PTE Academic Full Mock Test 3
PTE Academic Full Mock Test 3 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 3
What each section's passage, recording and prompt is about, in the order the tasks appear.
Speaking
- Read Aloud: Coral bleaching and symbiotic algae; Printing press and the spread of knowledge; AI in medical diagnosis; Photosynthesis and the food chain; Green spaces' stormwater and stress benefits; Volcanic eruptions and global cooling
- Describe Image: Average Monthly Rainfall in a Coastal City; University Online Course Enrollments; Global Energy Consumption by Source; Daily Smartphone Usage by Age Group; Average Global Surface Temperature Anomaly
- Re-tell Lecture: Memory's reconstructive nature; Economics of rural-urban migration
Writing
- Summarize Written Text: Green spaces and city liveability; Rise of remote and hybrid work
- Write Essay: Public transport vs road infrastructure funding
Reading
- Reading & Writing: Fill in the Blanks: Coral reefs; Industrial Revolution and mechanised production; Time management and overcoming procrastination; Renewable energy; Neuroplasticity and learning
- Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers: Green spaces; Gig economy
- Re-order Paragraphs: Fleming's contaminated bacterial culture; Remote work adoption post-pandemic
- Reading: Fill in the Blanks: Volcano formation and lava solidification; Bees and farming; Library digital lending system; Development of ancient writing systems
- Multiple Choice, Single Answer: Sleep science; Universal basic income
Listening
- Summarize Spoken Text: Coral bleaching from rising sea temperatures
- Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers: Urban green spaces; History of writing
- Listening: Fill in the Blanks: Sleep and learning; Renewable energy's growing market share
- Highlight Correct Summary: Placebo effect; Animal behaviour
- Multiple Choice, Single Answer: Behavioural economics; Antibiotic resistance
- Highlight Incorrect Words: Photosynthesis and its role in sustaining life; Neural networks and brain function
Sample questions from PTE Academic Full Mock Test 3
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.
Ancient civilisations developed sophisticated systems of writing to (1) ______ information about trade, laws, and religion. These early scripts were often carved into clay tablets or (2) ______ on stone monuments. Over centuries, writing systems gradually became more (3) ______, evolving from pictures into symbols that represented sounds. This development greatly (4) ______ the range of ideas that could be communicated.
Word box: record · inscribed · abstract · expanded · painted · concrete · limited
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 the planet, yet they occupy less than one percent of the ocean floor. They support roughly a quarter of all marine species. However, rising sea temperatures cause coral bleaching, where corals expel the algae living in their tissues and lose their color. Without these algae, corals starve and may eventually die. Scientists warn that protecting reefs requires both reducing carbon emissions globally and limiting local pollution and overfishing, since combined stressors accelerate decline far more rapidly than any single factor alone.
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 3?
Compared with the other 7 PTE Academic full mock tests on PTEMock, PTE Academic Full Mock Test 3 is about average. It ranks 4th 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 | About average | 4th |
| Writing | Easier than average | 2nd |
| Reading | About average | 6th |
| Listening | About average | 5th |
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 1 is the next hardest. To warm up first, PTE Academic Full Mock Test 6 is the next easiest.
How PTE Academic Full Mock Test 3 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.