Free PTE Academic Practice Test 2026: Full Mock with Real Exam Pattern
Take a full-length free PTE Academic practice test online — all 4 skills (Speaking, Writing, Reading, Listening) with real exam timing and an instant score estimate.
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PTE Academic is about 2 hours with 3 main parts. Part 1 — Speaking & Writing (77–93 min): Read Aloud, Repeat Sentence, Describe Image, Re-tell Lecture, Answer Short Question, Summarise Written Text, Write Essay. Part 2 — Reading (32–41 min): Fill in the Blanks, MCQ, Re-order Paragraphs, Reading & Writing Fill in the Blanks. Part 3 — Listening (45–57 min): Summarise Spoken Text, MCQ, Fill in the Blanks, Highlight Correct Summary, Select Missing Word, Highlight Incorrect Words, Write from Dictation. Timing is variable per section — the clock counts down per task.
How PTE is scored
PTE uses AI scoring. Each response earns points for enabling skills (Fluency, Pronunciation, Grammar, Vocabulary, Oral Fluency, Written Discourse, Spelling) that feed into 4 communicative skill scores: Speaking, Writing, Reading, Listening — each on a 10–90 scale. The Overall score is the average. Most universities want 58–65+; Australia PR needs 65+ each.
The most important tasks to practise first
Read Aloud: affects both Speaking and Reading scores simultaneously — worth the most marks. Write from Dictation: affects both Listening and Writing — second highest impact. Describe Image: hardest for most candidates but high weight. Master these 3 first before spending time on lower-weight tasks.
AI scoring — what it actually checks
PTE AI does not care about your accent — it checks consistency, clarity, and completeness. Pronunciation is scored on whether each phoneme is recognisable, not whether it sounds British or American. Fluency is penalised by hesitation sounds ('um', 'ah') and unnatural pauses mid-sentence. A steady, slightly slow clear delivery often outscores a fast but choppy native-sounding one.
How to use a practice test effectively
Do the full mock in one sitting under exam conditions — no pause, phone away. Immediately after, review every wrong answer by task type. Spend your next 3 study days drilling only the 2 task types where you lost the most marks. Then take another full mock. The gap between mock scores narrows fastest with this targeted loop rather than random daily practice.
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