PTE Academic Full Mock Test 2
PTE Academic Full Mock Test 2 is a premium, 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.
Unlock this 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 2
What each section's passage, recording and prompt is about, in the order the tasks appear.
Speaking
- Read Aloud: Breeding heat-resistant corals; Industrial Revolution's social transformation; AI's speech and language capabilities; Sleep, memory and mood regulation; Volcanic soil fertility; Printing press's democratisation of information
- Describe Image: Average Monthly Rainfall in Four Coastal Cities; Global Renewable Energy Capacity (GW), 2015-2021; Household Water Use by Activity; University Enrolment by Faculty, 2023; Average City Temperature by Month
- Re-tell Lecture: Biodiversity hotspots; Memory consolidation and study techniques
Writing
- Summarize Written Text: Urban green spaces as vital infrastructure; Bioluminescence across species
- Write Essay: Space exploration vs Earthly problems funding
Reading
- Reading & Writing: Fill in the Blanks: Monarch butterflies; Time management in the workplace; Coral bleaching process explained; Printing press and information sharing; Urban green spaces and mental wellbeing
- Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers: Circular economy; Sleep science
- Re-order Paragraphs: Fleming's disordered laboratory discovery; Planetary colour and composition
- Reading: Fill in the Blanks: Volcanic ash and surface temperature cooling; Bees and agriculture; Government incentives for household renewables; Reading aloud and child development
- Multiple Choice, Single Answer: Four-day working week; Dream research
Listening
- Summarize Spoken Text: Bioluminescence in living organisms
- Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers: Urban green spaces; Renewable energy
- Listening: Fill in the Blanks: Innate and adaptive immune defences; Non-invasive archaeological survey technology
- Highlight Correct Summary: Sleep science; Coral reefs
- Multiple Choice, Single Answer: Behavioural economics; Printing history
- Highlight Incorrect Words: Antibiotics' development and rise of resistance; Glaciers as freshwater reservoirs
Sample questions from PTE Academic Full Mock Test 2
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.
Reading regularly can significantly (1) ______ a child's vocabulary and imagination. Stories expose young readers to new ideas and (2) ______ they might not otherwise encounter. Teachers often (3) ______ parents to read aloud at home, since shared reading (4) ______ both language skills and family bonds.
Word box: broaden · perspectives · encourage · strengthens · narrow · obstacles · weakens
Every correct gap earns a mark. The correct answer is shown in your review when you finish the test.
Read the sample audio transcript
Today we examine the phenomenon of bioluminescence, the production of light by living organisms. This ability is found across a remarkable range of species, from deep-sea fish to fireflies and certain fungi. The light is generated through a chemical reaction involving a molecule called luciferin and an enzyme called luciferase. Organisms use bioluminescence for several purposes: attracting prey, deterring predators, and communicating with potential mates. In the deep ocean, where sunlight cannot penetrate, this natural light becomes an essential tool for survival and interaction.
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 2?
Compared with the other 7 PTE Academic full mock tests on PTEMock, PTE Academic Full Mock Test 2 is about average. It ranks 7th 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 | Harder than average | 8th |
| Writing | About average | 3rd |
| Reading | About average | 3rd |
| Listening | About average | 8th |
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 4 is the next hardest. To warm up first, PTE Academic Full Mock Test 8 is the next easiest.
How PTE Academic Full Mock Test 2 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.