PTE Academic Course

Australia, Department of Immigration & Border Protection (DIBP) accepted PTE Academic for temporary graduate, skilled, work and holiday, and former resident visa programs since 2013. And it is accepted for applying for a Tier 4 student visa for degree or post graduate level in the UK.

The test takes approximately three hours to complete and typically delivers result within 5 days. Introduction to the test and one optional scheduled break of up to 10 minutes.

The result of PTE will be automatically removed from the system after 2 years and applicants must score a minimum of 60 points for their visa to be granted.

About the Test:
Parts of the Exam: 

Part 1: Speaking and Writing – 77-93 minutes:

• Personal introduction: This is a non-scored part of the exam were you have 30 to 40 seconds to give a brief introduction about yourself.

• Read Aloud: In this section, you are given a text on screen. You get 40 seconds to read through the text and understand the content before the time starts. You then have another 40 seconds to read aloud as naturally and clearly as possible.

• Repeat sentence: You will be played an audio recording of a short sentence. You have to listen to the phrasing of a short sentence as it is and read aloud

• Describe image: You are given an image such as a graph, map, chart, table, flowchart or picture, 25 seconds to observe it and 30-40 seconds to describe the image

• Retell lecture: After listening to the lecture, 10 seconds to speak into the microphone and retell the lecture in your own words, 40 seconds to give your response

• Answer short questions: In this section, you get a general knowledge question and you need to answer it using one or two words.• Summarize written text: You have 10 minutes to summarize the given text.

• Essay: 20 minutes to write an Essay on the topic given. Words should be between 200-300

Part 2: Reading – 32-41 minutes:

•  Multiple choice questions (Single Answer): Only one answer is correct.

• Multiple choice questions (more than one option is correct).

• Reorder paragraph: You get five sentences that are jumbled and reorganize them into the correct order.

• Fill in the blanks: give the missing word. Drag words from the options given to the appropriate place in the text.

• Fill in the blanks: Click on each blank, a list of choices will appear. Select the appropriate answer choice for each blank.

Optional Scheduled Break:
There is a 10-minute break after the reading section. It’s optional, but I highly recommend taking it.

Part 3: Listening – 45-57 minutes:

• Summarize spoken text: write a summary for a fellow student who was not present in 50-70 words, 10 minutes task.

• Multiple choice questions: Select more than one response.

• Fill in the blanks: After listening to the recording, type the missing word in each gap.

• Highlight correct summary: Listen to the recording and click on the paragraph that best related to what you heard.

• Multiple choice questions (choose single answer): Only one response is correct.

• Select missing word: The last word or group of words has been replaced by a beep. Select the correct option to complete the recording.

• Highlight incorrect words: While listening to the recording, identify the words in the transcript that differ from what is said. You need to click on the words that are different.

• Write from dictation: Write as much of the sentence as you can hear. You will hear the sentence only once.

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