PTE Help Center: Scored Practice Tests

Scored Practice Tests: at a glance

Available for PTE Academic, PTE Academic UKVI & PTE Core
Valid for 1 year from purchase

Find your purchased test on your myPTE dashboard

Use wired headphones for most reliable speaking score results
Allow 2 hours to take your test

About Scored Practice Tests

Our online practice materials work best with Google Chrome or Firefox browsers. You can check your system compatibility before you buy a Scored Practice test: Test Your Computer

Please make sure you check your device and operating system BEFORE purchasing online practice materials.

Scored Practice Tests work best with Google Chrome or Firefox browsers. You will need a wired headset with a microphone to take a Scored Practice Test. Without one, your speaking will not be marked correctly by the PTE scoring engine and you may receive a score of 10.

In most cases, Scored Practice Tests appear within myPTE (in Smart Prep > My Purchases) around 30 minutes after ordering. You can also check your order in your myPTE account, under My Activity and Order History.

Please allow up to 48 hours to receive an email with instructions to use your practice materials. If you have not had any communication after this time, please contact Customer Support.

The Scored Practice Tests are single-use only and you will not be able to preview the questions. Please allow up to two hours to sit a Practice Test in a quiet environment. Please make sure you are using wired headphones with a microphone. Using a Bluetooth headset or laptop microphone will return a speaking score of 10.

No, there are only three Scored Practice Tests for PTE Academic and one for PTE Core. If you choose to repurchase the same version of a Scored Practice Test, you will get the same set of questions.

Your Practice Test is valid for one year from purchase. Please use the test within one year.

Yes, we have a Practice Test for PTE Core. Find out more on PTE Core Preparation.

If you need help, please contact us via our Customer support contact form, as we are unable to assist you via live chat or over the phone.

Technical support

Please make sure you are using a wired headset with a microphone. If you use a Bluetooth headset or a laptop microphone, your audio may not be recorded and you may receive a score of 10 in your PTE speaking section.

Once you have a headset which is wired, make sure you complete the microphone check prior to starting the test. The microphone check is in the test. Do not use Bluetooth headphones because they often appear to be working correctly but often drop out mid-way through the test and stop recording.

Purchased Scored Practice Tests appear on your dashboard in Smart Prep in myPTE. Please log in to myPTE, click on Smart Prep, and then my Purchases.

We can’t recommend a brand of headsets, but we recommend over-the-ear headset with the microphone positioned to the side of the mouth.

The Scored Practice Test is a single-use test. The test needs to be completed in test-like conditions and you can not go back or forward.

If you need help, please contact us via our Customer support contact form, as we are unable to assist you via live chat or over the phone.

Performance-related questions

Your score report is typically available within four hours of completing your practice test. Once you have completed and submitted your Scored Practice Test, your Scored Practice Tests should show ‘Wait for results’ in myPTE, Smart Prep, my Purchases. Once it has been scored, the status will change to ‘View results’.

If your scores are not published after four hours, please submit a query and we will investigate further. Please do not submit your request within four hours. To avoid delay, please ensure you provide the name and email address registered to your practice test account. Please allow 2–4 business days for us to investigate.

Your Score Report will tell you your Overall Score and your Communicative Skills scores (listening, reading, speaking, writing). This format gives you a realistic measure of your performance and helps you to identify the skills that you need to practice further.

For Scored Practice Tests, you will not see a skills profile and a breakdown of your performance across sub-skills.

We are unable to support any rescore or appeals process for the scored practice test.

Although Scored Practice Tests are designed to simulate the PTE Academic or PTE Core test formats, they can’t simulate the actual conditions of the full test. Therefore, your score report for the Online Scored Practice Test should be seen as an indicator and may not fully reflect what your performance could be under full test conditions.

When completing the speaking question, we recommend speaking at a natural volume with a conversational tone, using a headset with a microphone. Not using a microphone – or using a poor-quality microphone – may impact your score slightly. Holding a microphone too close to your mouth (which may record your breathing) is also not recommended.

Your microphone may not have recorded all your spoken responses; you may not have answered enough questions to score higher than 10 or your responses were too short to score.

No, the Scored Practice Test gives you an indication of the score you may get. However the Scored Practice Test is taken at home in more relaxed conditions. You may score the same, lower or higher when taking the actual test.

If you need help, please contact us via our Customer support contact form, as we are unable to assist you via live chat or over the phone.

Payment issues

To purchase, please visit our preparation pages:

For PTE Academic & PTE Academic UKVI
For PTE Core

We only accept credit and debit credit card payments online. Please check with your bank to clarify why the payment has not been authorized.

All prices listed are in US dollars (USD) and not in the local currency (unless otherwise stated). Please note that all card payments will be processed in USD. This is stated on the website. The charge shown on your bank account is dependent on the conversion rate by your bank.

Your bank provider may apply charges. If you are unsure whether this applies to you we advise you to contact your bank or credit card provider.

Please submit your request through the Customer Support form, stating the email address registered to your practice test account, your order number, and the reason for your request. We will be in contact within 2–4 business days.

Please note that if you have taken the Scored Practice Test, you will not be eligible for a refund. Please see our terms and conditions.

If you have duplicate charges, please contact our Customer Support team via the Customer Support form, with your order number and your email address.

If you need help, please contact us via our Customer support contact form, as we are unable to assist you via live chat or over the phone.