PTE Academic Speaking Test 3
PTE Academic Speaking Test 3 is a premium, 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.
Unlock this 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 3
What each passage, recording and prompt is about, in the order the tasks appear.
- Read Aloud: Coral bleaching and symbiotic algae; Printing press and the spread of knowledge; AI in medical diagnosis; Photosynthesis and the food chain; Green spaces' stormwater and stress benefits; Volcanic eruptions and global cooling
- Describe Image: Average Monthly Rainfall in a Coastal City; University Online Course Enrollments; Global Energy Consumption by Source; Daily Smartphone Usage by Age Group; Average Global Surface Temperature Anomaly
- Re-tell Lecture: Memory's reconstructive nature; Economics of rural-urban migration
Sample questions from PTE Academic Speaking Test 3
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.
Artificial intelligence increasingly assists doctors in diagnosing disease. By analyzing thousands of medical images, machine-learning systems can detect subtle patterns that the human eye might overlook. However, researchers emphasize that these tools should complement, not replace, clinical judgment. Ethical questions about data privacy and accountability remain unresolved, prompting calls for careful regulation before widespread adoption in hospitals.
In the test you record this, and it is scored for pronunciation, oral fluency and content.
Average Monthly Rainfall in a Coastal City (mm)
| Jan | 85 |
| Mar | 110 |
| May | 62 |
| Jul | 38 |
| Sep | 74 |
| Nov | 128 |
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 3?
Compared with the other 7 PTE Academic speaking tests on PTEMock, PTE Academic Speaking Test 3 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Read Aloud reading level | 13.3 | 13.9 |
| Long words in Read Aloud | 25% | 26% |
| Repeat Sentence length | 10.8 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 4 is the next hardest. To warm up first, PTE Academic Speaking Test 7 is the next easiest.
How PTE Academic Speaking Test 3 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.