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PTE Academic Preparation

Independent preparation for PTE Academic's Speaking & Writing, Reading, and Listening parts, with original practice content and self-review writing/speaking tasks.

beginner12 lessons5 modules8h total

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Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic) is administered by Pearson. VisaSparkSchools is an independent learning platform, not affiliated with, endorsed by, or a licensed test center for Pearson. All practice questions, passages, and prompts on this platform are original -- none are copied from official PTE Academic materials. A certificate earned here only confirms completion of a VisaSparkSchools prep course and never represents an official PTE Academic score or exam pass.

Who it's for

Learners preparing to take PTE Academic for study-abroad, work, or immigration purposes, at any starting English level.

What you'll be able to do

  • Describe PTE Academic's three-part, ~2-hour format and its 10-90 integrated scoring scale
  • Apply task-specific strategies across Speaking (Read Aloud, Describe Image, Retell Lecture), Writing (Summarize Written Text, Essay), Reading, and Listening
  • Complete a self-assessed diagnostic, section practice, and a mixed mock test, and self-review a timed Writing and Speaking response against real PTE-style criteria

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Test Overview & Strategy

Format, integrated scoring, and how to build a realistic study plan.

  1. PTE Academic Test Format Overview

    What PTE Academic tests, its three parts, and the integrated scoring concept that sets it apart.

    15 min

  2. PTE Academic Scoring and Building a Study Plan

    How the 10-90 scoring scale and enabling skill sub-scores work, and how to build a realistic study plan.

    15 min

Speaking

Read Aloud, Repeat Sentence, Describe Image, Retell Lecture, Answer Short Question, and the Personal Introduction.

  1. PTE Speaking: Read Aloud and Repeat Sentence

    The two shortest integrated speaking task types, and how to approach each.

    18 min

  2. PTE Speaking: Describe Image and Retell Lecture

    Structuring longer spoken responses to a visual and to an audio lecture.

    20 min

  3. PTE Speaking: Answer Short Question and the Personal Introduction

    The two briefest speaking tasks, and why brevity is genuinely the right approach for one of them.

    15 min

Writing

Summarize Written Text's one-sentence constraint, and Write Essay's structure.

  1. PTE Writing: Summarize Written Text

    Compressing a full passage into exactly one grammatically correct sentence.

    20 min

  2. PTE Writing: Write Essay

    Structuring a 200-300 word argumentative essay within a 20-minute limit.

    25 min

Reading

Multiple Choice, Re-order Paragraphs, and Fill in the Blanks.

  1. PTE Reading: Multiple Choice and Re-order Paragraphs

    Reading Multiple Choice question variants, and reconstructing a passage's logical order.

    20 min

  2. PTE Reading: Fill in the Blanks

    Using grammar and context clues, not just topic relevance, to choose the right word for a blank.

    20 min

Listening

Summarize Spoken Text, Fill in the Blanks, Highlight Correct Summary, Multiple Choice, and Select Missing Word.

  1. PTE Listening: Summarize Spoken Text

    Turning a short lecture into a coherent 50-70 word written summary.

    20 min

  2. PTE Listening: Fill in the Blanks and Highlight Correct Summary

    Typing exact words while listening, and choosing the summary that doesn't misrepresent the audio.

    20 min

  3. PTE Listening: Multiple Choice and Select Missing Word

    Handling audio-based Multiple Choice questions and predicting a talk's logical final word.

    18 min