PTE Academic Learning Hub: Courses, Templates and Vocabulary

What the hub contains

• PTE Academic courses →

  24 chapters · 96 lessons

  One course for each skill: Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking. Each is split into chapters of short text lessons that explain how the PTE Academic section works, what the scorers look for and how to approach every task, with exercises to check what you read.

• PTE Academic writing and speaking templates →

  40 writing · 60 speaking

  Fill-in frameworks for the PTE Academic writing and speaking tasks. Each template comes with tips, the situations it suits and notes on how that kind of answer is scored, so you can adapt it instead of memorising it.

• PTE Academic vocabulary builder →

  1,000 words

  Words for the topics PTE Academic tests, grouped by skill. Every entry has its meaning, an example sentence and synonyms, and you can study them as flashcards or test yourself with a quiz.

PTE Academic lesson modules

The hub's 15 lesson modules, in the order they are meant to be studied:

1. 1PTE Academic: Test Overview
2. 2How the AI Scoring Engine Works
3. 3Integrated Scoring: One Task, Two Skills
4. 4Speaking I — Read Aloud & Repeat Sentence
5. 5Speaking II — Describe Image
6. 6Speaking III — Re-tell Lecture & Answer Short Question
7. 7Writing I — Summarize Written Text
8. 8Writing II — Write Essay
9. 9Reading I — Multiple Choice & Re-order Paragraphs
10. 10Reading II — Fill in the Blanks
11. 11Listening I — Summarize Spoken Text & Write from Dictation
12. 12Listening II — The Objective Tasks
13. 13Time, Screen and Noteboard Management
14. 14Test Day, Results and What to Do Next
15. 15Deepening Your Listening Skills for PTE Academic

PTE Academic section guides

How each part of the test works, with a sample question and tips for every task:

• PTE Academic Listening guide→
• PTE Academic Reading guide→
• PTE Academic Writing guide→
• PTE Academic Speaking guide→
• PTE Academic full mock tests→