PTE Reading: Academic Reading Chart (know this)
PTE Reading
The PTE reading section is made up of 5 tasks: Reading Writing Fill in the Blanks, Fill in the Blanks, Reorder Paragraph, Multiple-Choice Multiple Answer, and Multiple-Choice Single Answer. The client has between 32 – 40 minutes to complete all tasks in this section.
Strategize: ***The highest scorers are RW Fill in the Blanks, Fill in the Blanks, and Reorder Paragraph
| Text length | Possible Tasks | Scoring/Potential | Negative Scoring | |
| Reading Writing Fill in the Blanks: | Up to 300 words | 5 – 6(4 choices) | 1 mark each20-24 marks total | NO |
| Fill in the Blanks: | Up to 80 words | 4 – 5(up to 7 choices) | 1 mark each16-20 marks total | NO |
| Reorder Paragraph: | Up to 150 words | 2 – 3(5 chunks of text) | 1 mark for each pair of answers in the right order8 – 12 marks total | NO |
| Multiple-Choice Multiple Answer: | Up to 300 words | 2 – 3(up to 7 choices) | 1 mark each4 – 9 marks total | YESCorrect = 1 mark
Wrong = -1 mark |
| Multiple-Choice Single Answer: | Up to 110 words | 2 – 3(up to 5 choices) | 1 mark each2 – 3 marks total | NO |
