PTE Academic Speaking Test 8
PTE Academic Speaking Test 8 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 8
What each passage, recording and prompt is about, in the order the tasks appear.
- Read Aloud: Coral reefs' habitat and coastal protection value; Industrial Revolution's rapid societal change; Photosynthesis sustaining life on Earth; AI in everyday consumer devices; Magma chamber pressure and eruptions; Sleep's role in hormone regulation
- Describe Image: Average Monthly Rainfall in Four Cities; Global Renewable Energy Capacity Growth; University Student Enrolment by Faculty; Daily Time Spent on Activities by Teenagers; World Population Growth by Decade
- Re-tell Lecture: Urban heat islands and surface materials; Stages of memory: encoding, storage, retrieval
Sample questions from PTE Academic Speaking Test 8
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.
Volcanoes form where molten rock beneath the Earth's crust escapes to the surface. When pressure builds within a magma chamber, eruptions can release ash, gas, and lava with tremendous force. Although destructive, volcanic activity also enriches surrounding soils with minerals, creating fertile land that has attracted human settlement throughout recorded history despite the obvious risks.
In the test you record this, and it is scored for pronunciation, oral fluency and content.
University Student Enrolment by Faculty
| Engineering | 28 |
| Business | 24 |
| Arts | 18 |
| Science | 16 |
| Medicine | 9 |
| Law | 5 |
In the test this is shown as a pie chart. You describe it aloud, and it is scored for content, pronunciation and oral fluency.
How hard is PTE Academic Speaking Test 8?
Compared with the other 7 PTE Academic speaking tests on PTEMock, PTE Academic Speaking Test 8 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Read Aloud reading level | 14.9 | 13.9 |
| Long words in Read Aloud | 26% | 26% |
| Repeat Sentence length | 10.4 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 6 is the next hardest. To warm up first, PTE Academic Speaking Test 4 is the next easiest.
How PTE Academic Speaking Test 8 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.