PTE Academic

📘 PTE study guides (4)

PTE Academic has 22 question types, including Summarize Group Discussion and Respond to a Situation, added in August 2025. Test formats and visa score requirements can change, so check Pearson and the Department of Home Affairs for current details.

Practise PTE tasks (483 questions)

• urbanisation

  noun

  The movement of people from rural areas into cities (US: urbanization).

  Rapid urbanisation puts pressure on housing.

• Vocational English

  noun

  An English level defined by Home Affairs, above Functional English, required for some visas.

  The visa requires at least Vocational English.

• with regard to

  phrase

  About; concerning (formal).

  With regard to your question, the answer is yes.

• word limit

  noun

  The minimum or maximum number of words allowed in an answer.

  Stay within the word limit or you may lose marks.

• word stress

  noun

  Saying one syllable of a word more strongly than the others.

  Wrong word stress can make a word hard to understand.

• would it be possible to

  phrase

  A polite way to ask whether something can be done.

  Would it be possible to move our meeting to Friday?

• Write Essay

  noun

  A PTE writing task where you write an argumentative essay on a given topic.

  Plan your structure before you start Write Essay.

• Write from Dictation

  noun

  A PTE listening task where you type a sentence exactly as you hear it.

  Write from Dictation rewards correct spelling.

• x-axis

  noun

  The horizontal line on a graph, often showing time or categories.

  The years are shown on the x-axis.

• y-axis

  noun

  The vertical line on a graph, usually showing amounts or values.

  The y-axis shows sales in millions of dollars.