PTE Core guides
Practice questions
- PTE Core Reading PracticePTE Core Reading practice: four short everyday texts with multiple-choice questions and explained answers, plus how all five Reading question types work.
- PTE Core Listening PracticePTE Core Listening practice with a real audio clip: a phone message with multiple-choice questions and answers, plus how all seven Listening types work.
About the exam
- PTE Core Test GuideHow PTE Core works for Canadian PR and citizenship: the three parts, all 19 question types, timing, 10 to 90 scoring, the CLB table and how to book.
- PTE Core vs CELPIP: Which Test for Canadian Immigration?PTE Core and CELPIP-General side by side for Canadian immigration: format, length, scoring, CLB conversion, accents and how to choose between them.
- PTE Core vs PTE AcademicPTE Core is for Canadian immigration, PTE Academic for study. How the two Pearson tests differ in purpose, question types, word limits and register.
Topics
- PTE Core Score Chart: CLB ConversionThe official PTE Core to CLB table for Listening, Reading, Speaking and Writing, the scores IRCC programs need, and why no raw-score chart exists.
- PTE Core Write Email: Format, Scoring and a Model AnswerHow to answer PTE Core Write Email in 9 minutes: the three themes, the 50 to 120 word range, the seven scoring traits, and a model email to study.
- PTE Core Describe Image: Structure, Scoring and a Model AnswerHow to answer PTE Core Describe Image: 25 seconds to study, 40 seconds to speak, what the Content score rewards, a simple structure and a model answer.
- PTE Core Repeat Sentence and Read Aloud TipsHow PTE Core Repeat Sentence and Read Aloud are scored, why they count for two skills each, and practical tips for timing, chunking and fluency.