PTE Speaking and Writing Mock Test, Free and Timed

Part 1 of PTE Academic: structure and timing

Speaking & Writing is the first part of the test and the longest. It has nine task types plus an unscored Personal Introduction, and the tasks come in a fixed order: the speaking tasks first, then Summarize Written Text and Write Essay. Most speaking tasks give you a short preparation time, a tone, and a fixed time to speak.

How the speaking tasks are timed here

Each speaking question uses the same timer and recorder as the practice pages: a preparation countdown where Pearson lists one, a tone, then your answer window. Read Aloud preparation is drawn from Pearson's 30-40 seconds, and because Pearson says the speaking time depends on the text, we set it from the passage length (about 1.3 times a steady reading pace, never under 25 seconds). Repeat Sentence and Answer Short Question have no preparation time, so the recorder opens as soon as the audio ends.

After you stop, press Check my score. With an optional transcript you get an estimate from the words it heard; otherwise you can tick the key points you covered. Questions you record but cannot score are left out of the percent and counted separately in the report, never silently as 0. A question you skip scores 0.

The two writing tasks

Summarize Written Text asks for one sentence of 5 to 75 words in 10 minutes, and Write Essay asks for 200 to 300 words in 20 minutes. The clock shown is the question's own, and the word count updates as you type, as it does in the test. The report checks length and form against Pearson's published limits first, because a form score of 0 means no points for the task.

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. Use a quiet room and headphones, and allow the microphone when the first speaking question asks.
2. Choose the transcript or the key-point check on the first question and the choice carries over to the next ones.
3. Speak in full sentences and stop the recording as soon as you finish; pace is measured from when the recording opened.
4. Read the report for the lowest task types, then practise them one by one on the linked practice pages.

More ways to practise: Read Aloud, Repeat Sentence and Describe Image each have their own free page. Or take another mock:

• 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