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PTE Academic assesses all four language skills-listening, reading, speaking, writing. The test will last approximately three hours. This includes an untimed introduction to the test and one optional break of up to 10 minutes. PTE Academic consists of three main parts.
Part of Test | Section | Item type | Time Allowed |
Introduction | Not timed | ||
Part 1 : Speaking & Writing | Section 1 | Personal Introduction | 1 minute |
Section 2 | Read aloud, Repeat sentence, Describe image, Re-tell lecture, Answer short question | 30-35 minutes | |
Section 3-4 | Summarize written text | 20 minutes | |
Section 5 | Summarize written text or Write easy | 10 or 20 minutes | |
Section 6 | Write essay | 20 minutes | |
Part 2 : Reading | Multiple-choice, choose single answer Multiple-choice, choose multiple answer Re-order paragraphs, Reading: Fill in the blanks, Reading & writing: Fill in the blanks |
32-41 minutes | |
Part 3 :Listening | Section 1 | Summarize spoken text | 20 or 30 minutes |
Section 2 | Multiple- choice, choose multiple answers Fill in the blanks, Highlight correct summary Multiple-choice, choose single answer Select missing words, Write from dictation |
23-28 minutes |