PTE Academic Listening Test 6
PTE Academic Listening Test 6 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 6
What each passage, recording and prompt is about, in the order the tasks appear.
- Summarize Spoken Text: Coral reefs as rainforests of the sea
- Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers: Industrial Revolution; Sleep science
- Listening: Fill in the Blanks: Sulphur dioxide and volcanic cooling; Public speaking
- Highlight Correct Summary: Apiculture; Printing history
- Multiple Choice, Single Answer: Water intake; Battery storage
- Highlight Incorrect Words: Human eye and light detection; Mountain formation by tectonic plates
Sample questions from PTE Academic Listening Test 6
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 water intake?
- A.Everyone must drink exactly eight glasses of water daily.
- B.Hydration needs vary, so thirst is usually a reliable guide.
- C.Fruits and vegetables should be avoided to stay hydrated.
- D.Drinking water has no effect on the human body.
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 talk explains that bees are important pollinators whose declining numbers, caused by factors such as pesticides, habitat loss, and disease, threaten food supplies, and that researchers recommend reducing chemicals and planting flowers to protect them.
- B.The talk argues that honey production is the only reason bees matter and that their decline has no effect on the crops or vegetables people eat each day.
- C.The talk claims that bee populations are growing rapidly thanks to increased pesticide use and that farmers should remove flowering plants from their fields.
- D.The talk focuses on how researchers have completely solved the problem of declining bees by inventing artificial pollination machines used worldwide.
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 6?
Compared with the other 7 PTE Academic listening tests on PTEMock, PTE Academic Listening Test 6 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.
| Measure | This test | Average of 8 |
|---|---|---|
| Speaking speed in the recordings | 137 words/min | 132 words/min |
| Transcript reading level | 12.6 | 12.8 |
| Long words (3+ syllables) | 21% | 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 3 is the next hardest. To warm up first, PTE Academic Listening Test 7 is the next easiest.
How PTE Academic Listening Test 6 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.