PTE Academic

Free Write from Dictation practice

One hundred and twenty original sentences for PTE Write from Dictation. Play one, type it, and check a point for every word you spell correctly.

How Write from Dictation is scored

On PTE Academic, Write from Dictation gives one point for each word you spell correctly. The words need to be the ones you heard, in that order. A missing or misspelled word does not score, and an extra word does not take a point away. Each recording plays once. A test usually includes three or four of these sentences, and the points count toward Listening and Writing.

Check on this page uses that rule. It ignores capital letters and punctuation such as commas and full stops. Words inside the sentence still score when one word is missing or out of place. The result lists the words that did not match.

These sentences were written for practice. They are not from a Pearson test. Read the Write from Dictation task page for the published format, or the Write from Dictation guide for memory and timing.

Tips for the task

  • Type as soon as the audio ends. Waiting for a perfect memory is how the middle disappears.
  • Articles, prepositions, and plural endings are points, the same as longer words.
  • If you miss a word, still type the rest in the order you heard them.
  • On test day you cannot replay the clip. Do some sentences here at normal speed, once.
Playback

If that accent is not installed, Play uses another English voice.

Set 1 · Easy

Sentence 1

easyscience
Reveal answer

Coastal laboratories measure sea temperature twice each day.

Sentence 2

easyeducation
Reveal answer

Tutors meet new students during the first teaching week.

Sentence 3

easyenvironment
Reveal answer

City parks reduce afternoon heat in crowded neighbourhoods.

Sentence 4

easybusiness
Reveal answer

Small firms review their cash flow every month.

Sentence 5

easyhistory
Reveal answer

The museum stores letters from the early colonial period.

Sentence 6

easyhealth
Reveal answer

Nurses record vital signs before the morning ward round.

Sentence 7

easyscience
Reveal answer

Astronomers tracked faint signals from a distant cold star.

Sentence 8

easyeducation
Reveal answer

The library lends laptops to students during exam week.

Sentence 9

easyenvironment
Reveal answer

Wetlands filter sediment before it reaches the main river.

Sentence 10

easybusiness
Reveal answer

Managers compare supplier prices before they sign a contract.

Keep the words that score

Spell Master is a short listen-and-type game. A full scored question in the app is the next step.

Frequently asked questions

How does this Write from Dictation practice score an answer?

You receive one point for each word in the sentence that you spell correctly and in order. Capital letters and punctuation such as commas and full stops are ignored. Extra words do not remove points. Check lists every sentence word that did not match.

Is this score the same as a PTE Academic score?

It follows the published partial-credit idea: one point for each correct word, and no negative marking. The result is a practice score in your browser. It is not a Pearson score report.

Can I replay a sentence?

Yes. Choose an English accent and a playback speed, then press Play as often as you need. On the real test the recording plays once, so practise some sentences here at normal speed with a single play.

Are these sentences from a real PTE exam?

No. Every sentence was written for this practice bank. The sentences are academic in style and cover science, education, the environment, business, history, and health. They are not copied from a test form.