PTE Academic Listening Test 5
PTE Academic Listening Test 5 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 5
What each passage, recording and prompt is about, in the order the tasks appear.
- Summarize Spoken Text: Bioluminescence: luciferin and luciferase
- Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers: Industrial Revolution; Sleep science
- Listening: Fill in the Blanks: Coral reef biodiversity and habitat provision; Public speaking
- Highlight Correct Summary: Urban greenery; Discovery of penicillin
- Multiple Choice, Single Answer: Behavioural economics; Distant galaxies
- Highlight Incorrect Words: Volcanic ash and sulphur dioxide's climate effects; Brain's disproportionate energy use
Sample questions from PTE Academic Listening Test 5
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.
Why does observing distant galaxies allow astronomers to study the early universe?
- A.Because telescopes can predict the future evolution of galaxies.
- B.Because light from distant galaxies left long ago, showing them as they once were.
- C.Because distant galaxies are physically closer than they appear.
- D.Because the universe stopped expanding millions of years ago.
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.The speaker argues that urban parks are primarily valuable as recreational facilities and that their environmental contributions are minor compared with their social role in modern cities.
- B.The talk explains that urban green spaces offer wide-ranging benefits, cooling cities, filtering pollution, reducing flooding, and improving mental health, leading planners to regard them as essential infrastructure.
- C.The passage focuses on how rising city temperatures damage vegetation, forcing planners to abandon green infrastructure in favour of artificial cooling technologies.
- D.The speaker claims that residents prefer countryside living because cities lack any meaningful access to greenery or opportunities for physical activity and stress relief.
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 5?
Compared with the other 7 PTE Academic listening tests on PTEMock, PTE Academic Listening Test 5 is about average. It ranks 6th 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 | 132 words/min | 132 words/min |
| Transcript reading level | 13.2 | 12.8 |
| Long words (3+ syllables) | 23% | 23% |
| Total audio | 7 min 17 s | |
| Write from Dictation sentence length | 10.7 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 4 is the next hardest. To warm up first, PTE Academic Listening Test 3 is the next easiest.
How PTE Academic Listening Test 5 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.