As the name implies, this section tests the candidate’s based on their 2 major skills of communication, which are spoken and written skills. This section comprises six small sections that test you on your promptness over speaking and writing the written test that you would get to read for the first time. The complete section is given a time duration of 54 – 67 minutes and the time allotted to each segment is as follows:
Section Overview
| PTE Speaking and Writing Section Question Topics | PTE Questions per task | Duration per task |
| Personal introduction | 1 | 55 seconds: 25 seconds for prompt, 30 seconds to record |
| Read Aloud | 6 – 7 | 30-40 seconds to prepare for reading out the text of 60 words |
| Repeat sentence | 10 – 12 | 15 seconds: 3-9 seconds for prompt, 15 seconds to record |
| Describe image | 3 – 4 | 25 seconds are granted to study the image as well as prepare your response on the same |
| Retell lecture | 1 – 2 | 90 seconds for prompt length, 10 seconds to prepare and 40 seconds to answer |
| Answer short question | 5 – 6 | 20 seconds: 3-9 seconds for prompt, 10 seconds to answer |
| Summarize written text | 1 – 2 | 10 minutes to answer to text prompt of 300 words |
| Write Essay | 1 – 2 | 20 minutes to answer to text prompt of 2-3 sentences |
| Total questions | 28 – 36 | Time Allocation: 54 – 67 minutes |