Integrated PTE Tasks that help to achieve a higher PTE Score

PTE Important Tasks: PTE Academic evaluates all four language skills – listening, reading, speaking and writing. The two-hour-long PTE exam is divided into three parts, Part 1 of the test evaluates your Speaking and Writing skills, Part 2 evaluates your Reading skills and Part 3 evaluates your Listening skills through tasks that have been created to test particular skills.

Language skills do not occur in isolation; PTE Academic uses a variety of integrated skills item types to reveal how well you can use the English language for oral and written communication. Integrated skills items are important for assessing English language proficiency because, in an academic environment, students are often required to combine several language skills to perform a task for example listening to or reading information and then responding orally. PTE Academic test items are task-based representing the range of functions and situations that you will encounter during academic studies in an English-speaking environment. 

What are Integrated PTE Tasks?

There are 11 PTE tasks in the PTE exam pattern that measure more than one skill at the same time and they are called integrated tasks. PTE Academic is an integrated skills test. PTE-integrated tasks are as follows: 

Let us know more about the integrated English-speaking tasks:

Read aloud: Integrated Reading and Speaking Task

In the Read aloud PTE important task, candidates are required to read the text aloud that appears on their screen. The candidate would have 30–40 seconds to read the text and prepare. They will then hear a short tone. After the tone, test takers are required to start speaking immediately. The candidate should not start speaking before the microphone opens as their voice would not be recorded. Text on the screen would be up to 60 words.

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Repeat sentence: Integrated Listening & Speaking

In the Repeat sentence PTE important task, test takers are required to repeat the sentence after listening to the recording of the sentence. The length of the recording is between 3 – 9 seconds. And the candidate is given 15 seconds to answer. Candidates are required to speak into the microphone immediately and repeat exactly what they heard.

Re-tell lecture: Integrated Listening & Speaking

In the Re-tell lecture PTE important task, candidates are required to listen to or watch a lecture and then re-tell the lecture in their own words. The length of the prompt is up to 90 seconds. And candidates will get 10 seconds to prepare and 40 seconds to answer.

Answer short question: Integrated Listening & Speaking

In the answer short question PTE task list, candidates are required to listen to a question and answer with a single or a few words. The prompt could be 3 – 9 seconds long and the candidate gets about 10 seconds to answer. The audio begins to play automatically. You may also see an image.

Summarize written text: Integrated Reading & Writing

In the Summarize written text PTE task list, candidates are required to read the text and write a one-sentence summary of the passage. Candidates would get a total of 10 minutes to answer. While the prompt length could be up to 300 words however candidates are required to include the main points of the reading passage in a full, single sentence of no more than 75 words.

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Reading & Writing: Fill in the blanks: Integrated Reading & Writing

In the Reading and writing fill in the blanks PTE task list, there is a text that appears on the screen with several gaps and candidates are required to drag words from a box below to fill the gaps. The passage could be up to 300 words long. For this item type, candidates are required to select the most appropriate words from a drop-down list to restore the text.

Summarize spoken text: Integrated Listening & Writing

In the Summarize spoken text, candidates are required to listen to a recording and write a 50 – 70 word summary. Candidates would be required to listen to an audio recording which could be 60 - 90 seconds long and will need to write a 50 -70 word summary of what they heard. Candidates would have 10 minutes to listen and write their summary. The minimum word count is 50 and should not exceed 70 words. 

Fill in the blanks: Integrated Listening & Writing

In the Fill in the blanks task, a transcript of a recording appears on the screen, with several gaps. After listening to the recording, candidates are required to type the missing word in each gap. Here the length of the audio would be 30-60 seconds long. And candidates would be required to Restore the transcript by typing in the missing words.

Highlight correct summary: Integrated Listening & Reading

In the Highlight correct summary, candidates are required to listen to a recording and select the paragraph that best summarizes the recording. The recording is between 30-90 seconds long and could have several possible response options but only one is correct. The option you select is highlighted in yellow.

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Highlight incorrect words: Integrated Listening & Reading

In the Highlight incorrect words, a transcript of the recording appears on the screen and candidates are required to identify the words in the transcript that differ from what is said while listening to the recording. The audio recording is 15 – 50 seconds long and candidates are required to select the words in the text that differ from those that the speaker says. The words you select are highlighted in yellow.

Write from dictation: Integrated Listening & Writing

In the Write from dictation, task candidates are required to listen to a recording of a sentence, and then type the sentence. The audio would be a short sentence not longer than 3-5 seconds. Candidates would be required to type the sentence into the response box at the bottom of the screen. Candidates are required to remember to check their spelling.

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