PTE Academic / UKVI Exam Pattern - Speaking

Read Aloud tests both your speaking abilities to ensure that you can read the material aloud with the proper intonation and pronunciation. It requires good practice to keep your speaking scores up.

One of the most scoring & challenging questions of the test, checks upon a student’s Listening & Speaking ability. This question carries partial marking as well. On the PTE repeat sentence section, you must demonstrate your ability to comprehend, understand and recall or repeat any given statement. Try and repeat the sentence you have heard as clearly as possible without any pauses. The audio cannot be played back, so pay close attention. Repeat Sentence PTE practice is an important aspect of PTE preparation.

This is a question where in the student will have to study & describe an image that appears on the screen for 25 seconds. The images vary & the student will have to describe it in an allotted time of 40 seconds.

This question type would either be an audio or an audio-visual which would play & the student will have to re-tell the lecture in their own words. The time allotted for the response is 40 seconds & the students will be judged on their Listening & Speaking abilities. Retell lecture PTE template can be used for effective preparation.

As the name suggests, this is a short answer question where the response is mostly a single word or a few words. Only the Listening skills of the students are assessed in this question type.

In this question type, you’ll listen to and read a prompt describing an everyday situation. Your task is to provide a spoken response describing what you would say in that situation. You’ll have 10 seconds to think about your answer, followed by 40 seconds to speak. Respond to a Situation PTE Core template can be used for effective preparation.

In this question type, you’ll hear a group of three people discussing a topic or issue. Your job is to listen carefully, and once the beep sounds, summarize the entire discussion in your own words. You’ll get 10 seconds to prepare and then 2 minutes to speak, so it’s important to take quick mental notes while listening. Focus on the main ideas shared by each speaker, how their opinions differ or agree, and the overall theme of the conversation.