updated PTE Academic (August 2025), the Speaking & Writing module remains mostly the same but now includes two new tasks: Respond to Situation and Summarize Group Discussion. Each of these tasks contributes 8–12% to your overall score and tests both speaking and listening skills. The module still has the classic tasks: Read Aloud, Repeat Sentence, Describe Image, Re-tell Lecture, Answer Short Question, Summarize Written Text, and Essay, but with slightly fewer questions, making the test shorter without affecting the scoring.

In Respond to Situation, you respond to a real-life scenario in 30–40 seconds, showing fluency, clear pronunciation, and relevance. Summarize Group Discussion asks you to listen to a discussion between two or three people and write a 50–70 word summary of the main points, opinions, and conclusions. These tasks focus on real-world communication and understanding. Overall, the module emphasizes high-scoring tasks like Read Aloud, Repeat Sentence, and Write from Dictation, while the new tasks ensure you are tested on practical speaking and listening skills.

Change: Fewer questions in some tasks → test becomes shorter but scoring impact remains the same.

Reading Module

Tasks remain:Fewer questions in some tasks → test becomes shorter but scoring impact remains the same.
Change: Reduced number of questions → same skills tested in less time.

Listening Module

Tasks remain:Summarize Spoken Text, Summarize Group Discussion, MCQs, Fill in the Blanks, Highlight Correct Summary, Select Missing Word, Highlight Incorrect Words, Write from Dictation.
Change: Question count slightly reduced → overall listening time shortened.

Score Report (Updated)

1. Scoring information will be more transparent.

2. Enabling skills (like grammar, oral fluency, etc.) will no longer appear separately.

3. Test Name will be clearly shown as “PTE Academic Online”.

4. A new Skills Profile Report will be provided, offering feedback + suggestions to help learners improve.

Break Policy

The 10-minute optional break is no longer available.

Focus Areas for 79+ Score

To achieve a high score (79+), students must focus more on high-scoring tasks:

Speaking: Read Aloud, Repeat Sentence
Reading: Reading & Writing Fill in the Blanks
Listening: Write from Dictation, Fill in the Blanks
(New tasks also important: Respond to Situation & Summarize Group Discussion)

PTE Scoring

All items in PTE Academic are machine - scored using PTE Academics automated scoring system. There are two skills - Enabling Skills and Communication Skills - that are assessed and scored depending upon specific question types. For example, in Speaking, even listening skill is assessed while in Reading, the writing skill is also evaluated. In Listening, writing is also evaluated. There are questions where grammar, content, spellings, fluency, pronunciation, form (word limit), cohesion, sentence structure are tested and awarded scores.

Correct or Incorrect : A score of 1 score point will be given for correct responses and no score points are awarded for incorrect responses.

Partial Credit : There are item types where partial credit is given considering the requirement of that particular type. If responses to these items are correct, the maximum score points available for each item type will be awarded, but if these are partly correct, some score points will be given, that will be less than the maximum available for the item type. If responses are incorrect, no score points will be awarded.

The PTE scales are as follows :

Speaking and Writing time: 54-67 Minutes
ITEM TYPE	TIME ALLOWED	NUMBER OF ITEMS	SCORING	COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS, ENABLING SKILLS AND OTHER TRAITS SCORED
Read aloud	24-37 minutes	06	Partial credit	Reading and speaking Oral fluency, pronunciation Content
Repeat sentence	24-37 minutes	05-06	Partial credit	Listening and speaking Oral fluency, pronunciation Content
Describe image	24-37 minutes	03	Partial credit	Speaking Oral fluency, pronunciation Content
Re-tell lecture	24-37 minutes	01-02	Partial credit	Listening and speaking Oral fluency, pronunciation Content
Answer short question	24-37 minutes	05	Correct/incorrect	Listening and speaking Vocabulary
Summarize written text	10 minutes	01	Partial credit	Reading and writing Grammar, vocabulary Content, form

Speaking and Writing time: 54-67 Minutes
ITEM TYPE	TIME ALLOWED	NUMBER OF ITEMS	SCORING	COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS, ENABLING SKILLS AND OTHER TRAITS SCORED
Write essay	20 minutes	01	Partial credit	Writing Grammar, vocabulary, spelling, written discourse Content; development, structure and coherence form, general linguistic range
Reading (29-30 Minutes)
Reading and writing: Fill in the blanks	29-30 minutes	03	Partial credit (for each correctly completed blank)	Reading and writing
Multiple-choice, choose multiple answers	29-30 minutes	02	Partial credit (for each correct response. Points deducted for incorrect options chosen)	Reading
Re-order paragraphs	29-30 minutes	02	Partial credit (for each correctly ordered, adjacent pair)	Reading
Reading: Fill in the blanks	29-30 minutes	03	Partial credit (for each correctly completed blank)	Reading
Multiple-choice, choose single answer	29-30 minutes	02	Correct/incorrect	Reading
Listening (30-34 Minutes)

Speaking and Writing time: 54-67 Minutes
ITEM TYPE	TIME ALLOWED	NUMBER OF ITEMS	SCORING	COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS, ENABLING SKILLS AND OTHER TRAITS SCORED
Summarize spoken text	10 minutes	01	Partial credit	Listening and writing Grammar, vocabulary, spelling Content, form
Multiple–choice, choose multiple answers	20-33 minutes	02	Partial credit (for each correct response. Points deducted for incorrect options chosen)	Listening
Fill in the blanks	20-33 minutes	02	Partial credit (each correct word spelled correctly)	Listening and writing
Highlight correct summary	20-33 minutes	02	Correct / incorrect	Listening and reading
Multiple-choice, choose single answer	20-33 minutes	01	Correct/incorrect	Listening
Select missing word	20-33 minutes	02	Correct / incorrect	Listening
Highlight incorrect words	20-33 minutes	02	Partial credit (for each word. Points deducted for incorrect options chosen)	Listening and reading
Write from dictation	20-33 minutes	03	Partial credit (for each word spelled correctly)	Listening and writing

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