PTE Reading
PTE Reading, a 30–40-minute section in the 2025 PTE Academic exam, assesses your ability to understand written English. It includes 5 question types with 13–18 questions, testing comprehension and vocabulary skills.
PTE Reading Time
The PTE Reading section in the 2025 PTE Academic exam is approximately 30–40 minutes long. This time is overall for 13–18 questions, with no question-specific timings in the Reading module.PTE Reading Test Format, Question Types and Marks
1. Reading & Writing - Fill in the Blanks (R&W Blanks): In this PTE task for the 2025 exam, a text with several gaps appears on-screen. Select the correct words from a drop-down list to fill the gaps.
- Prompt Length: Text up to 80 words
- Skills Assessed: Reading and Writing
- Time to Answer: Not applicable
- Choose the most appropriate words from a drop-down list to complete the text.
- R&W Blanks is scored as follows:
|
Correct |
1 for each blank |
|
Incorrect |
0 for each blank |
For more details, tips, and tricks for Reading & Writing: Fill in the Blanks, read the below article:
2. Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers: In this PTE task for the 2025 exam, after reading a text, answer a multiple-choice question on its content or tone by selecting all correct responses.
- Prompt Length: Text up to 110 words
- Skills Assessed: Reading
- Time to Answer: Not applicable
- Select all correct response options from the list provided.
- You earn points for correct selections but lose points for incorrect ones.
- Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers is scored as follows:
Correct
1 for each answer
Incorrect
-1 for each answer
Minimum
0
3. Re-order Paragraphs (RO): In this PTE task for the 2025 exam, text boxes appear on the screen in random order. Arrange them in the correct order.
- Prompt Length: Text up to 80 words
- Skills Assessed: Reading
- Time to Answer: Not applicable
- Drag and drop text boxes to restore the original order of the text.
- Your response is evaluated based on your ability to understand the organization and cohesion of an academic text.
- Full marks are awarded if all text boxes are in the correct order.
- Partial credit is given if one or more text boxes are incorrectly ordered.
- Re-order Paragraphs is scored as follows:
Correct
1 for each adjacent pair
Incorrect
0 for each pair
Minimum
0
4. Reading: Fill in the Blanks: In this PTE task for the 2025 exam, a text with several gaps appears on-screen. Drag words from a blue box to fill the gaps.
- Prompt Length: Text up to 80 words
- Skills Assessed: Reading
- Time to Answer: Not applicable
- Fill gaps in a passage using words from a blue box, with more words provided than needed.
- Reading: Fill in the Blanks is scored as follows:
Correct
1 for each blank
Incorrect
0 for each blank
5. Multiple Choice, Single Answer: In this PTE task for the 2025 exam, answer a multiple-choice question on the content or tone of a text by selecting one response.
- Prompt Length: Text up to 110 words
- Skills Assessed: Reading
- Time to Answer: Not applicable
- Select the one correct response from the provided options.
- Your response is scored as either correct or incorrect, with no credit for no response.
- Multiple Choice, Single Answer is scored as follows:
Correct
1
Incorrect
0
Note: All the information in this article is sourced from the official Pearson PTE website. For detailed PTE scoring and marks distribution, refer to the official PTE Score Guide available here.
PTE Reading Tips and Tricks
- For Reading & Writing: Fill in the Blanks, aim for 3/5 or 2/4 correct blanks by using context clues and PTE Grammar Rules 2025 like articles and modal auxiliaries.
- For Reading: Fill in the Blanks, use vocabulary knowledge and context to select the correct words from the blue box, ensuring all gaps are filled accurately.
- For Multiple Choice, Single Answer and Multiple Answers, eliminate incorrect options first to narrow choices and answer efficiently within the 30–40-minute Reading section.
- For Re-order Paragraphs, aim for 1–2 correct adjacent pairs and spend no more than 2 minutes per task to maintain efficiency.
- Practice with PTEGuideApp's Proven Templates and Strategies 2025 to enhance comprehension and accuracy across all Reading tasks.
PTE Guide App
Use the PTE Guide App for comprehensive resources on the Pearson PTE Academic Exam 2025, including step-by-step preparation guides, templates, mock tests, and tips for mastering the Reading section.
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