PTE Speaking – Academic Format, Tips, Preparation Guides, and Free Practice Materials.
This part includes five different question types.
| Question types | Number of items | Prompt length | Skills assessed | Time to answer | Score |
| Personal Introduction | 1 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not score |
| Read Aloud | 6 – 7 | Text up to 60 words | Reading and speaking | Varies by item, depending on the text length. | Partial Credit |
| Repeat Sentence | 10 – 12 | 3–9 seconds | Listening and speaking | 15 seconds | Partial Credit |
| Describe Image | 3 – 4 | Not applicable | Speaking | 40 seconds | Partial Credit |
| Re-tell Lecture | 1 – 2 | Up to 90 seconds | Listening and speaking | 40 seconds | Partial Credit |
| Answer Short Question | 5 – 6 | 3–9 seconds | Listening and speaking | 10 seconds | Correct/
Incorrect |