PTE Sample Paper - Speaking, Writing, Reading, Listening

PTE Sample Paper – Pearson Test of English (PTE) PTE is conducted to evaluate candidate’s proficiency in the English language. PTE Test is an online (computer-based) test. PTE is divided into following sections namely: speaking, writing, reading and listening. Candidates can download PTE Sample Paper, PTE Preparation tips, PTE Tutorials and PTE Syllabus from below.

PTE Sample Paper - The sample paper of PTE is categorized into the sections. Candidates can check the section wise PTE Preparation tips before download PTE Sample Paper.

Part 1: Speaking & Writing (77 – 93 minutes)

• Personal Introduction
• Summarize written text
• Describe image
• Re-tell lecture
• Essay (20mins)
• Read aloud
• Repeat sentence
• Answer short question

Item	Prompt length	Time to answer	Skills assessed	Task
Read aloud	text up to 60 words	varies by item, depending on the length of text	reading and speaking	A text appears on screen. Read the text aloud.
Repeat sentence	3-9 seconds	15 seconds	listening and speaking	After listening to a recording of a sentence, repeat the sentence
Describe image	N/A	40 seconds	speaking	An image appears on screen. Describe the image in detail.
Re-tell lecture	up to 90 seconds	40 seconds	listening and speaking	After listening to or watching a lecture, re-tell the lecture in your own words.
Answer short question	3-9 seconds	10 seconds	listening and speaking	After listening to a question, answer with a single word or a few words.
Summarize written text	text up to 300 words	10 minutes	reading and writing	After reading a text, write a one-sentence summary of the passage.
Write essay	2-3 sentences	20 minutes	writing	Write a 200–300 word essay on a given topic.

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Part 2: Reading (32 – 41 minutes)

• Multiple choice questions 
• Re-order paragraphs
• Fill in the blanks
• Fill in the blanks
• Multiple choice questions 

A ten minute break is optional

Item	Prompt length	Skills assessed	Task
Multiple-choice, choose single answer	text up to 110 words	reading	After reading a text, answer a multiple-choice question on the content or tone of the text by selecting one response
Multiple-choice, choose multiple answers	text up to 300 words	reading	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	text up to 150 words	reading	Several text boxes appear on screen in a random order. Put the text boxes in the correct order
Reading: Fill in the blanks	text up to 80 words	reading	A text appears on screen with several gaps. Drag words from the box below to fill the gaps
Reading and Writing: Fill in the blanks	text up to 300 words	reading and writing	A text appears on screen with several gaps. Fill in each gap from a drop-down list of response options

Part 3: Listening (45 – 57 minutes)

• Highlight the correct summary
• Write from dictation
• Multiple choice questions
• Select missing word
• Highlight incorrect words
• Summarize spoken text
• Multiple choice questions
• Fill the blanks

Item	Prompt length	Skills assessed	Task
Summarize spoken text	60-90 seconds	listening and writing	After listening to a recording, write a 50-70 word summary
Multiple choice, choose multiple answers	40-90 seconds	listening	After listening to a recording, answer a multiple-choice question on the content or tone of the recording by selecting more than one response
Fill in the blanks	30-60 seconds	listening and writing	A transcript of a recording appears on screen with several gaps. After listening to the recording, type the missing word in each gap
Highlight correct summary	30-90 seconds	listening and reading	After listening to a recording, select the paragraph that best summarizes the recording
Multiple choice, choose single answer	30-60 seconds	listening	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	20-70 seconds	listening	After listening to a recording, select the missing word that completes the recording from a list of options
Highlight incorrect words	15-50 seconds	listening and reading	The transcript of a recording appears on screen. While listening to the recording, identify the words in the transcript that differ from what is said
Write from dictation	3-5 seconds	listening and writing	After listening to a recording of a sentence, type the sentence

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