PTE Core offers many benefits for Canadian immigration applicants, such as:
This part will take approximately 50 minutes to complete
This part will take approximately 30 minutes to complete
This part will take approximately 30 minutes to complete
Changes | PTE Academic | PTE Core |
---|---|---|
Question Replaced | Retell Lecture | Respond to a Situation |
Question Replaced | Write Essay | Write Email |
Summarize Written Text | 5 - 75 words | 25 - 50 words |
Summarize Spoken Text | 50 - 70 words, 10 mins | 20 - 30 words, 8 mins |
Highlight Correct Summary |
As per the above-marked differences, 4 new practice questions for PTE Core have been added to Alfa PTE for users to practice. All these questions are powered by AI scoring and users will get instant feedback on their responses. These 4 questions are as follows:
This question requires you to listen to and read a scenario. You will have 20 seconds to prepare your answer. After you hear a beep, you will have 40 seconds to respond. Please give a full and clear answer.
This task requires you to write an e-mail based on a scenario. You will have nine minutes to complete this task. You should write at least 100 words in your e-mail. Use full sentences in your writing.
For the below two questions Summarize Written Text & Summarize Spoken Text, there isn't any change except for the word limit reduction in both & time limit reduction in the latter. To practice these 2 questions along with the other 17 PTE Core questions, please log in to the website.
This task asks you to write a summary of the text below. You should use 25 to 30 words in your summary. Write your summary in the box at the end of the screen. You have 8 minutes to complete this task. Your summary will be evaluated on your writing quality and how well you capture the main points in the email.
This task asks you to summarize a lecture for a classmate who missed it. Write 15 to 25 words in your summary. You have 5 minutes to complete this task. Your summary will be evaluated on how well you write and capture the main points of the lecture.
PTE Core is designed to be easy and user-friendly, but you still need to prepare well to achieve your desired score. Here are some tips and resources to help you prepare for PTE Core:
PTE Core is designed to be easy and user-friendly, but you still need to prepare well to achieve your desired score. Here are some tips and resources to help you prepare for PTE Core:
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Alfa PTE has a large collection of real exam PTE questions and various tools that will help users prepare all PTE question types and tasks, including PTE Core questions such as Respond to a Situation and Write Email.
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