Pearson PTE Test Syllabus

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Pearson PTE Test Syllabus

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

Test Syllabus

Pearson PTE Test Syllabus - Speaking and Writing

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

Pearson PTE Test Syllabus - Reading

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

Pearson PTE Test Syllabus - Listening

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