PTE Academic Key Vocabulary
Essential terms and definitions you must know before exam day.
Key Vocabulary
Enabling skills
PTE's six subscores: Grammar, Oral Fluency, Pronunciation, Spelling, Vocabulary, Written Discourse.
Communicative skills
PTE's four main scores: Listening, Reading, Speaking, Writing.
Write from Dictation
Type an audio sentence exactly — contributes to both Listening and Writing scores.
Vocabulary Study Tips
- 1.PTE is AI-scored — speaking tone, pace, and pronunciation matter more than accent.
- 2.Repeat Sentence is high-impact: practice immediately repeating sentences from podcasts.
- 3.Describe Image: practice with a template — 'The [chart type] illustrates [subject] [time period]...'
- 4.Write From Dictation contributes to both Reading and Listening scores — highest ROI practice.