Swamy

PTE Items - Overview

Prompt Time to
Item Task Skills Assessed Length Answer
Part 1 - Speaking and Writing
Varies by item,
text up to 60
Read aloud A text appears on screen. Write the text aloud. Reading and Speaking depending on the
words length of text
After listening to a recording of a sentence, repeat
Repeat sentence Listening and Speaking 3-9 seconds 20 seconds
the sentence
An image appears on screen. Describe the image
Describe image Speaking N/A 40 seconds
in detail.
After listening to or watching a lecture, re-tell the
Re-tell lecture Listening and Speaking Up to 90 seconds 40 seconds
lecture in your own words.
Answer short After listening to a question, answer with one or
Listening and Speaking 3-9 seconds 10 seconds
question two words.
Summarize After reading a text, write a one-sentence summary Text up to 300
Reading and Writing 10 minutes
written text of the passage words
Write essay Write a 200-300 word essay on a given topic Writing 20-30 sentences 20 minutes

Part 2 – Reading
Multiple-choice, After reading a text, answer a multiple-choice
Text up to 300
choose single

minutes
question on the content or tone of the text by Reading
words

32-41
answers selecting one response
Multiple-choice, After reading a text, answer a multiple-choice
Text up to 300
choose multiple question on the content or tone of the text by Reading
words
answers (‘-“ marks) selecting more than one response

Dr. Swamy Test Prep and Consultancy, Opp Shirdi Sai Baba Temple, Dilsukhnagar, Hyderabad – 500060; Ph. 9849520577
1
 Swamy
Re-order Several text boxes appear on screen in a random Text up to 150
Reading
paragraphs order. Put the text boxes in the correct order. words
Reading: Fill in A text appears on screen with several gaps. Drag Text up to 80
Reading
the blanks words from the box below to fill the gaps minutes
Reading and A text appears on screen with several gaps, Fill in
Text up to 300
Writing : Fill in each gap from a drop-down list of response Reading and Writing
words
the blanks options

Part 3 – Listening
Summarize spoken After listening to a recording, write a 50-70 words 20 or 30
Listening and Writing 60-90 seconds
text summary minutes
Multiple choice, After listening to a recording, answer a multiple-
choose multiple choice question on the content or tone of the Listening 40-90 seconds
answers (‘-“ marks) recording by selecting more than one response
A transcript of a recording appears on screen with
Fill in the blanks several gaps. After listening to the recording, type Listening and Writing 30-60 seconds
the missing word in each gap

23-28 minutes
Highlight correct After listening to a recording, delete the paragraph
Listening and Reading 30-90 seconds
summary that best summarizes the recording
Multiple choice, After listening to a recording, answer a multiple-
choose single choice question on the content or tone of the Listening 30-60 seconds
answer recording by selecting one response
After listening to a recording, select the missing
Select missing word word that completes the recording from a list of Listening 20-70 seconds
options
The transcript of a recording appears on screen.
Highlight incorrect
While listening to the recording, write the words Listening and Reading 15-50 seconds
words (‘-“ marks)
in the transcript that differ from what is said.
Write from After listening to a recording of a sentence, type
Listening and Writing 3-5 seconds
dictation the sentence

Dr. Swamy Test Prep and Consultancy, Opp Shirdi Sai Baba Temple, Dilsukhnagar, Hyderabad – 500060; Ph. 9849520577
2
 Dr. Swamy

PTE – Scoring Guide

3
 Dr. Swamy

4
 Dr. Swamy

5
 Dr. Swamy