PTE Academic · Listening
Listening tasks
Audio tasks from dictation to spoken-text summaries.
Section score — / 90
Summarize Spoken Text
SST50–70 words. Content, form, grammar, vocabulary and spelling. Feeds Listening and Writing.
3 items · practised 0 · — / 90
Listening: Multiple Choice, Choose Single Answer
L-MCSA1 point for the correct option, 0 otherwise.
3 items · practised 0 · — / 90
Listening: Multiple Choice, Choose Multiple Answers
L-MCMA1 point per correct option, minus 1 per incorrect option, floored at 0.
2 items · practised 0 · — / 90
Listening: Fill in the Blanks (Type In)
L-FIB1 point per correctly spelled word typed into a blank. Feeds Writing spelling.
3 items · practised 0 · — / 90
Highlight Correct Summary
HCS1 point for the correct summary. Feeds Listening and Reading.
2 items · practised 0 · — / 90
Select Missing Word
SMW1 point for the correct option, 0 otherwise.
3 items · practised 0 · — / 90
Highlight Incorrect Words
HIW1 point per correctly identified error, minus 1 per wrongly flagged word, floored at 0.
2 items · practised 0 · — / 90
Write From Dictation
WFD1 point per correctly spelled word in the right place. Feeds Listening and Writing.
8 items · practised 0 · — / 90