PTE Syllabus 2024: Section Wise Details, Exam Pattern

Hafsha Qureshi
Hafsha Qureshi

Updated on - Feb 22, 2024

PTE Syllabus 2024 is released by the conducting authorities of the Pearson PLC Group. Students must be thorough with the PTE Syllabus 2024 as the best technique for achieving good scores in the PTE exam 2024. The syllabus of PTE 2024 is necessary for candidates' preparation.

The PTE syllabus 2024 for all the sections along with the topics included are mentioned below. Candidates must make a note of every topic mentioned below

PTE Syllabus 2024

The PTE syllabus 2024 for the PTE test 2024 consists of four sections in which four kinds of skills are tested. Each section is equally crucial to achieving high scores because the marks from all of the sections are taken into account when calculating the final result.

The four sections in the PTE syllabus 2024 are speaking, writing, reading, and listening. Going through the topics will help students navigate their preparation for the PTE exam 2024. 

PTE Syllabus 2024
PTE Section PTE Exam Syllabus Total Questions/Duration
PTE Speaking & Writing Personal Introduction • Read Aloud • Repeat Sentence • Describe Image • Re-Tell Lecture • Answer Short Questions • Summarize Written Text • Essay No. of Questions: 28 – 36Duration: 54 – 67 minutes
PTE Reading Section Multiple Choice, Choose Single Answer • Multiple Choice, Choose Multiple Answers • Re-Order Paragraphs • Reading: Fill in the Blanks • Reading and Writing: Fill in the Blanks No. of Questions: 13 – 18Duration: 29 – 30 minutes
PTE Listening Section Summarize Spoken Text • Multiple Choice, Multiple Answer • Fill in the Blanks • Highlight Correct Summary • Multiple Choice, Single Answer • Select Missing Word • Highlight Incorrect Words • Write From Dictation No. of Questions: 12 – 20Duration: 30 – 43 minutes

PTE Syllabus 2024 Section-wise

The Pearson Test of English assesses the speaking, reading, writing, and listening skills of individuals. These skills are tested to ensure whether the candidates are capable of studying in an international environment. If the candidates score well, the admission committee will be assured that they are capable of understanding globally accepted language. 

The following are the four different sections involved in the PTE syllabus 2024. 

Speaking and Writing Section

The speaking and writing section of the PTE syllabus 2024 is for 54-67 minutes. This section contains seven different question types. The following table has the topics included in this section. 

Speaking and Writing Section
Segments Pattern Time Duration
Personal Introduction           55 seconds: 25 seconds for prompt, 30 seconds to record
Read Aloud 30-40 seconds to prepare for reading out the text of 60 words
Repeat Sentence 15 seconds: 3-9 seconds for prompt, 15 seconds to record
Describe Image 25 seconds are granted to study the image as well as prepare your response on the same
Re-Tell Lecture 90 seconds for prompt length, 10 seconds to prepare and 40 seconds to answer
Answer Short Question 20 seconds: 3-9 seconds for prompt, 10 seconds to answer
Summarize Written Text 10 minutes to answer to text prompt of 300 words
Essay 20 minutes to answer to text prompt of 2-3 sentences
Total questions 28 - 36
Time Allocation 54 - 67 minutes

Reading Section

The reading section of the PTE syllabus 2024 is for 29-30 minutes. This section is further divided into five segments.

Reading Section
Segments Pattern Time Duration varies on the length of the Text Prompt
Multiple Choice, Choose Single Answer Read 300 words of text
Multiple Choice, Choose Multiple Answers Read 300 words of text
Re-Order Paragraphs Read 150 words of text
Reading: Fill in the Blanks Read 80 words of text
Reading and Writing: Fill in the Blanks Read 300 words of text

Listening Section

The listening section of the PTE syllabus 2024 is for 30-43 minutes. This section is further divided into 8 segments.

Listening Section
Segments Pattern Time Duration
Summarize Spoken Text 60-90 seconds to retain  50-70 words, 10 minutes to write
Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers 40-90 seconds for prompt
Fill in the Blanks 30-60 seconds
Highlight Correct Summary 30-90 seconds
Multiple Choice, Single Answer 30-60 seconds
Select Missing Word 20-70 seconds
Highlight Incorrect Words 15-50 seconds
Write From Dictation 3-5 seconds

PTE Exam Pattern 2024

Candidates should go through the PTE exam pattern 2024 in accordance with the PTE syllabus 2024. The PTE exam pattern 2024 will help the students understand how to direct their preparation. The duration for each topic, the mode of the exam, the number of questions, and other such details are mentioned below.  

PTE Exam Pattern 2024
PTE Format Details
PTE Exam Pattern An English language exam has been developed to test the Speaking & Writing Skills (54 – 67 minutes), Reading skills (29 – 30 minutes), and Listening skills (30 – 43 minutes) of candidates wanting to study abroad in an English-speaking country. 
PTE Duration 2 hours and a Single test session
Medium Computer-based with headset
Mode Taken in a test center / Home Edition
Test Type Assesses real-life English
Test Layout 20 question types

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