PTE Academic Speaking Test 1
PTE Academic Speaking Test 1 is a free, timed set of 29 PTE Academic speaking tasks, recorded in your browser and scored for pronunciation, fluency and emphasis, with a list of the sounds and words to drill afterwards.
Start this free test29 questions · 35 minThis is one of 8 PTE Academic speaking tests on PTEMock. For every speaking task type explained, with tips, see PTE speaking practice.
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 |
| Re-tell Lecture | 2 questions | expert scored |
Topics in PTE Academic Speaking Test 1
What each passage, recording and prompt is about, in the order the tasks appear.
- Read Aloud: Coral bleaching from heat and acidification; Gutenberg's printing press and falling book costs; Sleep and exam performance; Green spaces' cooling and mental health benefits; AI's transformation of industries; Monarch butterflies' generational relay migration
- Describe Image: Average Daily Water Usage by Sector; Global Renewable Energy Capacity; University Students by Field of Study; Monthly Public Transport Trips by Mode; Average City Temperature Across the Year
- Re-tell Lecture: Magma composition and eruption style; Memory and second-language vocabulary learning
Sample questions from PTE Academic Speaking Test 1
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.
Read the text aloud as naturally as you can.
The printing press, developed by Johannes Gutenberg in the fifteenth century, transformed the spread of knowledge across Europe. Before its invention, books were copied by hand, making them rare and expensive. Mass production lowered costs dramatically, allowing ideas to circulate widely. This technological breakthrough fueled the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the eventual rise of modern scientific inquiry.
In the test you record this, and it is scored for pronunciation, oral fluency and content.
Average Daily Water Usage by Sector (litres per person)
| Households | 140 |
| Agriculture | 320 |
| Industry | 210 |
| Recreation | 85 |
| Public Services | 60 |
In the test this is shown as a bar chart. You describe it aloud, and it is scored for content, pronunciation and oral fluency.
How hard is PTE Academic Speaking Test 1?
Compared with the other 7 PTE Academic speaking tests on PTEMock, PTE Academic Speaking Test 1 is easier than average. It ranks 1st of 8, where 1st is the easiest.
| Measure | This test | Average of 8 |
|---|---|---|
| Read Aloud reading level | 13.1 | 13.9 |
| Long words in Read Aloud | 24% | 26% |
| Repeat Sentence length | 10.0 words | 10.5 words |
| Describe Image charts | 2 bar, 2 line, 1 pie |
How this is measured: Measured on this test's Read Aloud passages and Repeat Sentence prompts. It compares the material itself, not how other candidates scored.
For a step up, PTE Academic Speaking Test 5 is the next hardest.
How PTE Academic Speaking Test 1 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. 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.