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Each topic reads a separate set of sources, and the products are kept apart on purpose. PTE Academic, PTE Core and PTE Express are three different exams with different task lists and different timings, so a notebook that can only see one of them cannot quietly answer with another one’s rules.
These four come up constantly, and the first three are the ones third-party practice sites most often get wrong.
Exactly three. Not a range — Pearson’s own instructions read “You will listen to a group discussion between 3 people.” The audio runs up to 3 minutes and plays once, then you get 10 seconds to prepare and 2 minutes to speak.
No. It is a PTE Academic task only. PTE Core lists seven Listening question types and this is not one of them. Mixing the two up is the single most common mistake we see in Canada-bound students’ preparation.
It depends which test you are sitting, and this catches people out. PTE Academic gives you 10 seconds to prepare; PTE Core gives you 20. Both give 40 seconds to speak.
It is the average of your four skill bands, rounded to the nearest half band. An average ending in .25 rounds up to the next half band, and one ending in .75 rounds up to the next whole band.
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