PTE Academic

Practice Test 1

Part 1: Speaking
 Part 1: Speaking
This part of the test consists of some questions where an audio is listened to and the
response given. In the actual PTE Academic test a personal introduction is given, but this is
not included in this practice test.

Section Item type Time allowed

Section 1 Personal introduction 1 minute
Section 2 Read aloud 30-35 minutes
Repeat sentence
Describe image
Re-tell lecture
Answer short question

The audios for the questions and sample responses can be found on the Mock Test 2 page in
your Super PTE account. In the exam, the audios will play automatically. You will not find the
instructions to play audio in the real exam.

Answers are at the end.

 Read aloud – Item 1
Read aloud – Item 1

Look at the text below. In 40 seconds, you must read this text aloud as naturally and
clearly as possible. You have 40 seconds to read aloud.

A resort is a self-contained commercial establishment that tries to provide most of a

vacationer's wants, such as food, drink, lodging, sports, entertainment, and shopping, on
the premises. The term resort may be used for a hotel property that provides an array of
amenities, typically including entertainment and recreational activities.

Read the text aloud and record your response.

 Read aloud – Item 2
Read aloud – Item 1

Look at the text below. In 40 seconds, you must read this text aloud as naturally and
clearly as possible. You have 40 seconds to read aloud.

A unique local ordinance prohibits the use of any motor vehicles on the island. The most
common means of travel are foot, bicycle, or horseback. Certain enumerated exceptions
include emergency vehicles, electric wheelchairs for those with disabilities, snowmobiles in
winter, and golf carts for on-course use only. When a movie is filmed here, the city makes
an exception for that.

Read the text aloud and record your response.

 Read aloud – Item 3
Read aloud – Item 1

Look at the text below. In 40 seconds, you must read this text aloud as naturally and
clearly as possible. You have 40 seconds to read aloud.

Eight years later, Richard is a successful playwright living in Chicago, but has recently broken
up with his girlfriend and is struggling with writer's block. Feeling stressed from writing his
play, he decides to take a break and to the Grand Hotel. While looking at a display in the
museum, Richard becomes enthralled by a photograph of a beautiful horse.

Read the text aloud and record your response.

 Read aloud – Item 4
Read aloud – Item 1

Look at the text below. In 40 seconds, you must read this text aloud as naturally and
clearly as possible. You have 40 seconds to read aloud.

Nicknamed the "City of Angels" in part because of how its name translates from the Spanish,
it is known for its climate, ethnic diversity, and sprawling metropolis. The city is also one of
the most substantial economic engines within the nation, with a diverse economy in a broad
range of professional and cultural fields.

Read the text aloud and record your response.

 Read aloud – Item 5
Read aloud – Item 1

Look at the text below. In 40 seconds, you must read this text aloud as naturally and
clearly as possible. You have 40 seconds to read aloud.

A global city, also called world city or sometimes alpha city or world center, is a city
generally considered to be an important node in the global economic system. The concept
comes from geography and urban studies, and the idea that globalization can be
understood as largely created, facilitated, and enacted in strategic geographic locales.

Read the text aloud and record your response.

 Read aloud – Item 6
Read aloud – Item 1

Look at the text below. In 40 seconds, you must read this text aloud as naturally and
clearly as possible. You have 40 seconds to read aloud.

Soft drinks may be served chilled, over ice cubes or at room temperature. In rare cases,
some soft drinks, such as Dr. Pepper, and Pepsi can be served warm. Soft drinks are
available in many formats, including cans, glass bottles, and plastic bottles. Soft drinks are
widely available at fast food restaurants, movie theaters, convenience stores and casual
dining restaurants.

Read the text aloud and record your response.

Repeat sentence – Item 1
Repeat sentence– Item 1

You will hear a sentence. Please repeat the sentence exactly as you heart it. You will hear
the sentence only once.

Play RS1.

Play audio file Prompt_Repeat_sentence_Item_1 in the Prompts folder.

Repeat the sentence and record your response.

Repeat sentence – Item 1
Repeat sentence– Item 2

You will hear a sentence. Please repeat the sentence exactly as you heart it. You will hear
the sentence only once.

Play RS2.

Play audio file Prompt_Repeat_sentence_Item_1 in the Prompts folder.

Repeat the sentence and record your response.

Repeat sentence – Item 1
Repeat sentence– Item 3

You will hear a sentence. Please repeat the sentence exactly as you heart it. You will hear
the sentence only once.

Play RS3.

Play audio file Prompt_Repeat_sentence_Item_1 in the Prompts folder.

Repeat the sentence and record your response.

Repeat sentence – Item 1
Repeat sentence– Item 4

You will hear a sentence. Please repeat the sentence exactly as you heart it. You will hear
the sentence only once.

Play RS4.

Play audio file Prompt_Repeat_sentence_Item_1 in the Prompts folder.

Repeat the sentence and record your response.

Repeat sentence – Item 1
Repeat sentence– Item 5

You will hear a sentence. Please repeat the sentence exactly as you heart it. You will hear
the sentence only once.

Play RS5.

Play audio file Prompt_Repeat_sentence_Item_1 in the Prompts folder.

Repeat the sentence and record your response.

Repeat sentence – Item 1
Repeat sentence– Item 6

You will hear a sentence. Please repeat the sentence exactly as you heart it. You will hear
the sentence only once.

Play RS6.

Play audio file Prompt_Repeat_sentence_Item_1 in the Prompts folder.

Repeat the sentence and record your response.

Repeat sentence – Item 1
Repeat sentence– Item 7

You will hear a sentence. Please repeat the sentence exactly as you heart it. You will hear
the sentence only once.

Play RS7.

Play audio file Prompt_Repeat_sentence_Item_1 in the Prompts folder.

Repeat the sentence and record your response.

Repeat sentence – Item 1
Repeat sentence– Item 8

You will hear a sentence. Please repeat the sentence exactly as you heart it. You will hear
the sentence only once.

Play RS8.

Play audio file Prompt_Repeat_sentence_Item_1 in the Prompts folder.

Repeat the sentence and record your response.

Repeat sentence – Item 1
Repeat sentence– Item 9

You will hear a sentence. Please repeat the sentence exactly as you heart it. You will hear
the sentence only once.

Play RS9.

Play audio file Prompt_Repeat_sentence_Item_1 in the Prompts folder.

Repeat the sentence and record your response.

Repeat sentence – Item 1
Repeat sentence– Item 10

You will hear a sentence. Please repeat the sentence exactly as you heart it. You will hear
the sentence only once.

Play RS10.

Play audio file Prompt_Repeat_sentence_Item_1 in the Prompts folder.

Repeat the sentence and record your response.

Repeat sentence – Item 1
Repeat sentence– Item 11

You will hear a sentence. Please repeat the sentence exactly as you heart it. You will hear
the sentence only once.

Play RS11.

Play audio file Prompt_Repeat_sentence_Item_1 in the Prompts folder.

Repeat the sentence and record your response.

Repeat sentence – Item 1
Repeat sentence– Item 12

You will hear a sentence. Please repeat the sentence exactly as you heart it. You will hear
the sentence only once.

Play RS12.

Play audio file Prompt_Repeat_sentence_Item_1 in the Prompts folder.

Repeat the sentence and record your response.

 Describe image – Item 1
Describe image – Item 1

Look at the map below. In 25 seconds, please speak into the microphone and describe in
detail what the map is showing. You will have 40 seconds to give your response.

Describe the image and record your response.

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 Describe image – Item 1
Describe image – Item 2

Look at the map below. In 25 seconds, please speak into the microphone and describe in
detail what the map is showing. You will have 40 seconds to give your response.

Describe the image and record your response.

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 Describe image – Item 1
Describe image – Item 3

Look at the map below. In 25 seconds, please speak into the microphone and describe in
detail what the map is showing. You will have 40 seconds to give your response.

Describe the image and record your response.

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 Describe image – Item 1
Describe image – Item 4

Look at the map below. In 25 seconds, please speak into the microphone and describe in
detail what the map is showing. You will have 40 seconds to give your response.

Describe the image and record your response.

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 Describe image – Item 1
Describe image – Item 5

Look at the map below. In 25 seconds, please speak into the microphone and describe in
detail what the map is showing. You will have 40 seconds to give your response.

Describe the image and record your response.

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 Describe image – Item 1
Describe image – Item 6

Look at the map below. In 25 seconds, please speak into the microphone and describe in
detail what the map is showing. You will have 40 seconds to give your response.

Describe the image and record your response.

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 Re-tell lecture – Item 1

You will hear a lecture. After listening to the lecture, in 10 seconds, please speak into the
Re-tell lecture – Item 1
microphone and retell what you have just heard from the lecture in your own words. you
will have 40 seconds to give you response.

Play RL1.

Play audio file Prompt_Re-tell_lecture_Item_1 in the Prompts folder.

Re-tell the lecture and record your response.

 Re-tell lecture – Item 2

You will hear a lecture. After listening to the lecture, in 10 seconds, please speak into the
Re-tell lecture – Item 1
microphone and retell what you have just heard from the lecture in your own words. you
will have 40 seconds to give you response.

Play RL2.

Play audio file Prompt_Re-tell_lecture_Item_1 in the Prompts folder.

Re-tell the lecture and record your response.

 Re-tell lecture – Item 3

You will hear a lecture. After listening to the lecture, in 10 seconds, please speak into the
Re-tell lecture – Item 1
microphone and retell what you have just heard from the lecture in your own words. you
will have 40 seconds to give you response.

Play RL3.

Play audio file Prompt_Re-tell_lecture_Item_1 in the Prompts folder.

Re-tell the lecture and record your response.

 Re-tell lecture – Item 4

You will hear a lecture. After listening to the lecture, in 10 seconds, please speak into the
Re-tell lecture – Item 1
microphone and retell what you have just heard from the lecture in your own words. you
will have 40 seconds to give you response.

Play RL4.

Play audio file Prompt_Re-tell_lecture_Item_1 in the Prompts folder.

Re-tell the lecture and record your response.

Answer short question – Item 1
Answer short question – Item 1

You will hear a question. Please give a simple and short answer. Often just one or a few
words is enough.

Play AS1.

Play audio file Prompt_Answer_short_question_Item_1 in the Prompts folder.

Answer the question and record your response.

Answer short question – Item 1
Answer short question – Item 2

You will hear a question. Please give a simple and short answer. Often just one or a few
words is enough.

Play AS2.

Play audio file Prompt_Answer_short_question_Item_1 in the Prompts folder.

Answer the question and record your response.

Answer short question – Item 1
Answer short question – Item 3

You will hear a question. Please give a simple and short answer. Often just one or a few
words is enough.

Play AS3.

Play audio file Prompt_Answer_short_question_Item_1 in the Prompts folder.

Answer the question and record your response.

Answer short question – Item 1
Answer short question – Item 4

You will hear a question. Please give a simple and short answer. Often just one or a few
words is enough.

Play AS4.

Play audio file Prompt_Answer_short_question_Item_1 in the Prompts folder.

Answer the question and record your response.

Answer short question – Item 1
Answer short question – Item 5

You will hear a question. Please give a simple and short answer. Often just one or a few
words is enough.

Play AS5.

Play audio file Prompt_Answer_short_question_Item_1 in the Prompts folder.

Answer the question and record your response.

Answer short question – Item 1
Answer short question – Item 6

You will hear a question. Please give a simple and short answer. Often just one or a few
words is enough.

Play AS6.

Play audio file Prompt_Answer_short_question_Item_1 in the Prompts folder.

Answer the question and record your response.

Answer short question – Item 1
Answer short question – Item 7

You will hear a question. Please give a simple and short answer. Often just one or a few
words is enough.

Play AS7.

Play audio file Prompt_Answer_short_question_Item_1 in the Prompts folder.

Answer the question and record your response.

Answer short question – Item 1
Answer short question – Item 8

You will hear a question. Please give a simple and short answer. Often just one or a few
words is enough.

Play AS8.

Play audio file Prompt_Answer_short_question_Item_1 in the Prompts folder.

Answer the question and record your response.

Answer short question – Item 1
Answer short question – Item 9

You will hear a question. Please give a simple and short answer. Often just one or a few
words is enough.

Play AS9.

Play audio file Prompt_Answer_short_question_Item_1 in the Prompts folder.

Answer the question and record your response.

Answer short question – Item 1
Answer short question – Item 10

You will hear a question. Please give a simple and short answer. Often just one or a few
words is enough.

Play AS10.

Play audio file Prompt_Answer_short_question_Item_1 in the Prompts folder.

Answer the question and record your response.

Answer short question – Item 1
Answer short question – Item 11

You will hear a question. Please give a simple and short answer. Often just one or a few
words is enough.

Play AS11.

Play audio file Prompt_Answer_short_question_Item_1 in the Prompts folder.

Answer the question and record your response.

Answer short question – Item 1
Answer short question – Item 12

You will hear a question. Please give a simple and short answer. Often just one or a few
words is enough.

Play AS12.

Play audio file Prompt_Answer_short_question_Item_1 in the Prompts folder.

Answer the question and record your response.

PTE Academic
Practice Test 1
Answers

Part 1: Speaking
Read Aloud – Item 1
Sample response
Play RA1

Read Aloud – Item 2

Sample response
Play RA2

Read Aloud – Item 3

Sample response
Play RA3

Read Aloud – Item 4

Sample response
Play RA4

Read Aloud – Item 5

Sample response
Play RA5

Read Aloud – Item 6

Sample response
Play RA6

Repeat Sentence – Item 1

Transcript:
So for most of my career I kept these two sides separate.

Repeat Sentence – Item 2

Transcript:
So it sounds scary but currently it’s very difficult to directly assess the condition of a building

Repeat Sentence – Item 3

Transcript:
Their correspondence lasted 14 years and consisted of 158 letters.

Repeat Sentence – Item 4

Transcript:
It’s been thirty years since The Simpsons were introduced to America.

Repeat Sentence – Item 5

Transcript:
And we will no longer have to worry the federal government about our basic rights.
Repeat Sentence – Item 6
Transcript:
Do you get stressed out looking into your refrigerator trying to figure out what to make for
dinner?

Repeat Sentence – Item 7

Transcript:
The most common form of contribution in the United States is when people put 5 bucks in
the plate at church.

Repeat Sentence – Item 8

Transcript:
The problem is how much damage happens in those first 24 or 48 hours before you win.

Repeat Sentence – Item 9

Transcript:
It’s different because what we rely on for that to work.

Repeat Sentence – Item 10

Transcript:
These are couple of images of the one that came in over Siberia.

Repeat Sentence – Item 11

Transcript:
Medical professionals are often on the front line of crisis.

Repeat Sentence – Item 12

Transcript:
So let’s start of with a view of what the future will hold.

Describe Image – Item 1

Sample response
Play DIR1

Describe Image – Item 2

Sample response
Play DIR2

Describe Image – Item 3

Sample response
Play DIR3
Describe Image – Item 4
Sample response
Play DIR4

Describe Image – Item 5

Sample response
Play DIR5

Describe Image – Item 6

Sample response
Play DIR6

Re-tell Lecture – Item 1

Transcript:
We don’t teach it because we don’t feel like an expert. We have fallen into that a couple of
times…several times, because, we feel like if we are going to present something to teachers
we really should be an expert at it before we show it to teachers. That’s a mistake. We’ve
come to learn that you need to know enough to get started and to know the value of it and
to understand how it connects with what’s going on in the classroom. But from that point
on you just do it. You jump in with both feet. You really want to push to students and
teachers about being lifelong learners and so I think it is OK to admit you don’t know it all.
It’s OK to have the kids be the expert and you work together to figure out all the nuances of
whatever software package you are using, whatever application, whatever tool you are
using, you work together to figure out how that can best work for you. I think that’s worked
well when we have presented with teachers as well, just to say, this is how much we know,
this is really cool, oh you have that question, why don’t you work and see if you can figure it
out or let’s figure it out together.

Sample response
Play RLR1

Re-tell Lecture – Item 2

Transcript:
What’s fascinating is often times the solutions which maybe, let’s call 1 to 10 things are
foundational to every business. Every business has a book keeping needing and a marketing
need and a sales funnel need and a managing people need and all these…the fundamentals
underneath are all the basic framework but how you get into determining which one is the
priority is I think a bit of art and challenge. So, to answer your question, for me, I try to
avoid the cookie cutter approach and I quite enjoy it frankly. But, I really like to understand
their business and what they are doing and the very first piece of that is understanding their
goals and focus and their purpose. Often times you find that if they haven’t defined that,
just by spending a little time defining what they want to do and what their real focus is, that
is a really good filter to start running through these challenges or issues they have. So, again
that splits into two – they either know these things that they have challenges with –
marketing or managing people and a lot of times they will say I don’t know what’s going on.
I am making the same amount of money I made the last year, the year before. Seems like I
am working hard and I am not making any progress and that’s a very different approach.

Sample response
Play RLR2

Re-tell Lecture – Item 3

Transcript:
So, why are you exposing little Ms Charlie to a second language now, you said she is 20
months old. Tell us a little bit about that decision.

I mean, a part of it was that my husband and I both felt really strongly about the fact that
we wanted her to be exposed from an early age. We both remember taking both Spanish
and German in high school and are frustrated by the fact that we didn’t retain as much of
that as we would have liked. We definitely can both go on a vacation and perhaps look
through a menu and do some conversation; but, it was really important to us that Charlie
got language learning not just in English but in secondary language from the beginning, We
felt the way children are able to grasp language is really fascinating and then we also have
the really wonderful experience of having a nanny who speaks Spanish – it’s her first
language and we were really interested in teaching her Spanish and we had some wonderful
discussions with her about how that would look. We wanted to make sure that Charlie was
learning. So, primarily it was a focus of <name> and I but then also having a nanny that is in
home with her everyday speaking Spanish kind of helped aid that decision.

Sample response
Play RLR3

Re-tell Lecture – Item 4

Transcript:
My slant on climate change and the drive for my research is really trying to understand the
role of these intricate little bugs. So, if you were to look at the surface sea water from the
ocean under a microscope these are really about the width of hair on your human head. So
they are micron sized bugs which are flourishing in the ocean today. So if you really looked
under the microscope you will see millions of these cells and they create these intricate
shells made up of calcium carbonate and great accumulations of these bugs lead to buildup
of rocks which we see even today. The white cliffs of <name> are made up of millions and
millions of these bugs that were flourishing on the surface of the planet 60 million years ago
and they still continue to flourish…and these creatures are called <name> and they really
are the plants of the ocean. These are the rainforest of the ocean. So, they are
photosynthesizing in the same way that your trees and grasses are in your back garden and
they are taking carbon from the atmosphere into their cellular material and when they die
they drop to the bottom of the ocean and take that carbon with them and so they are really
intricate player in the terms of controlling atmospheric carbon dioxide. And this is really my
thread to understand how these bugs have changed their productivity in the past and led to
natural changes in carbon dioxide.
Sample response
Play RLR4

Answer Short Question – Item 1

Transcript:
What do you call the piece of paper that proves you have bought the item?

Answer:
invoice/receipt

Answer Short Question – Item 2

Transcript:
What do you call the document that gives details about your qualifications and work
experience?

Answer:
resume/CV

Answer Short Question – Item 3

Transcript:
What is the study of stars and planets called?

Answer:
astronomy

Answer Short Question – Item 4

Transcript:
In business and advertising what does PR stand for?

Answer:
Public Relations

Answer Short Question – Item 5

Transcript:
Which section of a newspaper gives the editor’s opinion?

Answer:
editorial

Answer Short Question – Item 6

Transcript:
Which instrument would you use to examine very small objects or life forms?

Answer:
microscope
Answer Short Question – Item 7
Transcript:
Which is a destructive program that spreads from computer to computer?

Answer:
virus

Answer Short Question – Item 8

Transcript:
Which is the quickest way of traveling from Hong Kong to Paris?

Answer:
by airplane/by aeroplane/take a flight

Answer Short Question – Item 9

Transcript:
What can be added to a drink to cool it down on a hot day?

Answer:
ice

Answer Short Question – Item 10

Transcript:
What special document do most people traveling from one country to another carry?

Answer:
passport/visa

Answer Short Question – Item 11

Transcript:
What kind of equipment is used to protect motorbike rider’s brain from injury?

Answer:
a helmet

Answer Short Question – Item 12

Transcript:
There are two main ways to pay in shop, one by cash and other by?

Answer:
credit/credit card/card