PTE-A Reading Module
What is it? This section of the PTE exam contains passages and questions based on your reading skills. It contains a single timed section. For each question, you’ll have to read the instructions carefully before answering it.
Alert: The section allots you 32-35 minutes. Please check the timer on the screen. It depends on you to manage all the sections within the time limit. In other word, the items are not ‘time bound’ but the entire section is.
Multiple-choice question, single answer:
What is it?
You will be presented with a passage. You need to go through the text carefully. Down to the text is a question with multiple options. You need to select (by clicking) only one which you think is the right answer.
What is the prompt length?
The text could be up to 110 words
How are you judged?
Your reading skills
Tip:
Read the question first so that you know what you should focus on. After having a glance at the question and the options, start reading the text. Choose only one option which you think is right.
Alert:
On an average, you should not be spending more than 2 minutes on each question.
Multiple -choice, multiple answers:
What is it?
You will be presented with a passage. You need to go through the text carefully. Down to the text is a question with multiple options. You need to select (by clicking) more than one option that you think are the right answers.
What is the prompt length?
The text could be up to 300 words
How are you judged?
Your reading skills
Tip:
Read the question first so that you know what you should focus on. After having a glance at the question and the options, start reading the text. Choose more than one option which you think are right.
Alert:
On an average, you should not be spending more than 2 minutes on each question
Re-order paragraphs:
What is it?
You will be presented with several paragraphs in a random order on the left hand side with a blank space on the right hand side. You need to drag the paragraphs from the left side and put them in order into the blank space on the right hand side.
What is the prompt length?
The text could be up to 150 words
How are you judged?
Your reading skills
Tip:
Carefully read all the paragraphs. Generally, paragraphs with connectors and adverbs don’t come as a first paragraph. If you have ‘years’ mentioned in your paragraphs, the chronological order may help set you the paragraphs in the right order.
Reading-fill in the blanks:
What is it?
On your screen will be a passage or a paragraph(s) with several blanks. Just below the text, you’ll have several words. You need to drag and drop a proper word in a proper blank. You will get point for each correctly placed word.
What is the prompt length?
The text could be up to 80 words
How are you judged?
Your reading skills
Tip:
Try to understand the entire sentence that has a blank. Check whether the blank requires a noun, verb, or an adjective. Pick the words accordingly.
Reading and writing -fill in the blanks:
What is it?
On your screen will be a passage or a paragraph(s) with several blanks. Each blank will have a dropdown option filled with several words. You need to select the word that you think is the right one.
What is the prompt length?
The text could be up to 300 words
How are you judged?
Your reading and writing skills
Tip:
You should have good practice of reading as it makes the task easier. This item also requires good vocabulary because many times, the words are synonyms and you require intense knowledge of which word goes better for the blank.