PTE Academic Full Mock Test 4
PTE Academic Full Mock Test 4 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.
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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 4
What each section's passage, recording and prompt is about, in the order the tasks appear.
Speaking
- Read Aloud: Coral reefs' food and coastal protection value; Industrial Revolution's origins in Britain; Photosynthesis and chloroplasts; Algorithmic bias in AI decision-making; Volcanic eruptions shaping the Earth's surface; Sleep deprivation and emotional health
- Describe Image: Average Monthly Rainfall in Four Cities; Online Course Enrolments (thousands), 2017-2023; Household Water Usage by Activity; University Enrolment by Faculty; Average Monthly Rainfall in a City
- Re-tell Lecture: Why memories aren't fixed recordings; Economics of urban traffic congestion
Writing
- Summarize Written Text: Land pressure on urban green spaces; Bioluminescence's biological complexity
- Write Essay: Universities: employability vs academic learning
Reading
- Reading & Writing: Fill in the Blanks: Birds' internal compass for migration; Urban planning; Coffee cultivation and climate change; Sleep deprivation and health risks; Technological advances in renewable energy
- Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers: Circular economy; Antibiotics
- Re-order Paragraphs: Fleming's isolation of the antibacterial mould; Channel Tunnel proposal history
- Reading: Fill in the Blanks: Volcanoes and tectonic plate boundaries; Language evolution and new words; Coral reef bleaching from ocean warming; Printing press and the spread of ideas
- Multiple Choice, Single Answer: Honeybees and pollination; Neuroplasticity
Listening
- Summarize Spoken Text: Bioluminescence and the luciferin reaction
- Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers: Urban green spaces; Industrial Revolution
- Listening: Fill in the Blanks: Coral reefs' ecological role and coastal protection; Sleep and cognitive performance
- Highlight Correct Summary: Renewable energy; Gig economy
- Multiple Choice, Single Answer: Linguistic diversity; Behavioural economics
- Highlight Incorrect Words: How volcanoes form and erupt; White blood cells and vaccine immunity
Sample questions from PTE Academic Full Mock Test 4
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.
Language is constantly evolving, and new words are (1) ______ every year to describe emerging technologies and trends. Dictionaries must therefore be regularly (2) ______ to reflect contemporary usage. Some words gain widespread (3) ______, while others quickly fall out of fashion. Editors must judge whether a term has become sufficiently (4) ______ to warrant inclusion.
Word box: coined · updated · acceptance · established · rejected · abandoned · outdated
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'll examine the phenomenon of bioluminescence, the production of light by living organisms. This remarkable ability occurs in fireflies, certain fungi, and many deep-sea creatures. The light results from a chemical reaction involving a molecule called luciferin and an enzyme, luciferase. Organisms use bioluminescence for various purposes: attracting mates, luring prey, or deterring predators. In the ocean's dark depths, where sunlight cannot reach, this glow becomes essential for communication and survival, illustrating evolution's extraordinary creativity in adapting life to extreme environments.
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 4?
Compared with the other 7 PTE Academic full mock tests on PTEMock, PTE Academic Full Mock Test 4 is harder than average. It ranks 8th of 8, where 1st is the easiest.
| Section | Difficulty | Rank of 8 |
|---|---|---|
| Speaking | About average | 5th |
| Writing | About average | 6th |
| Reading | Harder than average | 8th |
| Listening | About average | 7th |
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.
To warm up first, PTE Academic Full Mock Test 2 is the next easiest.
How PTE Academic Full Mock Test 4 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.