PTE Syllabus

syllabus

The majority of PTE Academic exam centres have approximately ten seats available. You will be seated in a private booth surrounded by other test takers.

PTE Academic is administered at a secure testing centre, where you must provide identification, check in with the test administrator, and take the exam in a protected computer room.

PTE Speaking and Writing Syllabus (77 to 93 minutes)

Segments Pattern	Time Duration
Personal Introduction	55 seconds: 25 seconds for prompt, 30 seconds to record
Read Aloud	30-40 seconds to prepare for reading out the text of 60 words
Repeat Sentence	15 seconds: 3-9 seconds for prompt, 15 seconds to record
Describe Image	25 seconds are granted to study the image as well as prepare your response on the same
Re-Tell Lecture	90 seconds for prompt length, 10 seconds to prepare and 40 seconds to answer
Answer Short Question	20 seconds: 3-9 seconds for prompt, 10 seconds to answer
Summarize Written Text	10 minutes to answer to text prompt of 300 words
Essay	20 minutes to answer to text prompt of 2-3 sentences

PTE Reading Syllabus (32 to 41 minutes)

Segments Pattern	Time Duration varies on the Length of the Text Prompt
Multiple Choice, Choose Single Answer	Read 300 words of text
Multiple Choice, Choose Multiple Answers	Read 300 words of text
Re-Order Paragraphs	Read 150 words of text
Reading: Fill in the Blanks	Read 80 words of text
Reading and Writing: Fill in the Blanks	Read 300 words of text

PTE Listening Syllabus (45 to 57 mins)

Segments Pattern	Time Duration
Summarize Spoken Text	60-90 seconds to retain 50-70 words, 10 minutes to write
Multiple Choice, Multiple Answer	40-90 seconds for prompt
Fill in the Blanks	30-60 seconds
Highlight Correct Summary	30-90 seconds
Multiple Choice, Single Answer	30-60 seconds
Select Missing Word	20-70 seconds
Highlight Incorrect Words	15-50 seconds
Write From Dictation	3-5 seconds