PTE Course Details

 PTE Test Format

PTE Speaking and Writing

This section lasts for about 77 to 93 minutes. This section measures your ability to produce spoken English and to write responses in academic English using standard conventions of written English.

The section has eight sub parts – personal introduction, read aloud, repeat sentence, describe image, re-tell lecture, answer short question, summarize written text, and essay. You can record only once for the first 6 sub parts.  The last two sub parts focus on integrated task reading and writing.

PTE Reading

In this section, you encounter around 15 to 20 independent and integrated short tasks that lasts for about 32 to 41 minutes. The questions come in multiple format based on the type of short task - independent or integrated.

The different question formats are multiple choice(single answer), multiple choice(multiple answer), re-order paragraphs, fill in the blanks, and reading and writing fill in the blanks.

PTE Test Scoring

The PTE reports three different scores – an Overall score, Communicative skills’ score and Enabling skills’ score each on a scale from 10 to 90.

Communicative skills scores are reported for four categories – Listening, Reading, Speaking and Writing. Enabling skills scores are reported for six parts of language – Grammar, Oral fluency, Pronunciation, Spelling, Vocabulary and Written discourse. 

All questions on the PTE are system scored. Some responses are considered as either correct or incorrect by awarding 1 point to each correct response and other responses are considered as either correct, or partial correct or incorrect by awarding maximum points to each correct response, or less than maximum points to each partial correct response.

PTE Test Fees

June 1st, 2018 onwards

Standard registration Fee – AED 1050 (inclusive of 5% VAT)

Late registration Fee – AED 1312.50 (inclusive of 5% VAT)

PTE Test Dates and Registration Deadlines

PTE is conducted all-round the year.

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PTE Test Score Reports

Your PTE score report will be available within five days after the test. Your will receive an email notification once your score is available. You can access your score report through your pearson account and send the score report to unlimited universities worldwide for free of charge. Usually the universities will receive your score within 48 hours. PTE score is valid for two years.