LISTENING

PTE Listening PTE Duration per task Skills

Section Questions assessed
Question Topics per task
Summarize 1-2 After listening to a 60-90 seconds long recording, Listening
Spoken Text write a 50–70-words summary. and
You have 10 minutes to listen and write your Writing
summary.
The audio begins to play automatically.
You are only able to listen to the audio recording once.
Multiple Choice, 1 - 2 40-90-seconds prompt; you need to select all of the Listening
Multiple response options from the list of possible options.
Answers Click on the ‘Next’ option- No time limit is
applicable.
Fill in the 2-3 30–60 seconds for the prompt; Left-click on each gap Listening
Blanks and type in the missing word. Click on the ‘Next’ and writing
option- No time limit is applicable.
Highlight 1-2 30-90-seconds prompt, there are several possible Listening
Correct response options but only one is correct. Click on the and reading
Summary ‘Next’ option- No time limit is applicable.
Multiple Choice, 1 - 2 30-60-seconds prompt. After listening to a recording, Listening
Single Answer select the paragraph that best summarizes the
recording. Click on the ‘Next’ option- No time limit is
applicable.
Select Missing 1-2 20-70-seconds prompt. The last word or group of Listening
Word words in the recording has been replaced by a beep
sound. Select the most appropriate option to complete
the recording. Click on the ‘Next’ option- No time
limit is applicable.
Highlight 2-3 15-50 seconds prompt. The transcript contains some Listening
Incorrect Word errors. While listening and reading, you need to select and reading
the words in the text that differ from those in the
audio. Click on the ‘Next’ option- No time limit is
applicable.
Write from 3-4 3-5 -seconds prompt. you hear a short sentence. You Listening
Dictation have to type the sentence into the response box. Click and reading
on the ‘Next’ option- No time limit is applicable.

Total Questions 12 - 20 Time Allocation: 30 - 43 minutes