PTE Reading Mock Test, Free and Timed

Part 2 of PTE Academic: structure and timing

Reading is the shortest part. It has five task types, always in the same order, and Pearson gives one duration for the whole part rather than a limit per question. Fill in the Blanks (dropdown) comes first and is the largest group of questions, so it sets your pace for the rest.

How the Reading mock is marked

Every Reading question is marked with the per-question rule Pearson publishes in its Score Guide, so unlike the speaking tasks the points are exact for the items in this mock.

• Fill in the Blanks (dropdown and drag and drop): 1 point for each correct blank. A wrong blank costs nothing extra.
• Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers: +1 for each correct option chosen, -1 for each incorrect one, never below 0.
• Re-order Paragraphs: 1 point for each correct adjacent pair of text boxes.
• Multiple Choice, Single Answer: 1 or 0.

The report turns each task type into a percent of its points and averages them. Which task types are most or least valuable for your Reading score is not published, so we do not weight them. See the Reading practice hub for single-task practice without a clock.

How each mock is put together

Every run starts from a random seed, shown on screen as a short mock code. The seed decides which questions you get and their order inside each task type; a reload gives you the same mock, and a new run draws different questions. Inside one run no question is used twice.

• Counts inside Pearson's ranges. Pearson gives a range of questions per task type (for example 6 to 7 Read Aloud). Each run draws a number inside the range, so two mocks can differ by a question or two, as two real test versions do.
• Pearson's order and task timers. Task types appear in the order Pearson lists them, with its preparation and answer times (for example 25 seconds to prepare and 40 seconds to speak in Describe Image).
• Part clocks for Reading and Listening. Pearson publishes only the part total (23-30 and 31-39 minutes), not a time per question. The mock sets one part clock inside that range in proportion to how many questions it drew. That rule is ours.
• Audio is text-to-speech.Recordings are read aloud by your browser's built-in voice, not by recorded human speakers, so they sound different from the test and vary by device. You can choose the accent. Each recording plays once.
• Original questions. Every item was written for this site. None is a real, past or predicted exam question.

Save, resume and privacy

Your mock is saved in this browser's local storage as you go: the questions drawn, your answers, your speaking results and the clock. Close the page and press Resume mock next time to carry on where you stopped. The clock does not run while the page is closed. You can clear the saved mock or restart with new questions at any time.

• Nothing is uploaded and no account is needed. The saved mock does not follow you to another browser or device.
• Microphone audio stays in your browser. It is never sent to this site and never saved, not even locally, so a recording is gone when you leave the page.
• The on-device transcript runs a speech model inside your browser, so the audio is not uploaded (the model downloads once from third-party hosts). The browser transcript, in Chrome and Edge only, sends your voice to the browser's own speech service. Both are off unless you turn one on for a question. If you do, the transcript text is kept in your saved mock on this device.
• Finished task sets are added to your practice progress, also stored only in this browser.

How to use this mock

1. Skim each passage first, then answer. The part clock is shared, so aim to leave Fill in the Blanks within the first third.
2. In Re-order Paragraphs, find the sentence that makes sense on its own first, then link the rest by pronouns and connectors.
3. In drag-and-drop gaps, remember some words in the box are not used.
4. After the report, practise the weakest task type on its own page and retake the mock a few days later.

• Full-length mock testAll three parts in Pearson's order, with the Personal Introduction.About 2 to 2.5 hours · 65-85 scored questions
• Speaking and Writing mock (Part 1)Part 1 only: nine task types, from Read Aloud to Write Essay.About 80 minutes · 35-43 scored questions
• Reading mock (Part 2)Part 2 only: five task types on one part clock.23-30 minutes · 15-20 scored questions
• Listening mock (Part 3)Part 3 only: eight task types, each recording played once.31-39 minutes · 15-22 scored questions