We've added two new modules to learnpte.com: Summarize Group Discussion and Respond to a Situation. These cover PTE Academic's newer speaking tasks that will appear on your tests, starting August 7, 2025.
Summarize Group Discussion:
You listen to a group conversation among university students and summarize the main points. Simple concept, tricky execution.
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University-focused scenarios like group projects, exam stress, class participation, and academic challenges
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A maximum of 3 speakers in a Male, Male, Female format or a Male, Female, Female format.
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A duration of around 3 minutes.
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You get 10 seconds to prepare and 2 minutes to answer the questions.
Respond to a Situation:
You're given a scenario and need to respond appropriately.
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The situation is in the format - Background + Person + Goal
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The goal is inherent within the question, usually to apologise, complain, suggest etc
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Your responses will be in first person talking to 1 other person or a small group
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You get 10 seconds to prepare and 40 seconds to answer the question
The feedback system
Both modules use our existing AI analysis:
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Speech evaluation for fluency, pronunciation, and content relevance
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PTE-aligned scoring breakdowns
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Specific improvement recommendations
We are starting with a limited set of questions:
Unlike most other platforms in this space, we want to ensure that the questions that we curate are meticulously tested and align with the official PTE standard. While we are confident that we've got this right, we want you to be the ultimate judge of it. So sign up today, test practice these questions, if you have any clarifications feel free to reach out to us on our support channels. You've got this!