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All PTE Academic question types by section, skill and count
Type	Section	Skill	Per test	Strategy
Read Aloud	Speaking & Writing	speaking	6–7	Prepare by silently reading the whole text and marking stressed words. Speak from the first word — there is no penalty for a small mistake, but a long silence can end the recording and lose the item.
Repeat Sentence	Speaking & Writing	listening + speaking	10–12	Chunk the sentence into three-to-five-word groups and shadow the audio. Hesitations and pauses are ignored, so keep going even if you lose a word.
Describe Image	Speaking & Writing	speaking	5–6	Use a fixed frame: "The graph shows… the highest/lowest is… followed by…". Cover structure, then trend, then specifics.
Re-tell Lecture	Speaking & Writing	listening + speaking	2–3	Note only the lecture skeleton — three or four keywords — while listening. Re-tell in your own words with a clear cause-and-effect chain.
Answer Short Question	Speaking & Writing	listening	5–6	Answer with one to four words, and begin the moment the microphone opens: waiting more than three seconds ends the recording and the item is lost. The score guide awards 1 for appropriate word choice and 0 for inappropriate — there is no partial credit.
Summarize Group Discussion	Speaking & Writing	listening + speaking	2–3	Listen for each speaker's position, not the detail. Summarise the group's overall stance plus how the speakers relate to one another.
Respond to a Situation	Speaking & Writing	speaking	2–3	Deliver a complete, situationally appropriate response. Content 0 means no points at all, however fluent the delivery.
Summarize Written Text	Speaking & Writing	reading + writing	2	Read the passage once, then write one sentence. Form is scored 1 for a single complete sentence and 0 otherwise — form 0 scores the whole item at zero.
Write Essay	Speaking & Writing	writing	1	Twenty minutes, 200–300 words. Form is worth 2 points at 200–300 words, 1 at 120–199 or 301–380, and 0 outside that — and form 0 scores the item at zero.
Fill in the Blanks (Dropdown)	Reading	reading	5–6	Read the whole text once first, then decide. One point per completed blank, no penalty for the ones you get wrong.
Fill in the Blanks (Table)	Reading	reading	4–5	Each blank is scored separately, so partial credit applies. Work down a column rather than across a row.
Multiple Choice (Single Answer)	Reading	reading	2–3	Correct or incorrect, one point, no partial credit. Two of the four options are always plausible — reject them explicitly before choosing.
Multiple Choice (Multiple Answers)	Reading	reading	2–3	One point per correct option, minus one per wrong option, floored at zero. Every wrong selection costs a whole point.
Re-order Paragraphs	Reading	reading	2–3	One point per correctly ordered adjacent pair, so four boxes are worth three points. There is no negative marking and a wrong order scores zero.
Summarize Spoken Text	Listening	listening + writing	1	Form is worth 2 points at 50–70 words, 1 at 40–49 or 71–100, and 0 outside that. Form 0 scores the whole item at zero.
Fill in the Blanks	Listening	listening	2–3	One point per word spelled correctly, no deduction for the rest. Predict the word class and number before the audio plays.
Highlight Correct Summary	Listening	listening + reading	2–3	Exactly one summary matches, and the item is all-or-nothing. Compare the options side by side rather than one at a time.
Multiple Choice (Single Answer)	Listening	listening	2–3	All or nothing, one point. Read the question and options before pressing play.
Multiple Choice (Multiple Answers)	Listening	listening	2–3	One point per correct option, minus one per wrong option. A single wrong selection can take the whole item to zero.
Select Missing Word	Listening	listening	1–2	All or nothing. The options are near-homophones, so eliminate on stress pattern and grammar rather than meaning.
Highlight Incorrect Words	Listening	listening + reading	2–3	One point per correct highlight, minus one per word highlighted wrongly. Highlight a third word by mistake and the item scores zero.
Write from Dictation	Listening	listening + writing	3–4	One point per word spelled correctly, and no deduction for the ones you miss. Capitalisation and a single missing full stop each cost a word.

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