Summarize Spoken Text
SSTListen to a lecture and summarise it in 50-70 words.
- Response time
- 10:00
- Written response
Contributes to: listening, content, form, grammar, vocabulary, spelling
PTE Listening
Summarize Spoken Text, dictation, highlight incorrect words and more.
Task types in this section
Multiple Choice, Single Answer
L-MCQListen to the recording and choose the single best answer.
- Response time
- 2:00
- Auto-scored
Contributes to: listening, content
Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers
L-MCMSelect every correct option. Incorrect selections lose marks.
- Response time
- 2:30
- Auto-scored
Contributes to: listening, content
Fill in the Blanks
L-FIBType the missing word you hear into each blank in the transcript.
- Response time
- 3:00
- Auto-scored
Contributes to: listening, spelling, vocabulary
Highlight Correct Summary
HCSListen to the recording and choose the paragraph that best summarises it.
- Response time
- 2:30
- Auto-scored
Contributes to: listening, reading, content
Select Missing Word
SMWThe last word or phrase is bleeped out — choose the option that completes the recording.
- Response time
- 2:00
- Auto-scored
Contributes to: listening, content
Highlight Incorrect Words
HIWClick the words in the transcript that differ from the recording.
- Response time
- 2:30
- Auto-scored
Contributes to: listening, reading
Write From Dictation
WFDType the sentence exactly as you hear it.
- Response time
- 1:00
- Auto-scored
Contributes to: listening, spelling, grammar
How to practise listening
Write From Dictation is scored word by word, so an imperfect sentence still earns most of its marks. Always write something.
In Highlight Incorrect Words, an incorrect click subtracts. Click only what you clearly heard differ.
Summarize Spoken Text is 50–70 words. Note the speaker’s structure, not every detail.
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