PTE Academic

PTE Academic practice

The computer-marked English test, item by item. Free practice with answers.

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Free PTE Academic practice, item type by item type. PTE is marked entirely by computer, which changes what scores well and what does not.

PTE Academic is used for study and migration in Australia, New Zealand, the UK and elsewhere. It is taken on a computer, scored by algorithm, and results usually arrive within days rather than weeks.

How to use this section

Six things worth knowing.

Computer marked

No examiner listens or reads. That makes scoring fast and consistent, and it rewards clarity over flair.

Integrated skills

Many item types test two skills at once, so a speaking item can also carry reading marks.

Speak clearly and keep going

Hesitation and long pauses cost marks directly, because fluency is measured mechanically.

Word limits are strict

Summarise written text has a hard limit. Going over scores zero for that item, however good the summary.

Results in days

Typically two to five days, which is faster than most alternatives and often the reason people choose it.

Scored 10 to 90

On the Global Scale of English rather than in bands. Roughly, PTE 65 is around IELTS 7.0.

PTE Academic pages

Everything below is free and marks itself where there are questions.

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Questions about PTE Academic practice

Is PTE easier than IELTS?

Not easier, different. Being computer-marked suits some candidates and not others, and the speaking section in particular feels very different.

How is PTE scored?

From 10 to 90 on the Global Scale of English, with separate scores for the four skills and for enabling skills such as pronunciation.

Is the practice here free?

Yes. Every page and exercise is open, with no account and nothing to pay.

PTE Academic is not the only PTE

Pearson runs two tests with confusingly similar names. PTE Academic is the one on this page, used for university admission and accepted for Australian visas. PTE Core is a different test, and it is the one Canadian immigration accepts. They are not interchangeable, and booking the wrong one wastes the fee.

PTE Core or PTE Academic?Two tests, similar names, different acceptance Australian English levels and pointsWhat a PTE score is worth in the points test Canadian language pointsWhy Canada needs PTE Core instead Which English test do I need?If you are still deciding

Where free stops

Reading and listening you can mark. Writing and speaking you cannot.

Everything here is open, and for reading, listening, grammar and vocabulary that is enough: they have right answers, so you can check them yourself.

Writing and speaking are judged against criteria rather than checked against a key. If you are taking IELTS, IELTStestONLINE assesses both against the four IELTS criteria, using a system built by a former examiner and examiner trainer.

See how that works