Free PTE Resources

    Everything you need — in one place

    A step-by-step library of free PTE Academic resources. Start by understanding the test, build your skills with Pearson-aligned strategies, then test yourself with our interactive readiness checklist.
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    Step 1 · Start here

    Understand the test

    Get the lay of the land before you study. Learn what PTE actually is, ditch the myths, and see exactly how every task is scored.

    About PTE Academic

    A four-chapter visual guide to PTE Academic for students, parents and first-time test takers — About the test, Getting to know it, Preparing for it, and what happens On test day. The big-picture overview before you dive into PTE 101.

    4 chaptersVisual guideTest day flow
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    PTE 101 — Interactive

    Interactive PTE 101 — a complete walkthrough of all 22 task types, the real Pearson exam interface, sample model answers and a quick self-test quiz. The fastest way to understand what you are walking into.

    22 task typesExam UI mockQuick quiz
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    Myths & Misconceptions

    Ten years of teaching distilled into the viral tricks, fake hacks and mindset traps that are still wrecking PTE scores in 2025 — each one busted with real Pearson scoring evidence.

    Evidence-basedReal Pearson rules
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    PTE Scoring Guide

    A skill → question → parameter map. See which tasks contribute to which skill, which scoring parameters are graded on each one, and why two students with similar performance can end up with very different scores.

    Per-skill scoringDual-yield tasks
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    Scoring Information

    An interactive rebuild of Pearson's 'PTE Academic Scoring Information for Teachers and Partners'. Hover-able weighting tables, Myth-vs-Truth charts, Skills Profile mapping, rescoring rules and 9 real misconceptions explained — for students, teachers and institutions.

    Interactive charts9 misconceptionsOfficial source
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    Skill Profile Explained

    A designed, section-by-section breakdown of the PTE Academic Skill Profile — all 8 categories decoded, how each of your four scores is built, the cross-skill multiplier tasks, a real Overall-43 case study, and a 4-week plan to fix exactly what's holding your score back.

    8 categoriesReal case study4-week plan
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    Step 2 · Learn & practise

    Build your skills

    Strategy lessons, confidence-building checklists and the academic vocabulary you actually need on test day.

    PTE Made Easy

    Step-by-step lessons for every one of the 22 PTE question types — strategies, templates, common mistakes, interactive simulators, worksheets and practice for each task.

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    Tips & Strategies

    Section-by-section tips and strategies for every one of the 22 PTE task types — grouped by Speaking, Writing, Reading and Listening. Each skill comes with focused tips per task plus interactive quizzes so you can test what you've learned before sitting the real exam.

    22 tasks4 skills5 quizzes
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    Common Mistakes by Task

    Pearson's Official Guide common mistakes, distilled per task. Pick any of the 22 PTE Academic tasks (Speaking, Writing, Reading, Listening), read the two biggest mistakes and their fixes, then take a 5-question quiz to lock in what you learned.

    22 tasksFix-it bullets5-Q quiz each
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    Improve Your Skills

    Pearson-aligned strategy chapters for Speaking, Writing, Reading and Listening — each section comes with practice exercises and a click-to-reveal answer key, so you can study independently or with a trainer.

    4 skillsReveal answers
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    Building Confidence

    Confidence-building checklists, building-block strategies and 'keys for confidence' for all four skills. Tap each row of the checklist to score yourself and identify exactly where to focus your practice.

    Interactive checklistsSelf-score4 skills
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    Academic Collocation List

    The full Pearson Academic Collocation List — 2,469 essential word pairs that show up in PTE academic texts. Searchable, filterable, and packaged into study cards so you can drill them in spare moments.

    2,469 collocationsSearchableStudy cards
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    Phonemic Chart

    An interactive English phonemic chart covering all 44 sounds — vowels, diphthongs and consonants. Tap any phoneme to hear it spoken, then listen to three real example words for each. The fastest way to fix pronunciation for PTE Speaking.

    44 soundsClick to listenPronunciation
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    Browse Speaking Questions

    An at-a-glance question bank for all 7 PTE Speaking tasks — Read Aloud, Repeat Sentence, Describe Image, Re-tell Lecture, Answer Short Question, Summarize Group Discussion and Respond to a Situation. Browse paginated lists, filter by frequency or today's predictions, reveal transcripts and model answers, and launch the practice simulator in one tap.

    7 speaking tasksBrowse & filterPractise instantly
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    Exam Questions (Prediction File)

    Our monthly Prediction File — a curated collection of real PTE exam questions sourced from 40+ centres across 12+ countries. Updated every month since February 2018. Students consistently report 50%+ of their real-exam questions matching the file.

    Updated monthlySince Feb 201850%+ repeats
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    Ready for guided practice?

    These resources are 100% free. When you're ready to plug your weak areas with one-on-one feedback, mock tests and a personalised study plan, our PTE courses pick up where the resources end.

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