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Pearson PTE Test Syllabus

shape Introduction

PTE Exam format has been designed to test the students speaking, writing, listening and reading skills of the candidates in the English Language. The PTE exam focusses on the three major sections of the language proficiency:
  • Reading Section
  • Listening Section
  • Speaking and Writing Section

shape Test Syllabus

S. No. Name of the concept Time Duration
1. Personal Introduction 55 seconds: 25 seconds for prompt, 30 seconds to record
2. Read Aloud 30-40 seconds to prepare for reading out the text of 60 words
3. Repeat Sentence 15 seconds: 3-9 seconds for prompt, 15 seconds to record
4. Describe Image 25 seconds are granted to study the image as well as prepare your response on the same
5. Re-Tell Lecture 90 seconds for prompt length, 10 seconds to prepare and 40 seconds to answer
6. Answer Short Question 20 seconds: 3-9 seconds for prompt, 10 seconds to answer
7. Summarize Written Text 10 minutes to answer to text prompt of 300 words
8. Essay 20 minutes to answer to text prompt of 2-3 sentences
S. No. Name of the concept Time Duration
1. Multiple Choice, Choose Single Answer Read 300 words of text
2. Multiple Choice, Choose Multiple Answers Read 300 words of text
3. Re-Order Paragraphs Read 150 words of text
4. Reading: Fill in the Blanks Read 80 words of text
5. Reading and Writing: Fill in the Blanks Read 300 words of text
S. No. Name of the concept Time Duration
1. Summarize Spoken Text 60-90 seconds to retain 50-70 words, 10 minutes to write
2. Multiple Choice, Multiple Answer 40-90 seconds for prompt
3. Fill in the Blanks 30-60 seconds
4. Highlight Correct Summary 30-90 seconds
5. Multiple Choice, Single Answer 30-60 seconds
6. Select Missing Word 20-70 seconds
7. Highlight Incorrect Words 15-50 seconds
8. Write From Dictation 3-5 seconds



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