PTE Academic Full Mock Test 1
PTE Academic Full Mock Test 1 is a free, fully timed run through the whole PTE Academic exam: Speaking, Writing, Reading and Listening in the Pearson order, with 63 questions across 20 task types. Speaking answers are scored from your real voice for pronunciation, fluency and emphasis, writing against the official PTE criteria, and reading and listening instantly, so you finish with a full enabling-skills score report.
Start this free test63 questions · 120 minThis is one of 8 PTE Academic full mock tests on PTEMock. Compare all of them on the PTE mock test page.
What's in this test
| Repeat Sentence | 11 questions | expert scored |
| Read Aloud | 6 questions | expert scored |
| Describe Image | 5 questions | expert scored |
| Answer Short Question | 5 questions | expert scored |
| Reading & Writing: Fill in the Blanks | 5 questions | Instant |
| Reading: Fill in the Blanks | 4 questions | Instant |
| Write from Dictation | 3 questions | Instant |
| Re-tell Lecture | 2 questions | expert scored |
| Summarize Written Text | 2 questions | expert scored |
| Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers | 2 questions | Instant |
| Re-order Paragraphs | 2 questions | Instant |
| Multiple Choice, Single Answer | 2 questions | Instant |
| Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers | 2 questions | Instant |
| Listening: Fill in the Blanks | 2 questions | Instant |
| Highlight Correct Summary | 2 questions | Instant |
| Multiple Choice, Single Answer | 2 questions | Instant |
| Select Missing Word | 2 questions | Instant |
| Highlight Incorrect Words | 2 questions | Instant |
| Write Essay | 1 question | expert scored |
| Summarize Spoken Text | 1 question | expert scored |
Topics in PTE Academic Full Mock Test 1
What each section's passage, recording and prompt is about, in the order the tasks appear.
Speaking
- Read Aloud: Coral bleaching from heat and acidification; Gutenberg's printing press and falling book costs; Sleep and exam performance; Green spaces' cooling and mental health benefits; AI's transformation of industries; Monarch butterflies' generational relay migration
- Describe Image: Average Daily Water Usage by Sector; Global Renewable Energy Capacity; University Students by Field of Study; Monthly Public Transport Trips by Mode; Average City Temperature Across the Year
- Re-tell Lecture: Magma composition and eruption style; Memory and second-language vocabulary learning
Writing
- Summarize Written Text: Circular economy vs linear model; Sleep as a pillar of health
- Write Essay: Universities: job skills vs critical thinking
Reading
- Reading & Writing: Fill in the Blanks: Compact city design and walkability; Bird migration; Industrial Revolution and social reform; Scientific writing; Coral bleaching and loss of colour
- Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers: Gig economy; Sleep science
- Re-order Paragraphs: Fleming's naming of penicillin; Transcontinental railroad construction
- Reading: Fill in the Blanks: Brain metabolism; Volcanic eruptions and climate; Libraries' evolving role beyond books; Discovery of plate tectonics
- Multiple Choice, Single Answer: Psychology of creativity; Endangered languages
Listening
- Summarize Spoken Text: Coral reef biodiversity and bleaching threat
- Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers: Sleep science; Industrial Revolution
- Listening: Fill in the Blanks: Photosynthesis; Workplace communication
- Highlight Correct Summary: Volcanic eruptions and climate; Multilingual cognition
- Multiple Choice, Single Answer: Placebo effect; Urban green spaces
- Highlight Incorrect Words: Falling renewable energy costs; Monarch butterflies' multigenerational migration
Sample questions from PTE Academic Full Mock Test 1
Two questions taken from this test, so you can see its level before you start. Nothing is scored here; in the test every response is scored with feedback.
Drag the right word from the box into each gap.
Libraries have evolved far beyond their traditional (1) ______ as repositories of printed books. Many now (2) ______ access to digital archives, public computers, and community workshops. This transformation reflects a broader (3) ______ in how people seek and share information. Far from becoming (4) ______, libraries continue to serve as vital civic spaces that (5) ______ learning and inclusion.
Word box: role · offer · shift · obsolete · promote · function · deliver · redundant
Every correct gap earns a mark. The correct answer is shown in your review when you finish the test.
Read the sample audio transcript
Coral reefs are among the most biodiverse ecosystems on Earth, yet they occupy less than one percent of the ocean floor. They support roughly a quarter of all marine species by providing shelter and breeding grounds. However, rising sea temperatures cause coral bleaching, in which corals expel the algae living in their tissues and lose their colour. Without these algae, corals starve and eventually die. Scientists warn that protecting reefs requires reducing carbon emissions and limiting local pollution and overfishing.
Transcript for accessible preview. The timed test uses audio.
Listen to the lecture, then write a summary of what you heard.
In the real exam the audio plays once. Your summary is expert scored on content, form, grammar, vocabulary and spelling.
How hard is PTE Academic Full Mock Test 1?
Compared with the other 7 PTE Academic full mock tests on PTEMock, PTE Academic Full Mock Test 1 is about average. It ranks 5th of 8, where 1st is the easiest, but the 8 are close together on these measures, so it sits near the group average.
| Section | Difficulty | Rank of 8 |
|---|---|---|
| Speaking | Easier than average | 1st |
| Writing | Harder than average | 8th |
| Reading | Harder than average | 7th |
| Listening | Easier than average | 2nd |
How this is measured: Each section is ranked against the same section of the other full mocks, then the four are averaged. It compares the material itself, not how other candidates scored.
For a step up, PTE Academic Full Mock Test 8 is the next hardest. To warm up first, PTE Academic Full Mock Test 3 is the next easiest.
How PTE Academic Full Mock Test 1 is scored
This test's 6 Read Aloud, 11 Repeat Sentence, 5 Describe Image and 2 Re-tell Lecture answers are scored from your recording: an acoustic engine measures pronunciation, oral fluency and prosody (emphasis), and content is checked against the official PTE criteria. Answer Short Question is marked right or wrong. Its 2 Summarize Written Text and 1 Write Essay responses are graded on content, form, grammar, vocabulary and spelling. Reading and listening are scored the moment you finish. Enter your email at the end and the report, with a word-level pronunciation heatmap and a targeted practice list, is emailed to you within minutes.