PTE Academic Listening Test 4
PTE Academic Listening Test 4 is a premium, timed set of 16 PTE Academic listening questions with natural neural-voice audio across every listening task type. Every objective question is scored the moment you finish, and the review shows your answer next to the correct one; the Summarize Spoken Text response is expert scored.
Unlock this test16 questions · 40 minThis is one of 8 PTE Academic listening tests on PTEMock. For every listening task type explained, with tips, see PTE listening practice.
What's in this test
| Write from Dictation | 3 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 |
| Summarize Spoken Text | 1 question | expert scored |
Topics in PTE Academic Listening Test 4
What each passage, recording and prompt is about, in the order the tasks appear.
- 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 Listening Test 4
Two questions taken from this test, so you can see its level before you start. Answers are not shown here; your review shows them when you finish.
What is the speaker's main point about endangered languages?
- A.Documentation and revival efforts can sometimes counteract language decline.
- B.All endangered languages will inevitably disappear within a generation.
- C.Written dictionaries are the only effective method of preservation.
- D.Linguists have stopped studying languages with few speakers.
In the real exam the audio plays once. The correct answer is shown in your review when you finish the test.
Which paragraph best summarises the recording?
- A.Renewable energy has expanded rapidly as costs fell and incentives grew, though storage and grid integration challenges remain that battery innovation must address.
- B.Fossil fuels remain cheaper than renewables everywhere, so few governments have introduced incentives to encourage solar and wind adoption.
- C.Battery technology is already perfected, meaning solar and wind power can supply reliable energy without any further innovation or investment.
- D.Renewable energy adoption has declined because solar panels and turbines have become too expensive for most regions to install.
In the real exam the audio plays once. The correct answer is shown in your review when you finish the test.
How hard is PTE Academic Listening Test 4?
Compared with the other 7 PTE Academic listening tests on PTEMock, PTE Academic Listening Test 4 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.
| Measure | This test | Average of 8 |
|---|---|---|
| Speaking speed in the recordings | 126 words/min | 132 words/min |
| Transcript reading level | 13.4 | 12.8 |
| Long words (3+ syllables) | 27% | 23% |
| Total audio | 7 min 11 s | |
| Write from Dictation sentence length | 10.0 words |
How this is measured: Speaking speed comes from the actual length of every audio clip; reading level and long words are measured on the transcripts. It compares the material itself, not how other candidates scored.
For a step up, PTE Academic Listening Test 2 is the next hardest. To warm up first, PTE Academic Listening Test 5 is the next easiest.
How PTE Academic Listening Test 4 is scored
Listening questions are scored instantly and objectively the moment you finish, no waiting and no email required. You get your band score plus a per-question breakdown showing exactly which items you missed and why. Summarize Spoken Text is the exception: it is expert scored on content, form, grammar, vocabulary and spelling, and included in your report.