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What is PTE Core?
PTE Core is a computer-based English test that assesses your general speaking, writing, reading and listening skills in a single test. You take the test in a small, friendly test center environment in just two hours.
Who is PTE Core for?
Choose PTE Core if you are applying for a migration or work visa to Canada. You can also choose PTE Core if you are applying for Canadian citizenship.
Speaking & Writing
50 Minutes
Personal introduction
Read aloud
Repeat sentence
Describe image
Respond to a Situation
Answer short question
Summarize writen text
Reading
29-30 Minutes
Fill in the blanks
Multiple type single answer
Re-order paragraphs
Reading and Writing fill in the blanks
Multiple type multiple answer
Listening
30 Minutes
Summarize Spoken text
Multiple type single answer
Fill in the blanks
Multiple type multiple answer
Select Missing word
Highlight the incorrect summary
Write from dictation
Duration & Timings: Duration of shorter PTE Academic exam or PTE Online exam is 2 Hours.
To ensure proper assessment of test taker's English skills no question is removed from the test format and will continue to follow the highly accurate testing practices. The test length is made shorter by reducing the number of some questions. Find details below:
In Speaking & Writing Module
In Reading Module
In Listening Module
Score Report:
1. Scoring information will be explicit. 2. Enabling skills will no longer be shown in the report. 3. Test Name will be highlighted as ‘PTE Academic Online’. 4. A new feedback & suggestion, ‘skills profile’ report will be given to help learners analyze their performance & improve skills.
Break: No optional 10-minute break will be available.
Focus on high scoring tasks to score 79 or above in PTE.
The below highlighted ones are the high scoring tasks, which you must concentrate more and practice well to score 79 or above in PTE Academic.
All items in PTE Academic are machine - scored using PTE Academics automated scoring system. There are two skills - Enabling Skills and Communication Skills - that are assessed and scored depending upon specific question types. For example, in Speaking, even listening skill is assessed while in Reading, the writing skill is also evaluated. In Listening, writing is also evaluated. There are questions where grammar, content, spellings, fluency, pronunciation, form (word limit), cohesion, sentence structure are tested and awarded scores.
Correct or Incorrect : A score of 1 score point will be given for correct responses and no score points are awarded for incorrect responses.
Partial Credit : There are item types where partial credit is given considering the requirement of that particular type. If responses to these items are correct, the maximum score points available for each item type will be awarded, but if these are partly correct, some score points will be given, that will be less than the maximum available for the item type. If responses are incorrect, no score points will be awarded.
The PTE scales are as follows :
| Speaking and Writing time: 54-67 Minutes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ITEM TYPE | TIME ALLOWED | NUMBER OF ITEMS | SCORING | COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS, ENABLING SKILLS AND OTHER TRAITS SCORED |
| Read aloud | 24-37 minutes | 06 | Partial credit | Reading and speaking Oral fluency, pronunciation Content |
| Repeat sentence | 24-37 minutes | 05-06 | Partial credit | Listening and speaking Oral fluency, pronunciation Content |
| Describe image | 24-37 minutes | 03 | Partial credit | Speaking Oral fluency, pronunciation Content |
| Re-tell lecture | 24-37 minutes | 01-02 | Partial credit | Listening and speaking Oral fluency, pronunciation Content |
| Answer short question | 24-37 minutes | 05 | Correct/incorrect | Listening and speaking Vocabulary |
| Summarize written text | 10 minutes | 01 | Partial credit | Reading and writing Grammar, vocabulary Content, form |
| Speaking and Writing time: 54-67 Minutes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ITEM TYPE | TIME ALLOWED | NUMBER OF ITEMS | SCORING | COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS, ENABLING SKILLS AND OTHER TRAITS SCORED |
| Write essay | 20 minutes | 01 | Partial credit | Writing Grammar, vocabulary, spelling, written discourse Content; development, structure and coherence form, general linguistic range |
| Reading (29-30 Minutes) | ||||
| Reading and writing: Fill in the blanks | 29-30 minutes | 03 | Partial credit (for each correctly completed blank) | Reading and writing |
| Multiple-choice, choose multiple answers | 29-30 minutes | 02 | Partial credit (for each correct response. Points deducted for incorrect options chosen) | Reading |
| Re-order paragraphs | 29-30 minutes | 02 | Partial credit (for each correctly ordered, adjacent pair) | Reading |
| Reading: Fill in the blanks | 29-30 minutes | 03 | Partial credit (for each correctly completed blank) | Reading |
| Multiple-choice, choose single answer | 29-30 minutes | 02 | Correct/incorrect | Reading |
| Listening (30-34 Minutes) | ||||
| Speaking and Writing time: 54-67 Minutes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ITEM TYPE | TIME ALLOWED | NUMBER OF ITEMS | SCORING | COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS, ENABLING SKILLS AND OTHER TRAITS SCORED |
| Summarize spoken text | 10 minutes | 01 | Partial credit | Listening and writing Grammar, vocabulary, spelling Content, form |
| Multiple–choice, choose multiple answers | 20-33 minutes | 02 | Partial credit (for each correct response. Points deducted for incorrect options chosen) | Listening |
| Fill in the blanks | 20-33 minutes | 02 | Partial credit (each correct word spelled correctly) | Listening and writing |
| Highlight correct summary | 20-33 minutes | 02 | Correct / incorrect | Listening and reading |
| Multiple-choice, choose single answer | 20-33 minutes | 01 | Correct/incorrect | Listening |
| Select missing word | 20-33 minutes | 02 | Correct / incorrect | Listening |
| Highlight incorrect words | 20-33 minutes | 02 | Partial credit (for each word. Points deducted for incorrect options chosen) | Listening and reading |
| Write from dictation | 20-33 minutes | 03 | Partial credit (for each word spelled correctly) | Listening and writing |