PTE
PTE
PTE Academic is accepted by universities in USA, UK, Australia, among others.
It was created by Person Language Tests part of the Pearson PLC group and endorsed by Graduate Management Admission Council owners Graduate Management Admission Test. PTE Academic is designed to test your English reading, writing, listening and speaking skills. The test takes approximately three hours to complete. This includes an un-timed introduction to the test and one optional scheduled break of up to 10 minutes. It is a computer-based exam which focuses on real-life English used in academic surroundings. Throughout the test, students will listen to a variety of accents and academic language encountered at higher education institutions in English speaking countries. There are three parts in PTE, they are:
- Speaking and writing
- Reading
- Listening
However, each section has different time schedules.
The synopsis of PTE is shown follows in the table:
| Part | Content | Given Time |
| Introduction | Introduction | Time will not be given |
| Part One | Speaking & Writing | 77 to 93 minutes |
| Part Two | Reading | 32 to 41 minutes |
| Break | It is optional | 10 minutes |
| Part Three | Listening | 45 to 57 minutes |
Overview of Speaking and Writing Modules
| Item | Task | Judgment Skills | Given Time | Answering Time |
| Read aloud | A text appears on screen. Read the text aloud | reading and speaking | text up to 60 words | varies by item, depending on the length of text |
| Repeat Sentences | After listening to a recording of a sentence, repeat the sentence | listening and speaking | 3-9 seconds | 15 seconds |
| Describe Image | An image appears on screen. Describe the image in detail | speaking | N/A | 40 seconds |
| Retell lecture | After listening to or watching a lecture, re-tell the lecture in your own words | listening and speaking | up to 90 seconds | 40 seconds |
| Answer Short Questions | After listening to a question, answer with a single word or a few words | listening and speaking | 3 to 9 seconds | 10 seconds |
| Summarize written text | After reading a text, write a one sentence summary of the passage | reading and writing text | up to 300 words | 10 minutes |
| Write essay | Write a 200–300 word essay on a given topic | writing | 2-3 sentences | 20 minutes |
Overview of Reading Module
| Item | Task | Skills assessed | Prompt length |
| 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 | reading | text up to 110 words |
| Multiple Choice, Choose 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 | reading | text up to 300 words |
| Reorder Paragraphs | Several text boxes appear on screen in a random order. Put the text boxes in the correct order | reading | 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 | reading | text 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 | reading and writing | text up to 300 words |
Overview of Listening Module
| Item | Task | Skills assessed | Prompt length |
| Summarize spoken texts | spoken text After listening to a recording, write a 50-70 word summary | listening and writing | 60-90 seconds |
| 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 | listening | 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 | listening and writing | 30-60 seconds |
| Highlight correct summary | After listening to a recording, select the paragraph that best summarizes the recording | listening and reading | 30-90 seconds |
| 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 | listening | 30-60 seconds |
| Select missing word | After listening to a recording, select the missing word that completes the recording from a list of options | listening | 20-70 seconds |
| Highlight incorrect words | 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 | listening and reading | 15-50 seconds |
| Write from dictation 3-5 seconds | After listening to a recording of a sentence, type the sentence | listening and writing | 3-5 seconds |