Part 1: Speaking and Writing

PTE Writing Practice

Two tasks in Part 1 are pure writing: Summarize Written Text and Write Essay. Your writing score also draws on three listening tasks where you type what you hear. Practice all of them here with the real time limits and word limits.

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50 free PTE writing tests

Each test has 2 Summarize Written Text questions and 1 Write Essay, with the real 10 and 20 minute timers. About 40 minutes. You get an estimated writing score and a full review at the end. Every question is unique to its test.

  1. 1 Writing Test 1Origins of vaccination, dietary fiber, gut microbiome, four-day work week
  2. 2 Writing Test 2Herd immunity, iodized salt, food fortification, financial literacy in schools
  3. 3 Writing Test 3 HarderMRNA vaccines, nutritional epidemiology, research methods, automated hiring
  4. 4 Writing Test 4Vaccine cold chain, scurvy, vitamin C, phones in schools
  5. 5 Writing Test 5Immune memory, booster doses, glycemic index, car-free city centers
  6. 6 Writing Test 6 HarderInfluenza evolution, antigenic drift, appetite hormones, pension age
  7. 7 Writing Test 7Vaccine adjuvants, plant protein, amino acids, plastic packaging
  8. 8 Writing Test 8Hygiene hypothesis, allergies, vitamin D, rural medical service
  9. 9 Writing Test 9 HarderImmune tolerance, autoimmune disease, ultra-processed food, food taxes
  10. 10 Writing Test 10Mucosal immunity, oral polio vaccine, meal timing, public libraries
  11. 11 Writing Test 11How Hurricanes Form, Haboobs and Desert Dust, Advertising Aimed at Children
  12. 12 Writing Test 12The Danger of Storm Surge, Why Deserts Are Dry, Pay of Professional Athletes
  13. 13 Writing Test 13 HarderRapid Hurricane Intensification, Tree Rings and Megadroughts, Regulating Influencer Marketing
  14. 14 Writing Test 14Flying Into Hurricanes, How Desert Plants Survive, Free News and Journalism Quality
  15. 15 Writing Test 15Natural Storm Barriers, Desert Mammals and Water, Hosting Major Sporting Events
  16. 16 Writing Test 16 HarderLimits of Hurricane Categories, Four Kinds of Drought, Responsibility for Fast Fashion
  17. 17 Writing Test 17Supercells and Tornadoes, Lessons of the Dust Bowl, Is Esports a Real Sport
  18. 18 Writing Test 18Giving Storms Names, Qanats of the Dry Lands, Product Placement on Screen
  19. 19 Writing Test 19 HarderWhy Residents Stay Behind, Regreening the Sahel, Trusting Online Reviews
  20. 20 Writing Test 20Hurricane-Resistant Roofs, Harvesting Water From Fog, Paying for Adventure Rescues
  21. 21 Writing Test 21Bird magnetic sense, Moths and bats, Grandparents and childcare
  22. 22 Writing Test 22Monarch butterfly migration, Light pollution and migrating birds, Outdoor play in childhood
  23. 23 Writing Test 23 HarderFat storage in migrating birds, Peppered moth evolution, Caring for elderly parents
  24. 24 Writing Test 24Shorebird stopover sites, Butterfly wing color, Adult children living with parents
  25. 25 Writing Test 25V formation flight, Moths as night pollinators, Household chores for children
  26. 26 Writing Test 26 HarderClimate change and migration timing, Butterfly metamorphosis, Raising children in apartments
  27. 27 Writing Test 27Bird ringing and tracking, Caterpillar warning colors and mimicry, Neighborhood connections
  28. 28 Writing Test 28Partial migration in birds, Domesticated silk moths, Working beyond retirement age
  29. 29 Writing Test 29 HarderStar compass in night migrants, Moths and artificial light, Housing costs and family life
  30. 30 Writing Test 30Nonstop shorebird flights, Butterfly monitoring by volunteers, Retirement villages and mixed-age communities
  31. 31 Writing Test 31News feeds, filter bubbles, action video games, science funding
  32. 32 Writing Test 32Local newspapers, learning from failure in games, robotic space exploration
  33. 33 Writing Test 33 HarderOnline misinformation, brain-training games, commercial spaceflight
  34. 34 Writing Test 34Citizen journalism, video games and language learning, nuclear power
  35. 35 Writing Test 35News headlines, gamification, car-free city centers
  36. 36 Writing Test 36 HarderLateral reading, citizen science games, free public transport
  37. 37 Writing Test 37News avoidance, simulation training, short-haul flights and rail
  38. 38 Writing Test 38News influencers, historical strategy games, rooftop solar power
  39. 39 Writing Test 39 HarderSynthetic media, sandbox games in classrooms, public say in science funding
  40. 40 Writing Test 40Newspaper paywalls, student game design, conservation and development
  41. 41 Writing Test 41REM sleep, fight-or-flight response, university fees
  42. 42 Writing Test 42Lucid dreaming, cortisol, four-day working week
  43. 43 Writing Test 43 HarderThreatening dreams, allostatic load, compulsory voting
  44. 44 Writing Test 44Sleep paralysis, stress and immunity, workplace monitoring
  45. 45 Writing Test 45Dream recall, stress and digestion, purpose of universities
  46. 46 Writing Test 46 HarderBrain waste clearance, stress and memory, criminal sentencing
  47. 47 Writing Test 47Dream enactment, stress and performance, career change
  48. 48 Writing Test 48Children's dreams, heart rate variability, executive pay
  49. 49 Writing Test 49 HarderREM sleep and emotion, social stress responses, graduate service
  50. 50 Writing Test 50Dreams and waking life, stress and healing, pay transparency

Where your writing score comes from

PTE Academic uses integrated scoring, so writing is assessed across several tasks in different parts of the test.

Question typePartWhat you writeCounts toward
Summarize Written TextPart 1One-sentence summary, 5 to 75 words, 10 minutesReading, Writing
Write EssayPart 1Essay of 200 to 300 words, 20 minutesWriting
Summarize Spoken TextPart 3Summary of 50 to 70 words after a lecture, 10 minutesListening, Writing
Listening: Fill in the BlanksPart 3Type missing words into a transcriptListening, Writing
Write from DictationPart 3Type a short sentence exactly as heardListening, Writing

What the writing tasks are scored on

Summarize Written Text is scored on content, form, grammar and vocabulary. Form is strict: your answer must be a single sentence of 5 to 75 words. Write Essay is scored on seven factors: content, development and structure, form (200 to 300 words), general linguistic range, grammar, vocabulary range and spelling. Summarize Spoken Text adds spelling to the list and scores zero if you write fewer than 40 or more than 100 words.

Write from Dictation and Listening Fill in the Blanks give a point for each correct word, and a misspelled word earns nothing. Accurate spelling is worth points in five places across the test, which makes it one of the most efficient things to work on.

Practice under test conditions

  • Spell check is off. The test gives you no spelling help, and neither do the practice boxes here. Reread before you submit.
  • Watch the word count, not the clock. Word limits decide your form score. Every writing box here shows a live count.
  • Plan for two minutes. In the essay, a short plan of your position and two supporting points saves time later.
  • Type, don't handwrite. Typing speed matters in a 20-minute essay. If you type slowly, practice Write from Dictation daily.

What feedback you get on MocksPTE

When you submit a writing answer, you get automated checks on word limits, the one-sentence rule for Summarize Written Text, paragraph and sentence structure, vocabulary variety and linking words, plus a check of which key ideas from the source you covered. Every question has a sample answer to compare with. These checks don't grade grammar or spelling, so reread your answer against the sample to catch those.

Choose a writing task

6 questions

Summarize Written Text

Summarize a passage of up to 300 words in a single sentence.

Practice Summarize Written Text
8 questions

Write Essay

Write a 200 to 300 word argumentative essay in 20 minutes.

Practice Write Essay
5 questions

Summarize Spoken Text

Write a 50 to 70 word summary of a short lecture.

Practice Summarize Spoken Text
20 questions

Write from Dictation

Type a short sentence exactly as you hear it.

Practice Write from Dictation

Frequently asked questions

Is there a word limit penalty in PTE writing?

Yes. Form is scored separately. Summarize Written Text must be one sentence of 5 to 75 words, Write Essay should be 200 to 300 words, and Summarize Spoken Text should be 50 to 70 words, with a zero score below 40 or above 100 words.

Can I use a template for the PTE essay?

A familiar structure (introduction, body paragraphs, conclusion) is fine. Since August 2025, heavily templated or memorized responses may be flagged, so avoid stock sentences that could fit any prompt.

Does MocksPTE grade grammar in my writing?

No. The automated checks cover length, form, structure, vocabulary variety and key ideas. Compare your answer with the sample to review grammar and spelling.