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PTE Core
practice under the real timers, scored per component.

Built for IRCC requirements. AI scoring built on PTE Core's published task criteria, with mocks and drills for every section.

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PTE Core — Score Report
72/90
Overall Score
Sample layout
Listening73
Reading71
Speaking70
Writing74
Meets CLB 9 · IRCC ready

What task types are on the PTE Core?

Each task has its own practice mode and its place in the full mock, with the same timers as the exam.

Speaking

Read Aloud, Repeat Sentence, Describe Image, Respond to a Situation.

  • Read Aloud
  • Repeat Sentence
  • Describe Image
  • Respond to a Situation
  • Answer Short Question

Writing

Summarize Written Text, Write Email — graded for grammar, register, and content.

  • Summarize Written Text
  • Write Email

Reading

Reading & Writing Fill in the Blanks, Re-order Paragraph, MCQs.

  • MCQ Single
  • MCQ Multiple
  • Re-order Paragraph
  • R&W Fill in the Blanks
  • Reading Fill in the Blanks

Listening

Summarize Spoken Text, Write from Dictation and more.

  • Summarize Spoken Text
  • MCQ Single/Multiple
  • Fill in the Blanks
  • Highlight Correct Summary
  • Write from Dictation

Task-by-task guides

How each task is scored, the strategies that move the score, and worked low- vs high-scoring examples.

Read Aloud

Read a short text on the screen aloud in 30–40 seconds. Assessed on Content, Oral Fluency and Pronunciation. On PTE Academic it is scored for Speaking only; on PTE Core the same task also feeds Reading.

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Write Essay

Write a 200–300 word argumentative essay in 20 minutes. Scored on Content, Form, Grammar, Vocabulary, Spelling, Written Discourse, and Development.

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Summarize Written Text

Read a 200–300 word academic passage and condense it into a single sentence of 5–75 words. Scored on Content, Form, Grammar, and Vocabulary.

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Write From Dictation

Hear a short sentence (8–12 words) once and type it word-for-word. The highest-leverage Listening task in PTE — each correct word counts.

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Mock Test Strategy

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How is the PTE Core scored?

Objective tasks are marked against the answer key, item by item. The conversion to the exam’s scale uses the published tables where the test owner publishes them and our own documented estimate where it does not. Speaking and writing are scored per component by our own engine, following the exam’s published scoring guide, and mapped onto the scale below.

How the scoring works
SkillScaleWhat is measured
Speaking10–90Fluency + pronunciation, AI scored.
Writing10–90Grammar, register, content.
Reading10–90Skim, scan, infer.
Listening10–90Comprehension and accuracy.

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Questions about PTE Core

Is PTE Core accepted by IRCC?
Yes — PTE Core is approved for Canadian PR economic class applications.
Do you cover Email writing?
Yes, with rubrics for content, register, and grammar.
How realistic is the timer?
Every task runs on PTE Core's published timings, down to the per-task seconds, and the mock runs them end to end without pauses.

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