PTE Academic Exam Pattern

Timing: Single composite 25-minute timer for both task types combined: no sectional lock. This is a TakeMockTest-defined duration for this multiple-choice-only subset, not the official 32-41 minute full Reading section time.

The official PTE Academic Reading section is a single 32-41 minute timed block with 15-20 questions across five task types: Multiple Choice (Single Answer), Multiple Choice (Multiple Answers), Re-order Paragraphs, Reading: Fill in the Blanks, and Reading and Writing: Fill in the Blanks. Re-order Paragraphs uses drag-and-drop sequencing and both Fill in the Blanks types use dropdown word selection, formats this practice engine cannot render, so this mock covers only the two multiple-choice task types. PTE scores the full test on a 10-90 scale with its own proprietary partial-credit formula; this practice mock shows a raw score using this site's own partial-marking model instead (see each Multiple Answers test's scoring note), not PTE's official scaled score.