PTE Academic 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: In PTE Academic's 'Read Aloud' task, which factor does NOT directly affect your score?
- Oral fluency
- Pronunciation
- Content accuracy
- Vocabulary range (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Vocabulary range
Read Aloud is scored on content, oral fluency, and pronunciation — vocabulary range is not a separate scoring criterion for this task.
Question 2: How many seconds of preparation time does PTE Academic give you before the 'Describe Image' task begins recording?
- 5 seconds
- 10 seconds
- 25 seconds (Correct answer)
- 40 seconds
Correct answer: 25 seconds
Test-takers receive 25 seconds to study the image before the microphone opens and recording starts.
Question 3: Which PTE Academic Speaking task requires you to listen to a recording and then provide a short spoken answer?
- Repeat Sentence
- Answer Short Question (Correct answer)
- Describe Image
- Re-tell Lecture
Correct answer: Answer Short Question
Answer Short Question presents a factual question via audio, and test-takers must respond with one or a few words.
Question 4: In 'Repeat Sentence,' PTE Academic recordings typically range in length up to:
- 5 seconds
- 9 seconds (Correct answer)
- 15 seconds
- 30 seconds
Correct answer: 9 seconds
Repeat Sentence prompts last between 3 and 9 seconds, requiring test-takers to hold and reproduce relatively short utterances.
Question 5: Which scoring skill is assessed by BOTH 'Re-tell Lecture' and 'Summarize Spoken Text'?
- Grammar
- Listening comprehension (Correct answer)
- Oral fluency
- Spelling
Correct answer: Listening comprehension
Both tasks require understanding spoken academic content, making listening comprehension a shared assessed skill.
Question 6: PTE Academic's 'Write Essay' task expects a response of:
- 50–100 words
- 100–150 words
- 200–300 words (Correct answer)
- 200–300 words or 150–250 words depending on the prompt
Correct answer: 200–300 words
The essay task requires 200–300 words and is scored on content, form, grammar, vocabulary, and spelling.
Question 7: Which speaking task in PTE Academic contributes scores to both the Speaking AND Writing enabling skills?
- Read Aloud (Correct answer)
- Repeat Sentence
- Describe Image
- Answer Short Question
Correct answer: Read Aloud
Read Aloud contributes to Speaking (oral fluency, pronunciation) and to Reading (content accuracy reflects reading skill).
PTE Academic 2
In PTE Academic's 'Read Aloud' task, which factor does NOT directly affect your score?