PTE Syllabus
PTE Speaking and Writing Syllabus
Similar to the name, this section aim at testing the candidate’s skills based on their communication including spoken and written skills. There will be six small sections there that will test the candidate’s promptness over speaking and writing. The written test objective lies in checking further the ability of applicants and how effectively they can read the entire content for the first time. The time duration given to complete this section varies from 77 to 93 minutes.
The syllabus includes:
| Segments Pattern | Time Duration |
| Personal Introduction | 55 seconds: 25 seconds for prompt, 30 seconds to record |
| Read Aloud | 30-40 seconds to prepare for reading out the text of 60 words |
| Repeat Sentence | 15 seconds: 3-9 seconds for prompt, 15 seconds to record |
| Describe Image | 25 seconds are granted to study the image as well as prepare your response on the same |
| Re-Tell Lecture | 90 seconds for prompt length, 10 seconds to prepare, and 40 seconds to answer |
| Answer Short Question | 20 seconds: 3-9 seconds for prompt, 10 seconds to answer |
| Summarize Written Text | 10 minutes to answer to text prompt of 300 words |
| Essay | 20 minutes to answer to text prompt of 2-3 sentences |
Types of Questions asked in the PTE Syllabus include:
Speaking and Writing
Personal introduction
Answer short questions
Re-tell lecture
Summarize
Read Aloud
Repeat sentence
Describe Image
Essay
PTE Reading Syllabus
This section is included in the test to check the candidate’s written skills in English. The section is further divided into 5 segments that are 32 to 41 minutes long.
The detailed segment-wise pattern for time distribution of this section and syllabus is mentioned below:
| Segments Pattern | Time Duration differ based on the length of the text |
| Multiple Choice, Choose Single Answer | Read 300 words of text |
| Multiple Choice, Choose Multiple Answers | Read 300 words of text |
| Re-Order Paragraphs | Read 150 words of text |
| Reading: Fill in the Blanks | Read 80 words of text |
| Reading and Writing: Fill in the Blanks | Read 300 words of text |
Types of Questions asked in the PTE Syllabus include:
Reading:
Fill in the blanks
Multiple choice answers
Re-order paragraphs
Listening
Summarize
Multiple choice answers
Fill in the blanks
Write from dictation
Highlight incorrect words
PTE Listening Syllabus
The duration of this section is almost 45 – 57 minutes. It is designed to check an individual’s spoken English skills. In this task, students are supposed to carefully hear the audio files played and retain what they hear. This section is segmented into 8 segments.
The time limit given to complete each section is as detailed below:
| Segments Pattern | Time Duration |
| Summarize Spoken Text | 60-90 seconds to retain 50-70 words, 10 minutes to write |
| Multiple Choice, Multiple Answer | 40-90 seconds for prompt |
| Fill in the Blanks | 30-60 seconds |
| Highlight Correct Summary | 30-90 seconds |
| Multiple Choice, Single Answer | 30-60 seconds |
| Select Missing Word | 20-70 seconds |
| Highlight Incorrect Words | 15-50 seconds |
| Write From Dictation | 3-5 seconds |