PTE Academic Item Types and Scores

Select number of
# Item Type Min-Max Listening Reading Speaking Writing
questions
1 Read aloud 6-7 6 22 22
2 Repeat sentence 10-12 10 20 32
3 Describe image 6-7 6 22
4 Re-tell lecture 3-4 3 10 11
5 Answer short question 10-12 10 7 2
6 Summarize written text 2-3 2 10 10
7 Write essay 1-2 1 11
8 Reading: Multiple-choice, choose single answer 2-3 2 1
9 Reading: Multiple-choice, choose multipe answer 2-3 2 3
10 Re-order paragraph 2-3 2 6
11 Reading: Fill in the blanks 4-5 4 15
12 Reading and Writing: Fill in the blanks 5-6 5 22 22
13 Summarize spoken text 2-3 2 13 12
14 Listening: Multiple-choice, choose multipe answer 2-3 2 3
15 Listening: Fill in the blanks 2-3 2 7 7
16 Highlight correct summary 2-3 2 1 1
17 Listening: Multiple-choice, choose single answer 2-3 2 1
18 Select missing word 2-3 2 1
19 Highlight incorrect words 2-3 2 8 9
20 Write from dictation 3-4 3 20 27
TOTAL 90 90 90 90
 Attention

Color Meaning

Green Low priority

Red High priority
You can change the
number of questions,
based on the values
provided in "Select
number of questions"
field to see how their
contribution to each
skill's score will change.
For example, if you
change the number of
essays to 2, you'll
notice that it will make
25 score of your
writing.

As you may know, you

cannot have 3 SWTs
and 2 essays.