PTE Academic Speaking Test 4
PTE Academic Speaking Test 4 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 4
What each passage, recording and prompt is about, in the order the tasks appear.
- Read Aloud: Coral reefs' food and coastal protection value; Industrial Revolution's origins in Britain; Photosynthesis and chloroplasts; Algorithmic bias in AI decision-making; Volcanic eruptions shaping the Earth's surface; Sleep deprivation and emotional health
- Describe Image: Average Monthly Rainfall in Four Cities; Online Course Enrolments (thousands), 2017-2023; Household Water Usage by Activity; University Enrolment by Faculty; Average Monthly Rainfall in a City
- Re-tell Lecture: Why memories aren't fixed recordings; Economics of urban traffic congestion
Sample questions from PTE Academic Speaking Test 4
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 influences how decisions are made across industries, from medicine to finance. By analysing enormous datasets, these systems can detect patterns invisible to human observers. Yet researchers caution that algorithms may reproduce hidden biases present in their training data. Ensuring transparency and fairness has therefore become a central concern for engineers and policymakers alike.
In the test you record this, and it is scored for pronunciation, oral fluency and content.
Online Course Enrolments (thousands), 2017-2023
| 2017 | 120 |
| 2018 | 180 |
| 2019 | 260 |
| 2020 | 410 |
| 2021 | 520 |
| 2022 | 600 |
| 2023 | 720 |
In the test this is shown as a line chart. You describe it aloud, and it is scored for content, pronunciation and oral fluency.
How hard is PTE Academic Speaking Test 4?
Compared with the other 7 PTE Academic speaking tests on PTEMock, PTE Academic Speaking Test 4 is about average. It ranks 5th 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 | 14.2 | 13.9 |
| Long words in Read Aloud | 28% | 26% |
| Repeat Sentence length | 10.3 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 8 is the next hardest. To warm up first, PTE Academic Speaking Test 3 is the next easiest.
How PTE Academic Speaking Test 4 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.