Preparing for the Test 

  • The PTE Academic Test Tutorial (available in Flash and PDF formats) is a free resource that provides you with a detailed overview of the test, guidance on how to navigate through it, and instructions on answering the different item types.
  • The Official Guide to PTE Academic (book, audio CD and CD ROM) helps you understand the features, format and scoring of the test, learns how to respond to each item type, becomes familiar with the language skills assessed, develop test-taking strategies and practices answering over test items written for the guide on the interactive CD ROM.
  • Recommended PTE Academic English Resources provides you with a list of over 90 academic English courses recommended as being excellent resources to develop the skills tested within PTE Academic.
  • PTE Academic Practice Tests gives you the opportunity to practice all skills, gain full experience of the test format, timing and items, and assess your progress using feedback on your performance. The unscored test allows you to assess your progress using sample responses. The scored practice tests use the same scoring rules as the actual test.