Overview of Pearson Test of English Academic(PTE)

Time/Words Skill
Number of tasks Total Time Skills Assessed Scores Total Scores
to answer each task Total Scores
RA : Read Aloud 6 or 7 25~40s Reading Speaking 22.1 22.2 44.3
RS : Repeat Sentence 10 or 12 15s Listening Speaking 19.7 32.1 51.8
Total
DI : Describe Image 6 or 7 40s Speaking 22.2 22.2 90.1
Speaking 30-35ms
Part 1 RTL : Re-tell Lecture 3 or 4 40s Listening Speaking 9.9 11.1 21
ASQ : Answer short question 10 or 12 10s/One or two words Listening Speaking 6.6 2.5 9.1
SWT : Summarize Written Text 2 or 3 10ms/One sentence Total Reading Writing 10.3 10.4 20.7
Writing 90
WE : Write Essay 1 or 2 20ms/300 words 50-60ms Writing 11.2 11.2
R: Multiple-choice,
2 or 3 Reading 1.5 1.5
choose single Answer
R: Multiple-choice,
2 or 3 Total Reading 3 3
Part 2 Reading choose multiple answers 91.6
32-41 ms
Re-order paragraph 2 or 3 Reading 5.9 5.9
R Fill in the blanks 4 or 5 Reading 14.8 14.8
R&W Fill in the blanks 5or 6 Reading Writing 22.1 22.3 44.4
Summarize spoken text 2 or 3 50-70 words Listening Writing 13.1 11.9 25
L: Multiple-choice,
2 or 3 Listening 2.6 2.6
choose multiple Answers
L Fill in the blanks 2 or 3 Listening Writing 6.6 7.4 14
L: Highlight correct summary 2 or 3 Total Listening Reading 1.3 1.5 2.8
Part 3 Listening 90
L: Multiple-choice, 45-57ms
2 or 3 Listening 1.3 1.3
choose single Answer
L: Select missing words 2 or 3 Listening 1.3 1.3
L: Highlight incorrect words 2 or 3 Listening Reading 7.9 8.9 16.8
WD : Write from dictation 3 or 4 One sentence Listening Writing 19.7 26.8 46.5
Total 360.2 361.7