PTE Speaking

Session Time : 54-67 minutes

Personal Introduction

The personal introduction is an opportunity to make that first impression. Do not get nervous. Be confident because your confidence will help you improve your personal introduction in the PTE Academic exam.

You will have 25 seconds for yourself to prepare your response, and then you’ll have 30 seconds to provide your introduction.

A personal introduction is not scored. Still, they are definitely sent to the institutions selected by you, such as a university, visa office or immigration department for them to listen to this introduction. You can make a good impression on the University or the immigration department with your great personal introduction.

Here’s what you need to provide as your personal introduction

Your name
Your age
Your residence location
Highest qualification followed by from which University
Your hobbies or interests
Your future goals
Why attending PTE exam?

A sample of personal introduction

My name is Roy Bhatt. I’m 21, hail from Calcutta, West Bengal in India. I completed my graduation from XYZ University in the stream of mechanical engineering. I’m fond of organizing events, playing cricket and volunteering. I want to migrate to Canada for my future prospects, to pursue masters in mechanical engineering. I am giving the PTE Academic exam as one of the requirement to test my English skill to achieve my goals.

Read aloud

The recording status box displays a countdown until the microphone opens. You have 30-40 seconds to prepare, depending on the length of the passage. You hear a short tone. After the tone, start speaking immediately. Do not start speaking before the microphone opens because your voice will not be recorded.

• You should speak clearly. There is no need to rush.
• Finish speaking before the progress bar reaches the end. The word “Recording” changes to “Completed”.
• You are only able to record your response once.
• If you remain silent for longer than 3 seconds, the recording will stop.

Sample questions for read about are given here.

Repeat sentence

The audio begins to plays automatically. When the audio finishes, the microphone opens and the recording status box shows “Recording”. Speak into the microphone immediately (there is no short tone) and repeat exactly what you heard.

• You should speak clearly. There is no need to rush.
• Finish speaking before the progress bar reaches the end. The word “Recording” changes to “Completed”.
• You are not able to replay the audio. You are only able to record your response once.

Here are few samples given for practice click here.

Describe image

In the Speaking section of the Pearson PTE Academic test, we get Describe Image questions where we have to verbally describe images that appear on the screen. There are 3 to 4 such questions in the test. You can use our tried and tested Describe Image format to ace your PTE test. You might get bar graphs, line graphs, pie charts, diagrams, photographs, or maps to describe. Once an image appears on the screen, you are allocated 25 seconds to study it. Then, after 25 seconds, the microphone opens for 40 seconds.

Here are few samples given for practice click here.

Re-tell lecture

The audio begins to play automatically. You may also see an image related to the audio. After the audio finishes, you have 10 seconds to prepare.

The recording status box displays a countdown until the microphone opens. You hear a short tone. After the tone, start speaking immediately. Do not start speaking before the microphone opens because your voice will not be recorded.

• You should speak clearly. There is no need to rush.
• Finish speaking before the progress bar reaches the end. The word “Recording” changes to “Completed’’.
• You are only able to record your response once.
• While the audio is playing, you can take notes on the erasable noteboard provided

Here are few samples given for practice click here.

Answer short question

The audio begins to play automatically. You may also see an image.

When the audio finishes, the microphone opens and the recording status box shows “Recording”. Speak into the microphone immediately (there is no short tone) and answer the question with one or a few words.

• You should speak clearly. There is no need to rush.
• Finish speaking before the progress bar reaches the end. The word “Recording” changes to “Completed”.
• You are not able to replay the audio. You are only able to record your response once.

Here are few samples given for practice Click here.