PTE Listening Practice

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The PTE Listening section evaluates your ability to understand spoken English in academic environments. It consists of 8 different task types that assess various listening skills.

Tips for Success:

  • Focus on the main ideas and key details
  • Take effective notes during audio playback
  • Pay attention to pronunciation and intonation clues
  • Manage your time wisely across different tasks

Listening Task Types

Summarize Spoken Text

Listen to a short lecture (60-90 sec) and write a 50-70 word summary. You'll hear the audio only once.

  • Skills: Listening and Writing
  • Time: 60-90 sec audio, 10 min response
  • Tests #: 40
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Multiple Choice (Multiple)

Listen to audio (40-90 sec) and select all correct answers from multiple options. More than one option may be correct.

  • Skills: Listening
  • Time: 40-90 sec audio, answer time varies
  • Tests #: 50
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Multiple Choice (Single)

Listen to audio (30-60 sec) and select the single best answer from multiple options.

  • Skills: Listening
  • Time: 30-60 sec audio, answer time varies
  • Tests #: 150
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Fill in the Blanks

Listen to audio (30-60 sec) and type missing words into a transcript with blanks. Each blank is 3-5 words long.

  • Skills: Listening and Writing
  • Time: 30-60 sec audio, answer time varies
  • Tests #: 50
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Highlight Correct Summary

Listen to audio (30-90 sec) and select the paragraph that best summarizes the recording.

  • Skills: Listening and Reading
  • Time: 30-90 sec audio, answer time varies
  • Tests #: 50
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Highlight Wrong Words

Listen to audio (20-50 sec) while reading a transcript, and click on words that differ from the recording.

  • Skills: Listening and Reading
  • Time: 20-50 sec audio, answer time varies
  • Tests #: 200
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Missing Word

Listen to audio with periodic beeps replacing words. Select the correct word for each beep from dropdown options.

  • Skills: Listening
  • Time: 20-40 sec audio, answer time varies
  • Tests #: 100
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Write from Dictation

Listen to a sentence (3-5 sec) and type it exactly as heard. Spelling and punctuation must be perfect.

  • Skills: Listening and Writing
  • Time: 3-5 sec audio, answer time varies
  • Tests #: 300
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PTE Listening Practice Tips

Active Listening

Focus completely on the audio without distractions. Practice identifying main ideas and supporting details.

Effective Note-taking

Develop shorthand techniques to capture key points quickly during audio playback.

Spelling Accuracy

For tasks like Write from Dictation, perfect spelling is essential. Practice commonly used academic words.

Context Clues

Use the surrounding text in Fill in the Blanks tasks to predict missing words before hearing them.

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