Three professors from Hamburg University's medical faculty travelled last month…
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Three professors from Hamburg University's medical faculty travelled last month to Ingeborg's sitting room in East Berlin to test her on the work she carried out in pre-war Germany.
Opens question #010140 in the RealPTE practice screen.
How to read it
Three professors from Hamburg University's medical faculty|travelled last month‖to Ingeborg's sitting room in East Berlin|to test her on the work she carried out in pre-war Germany.
| short pause ‖ breathe
Aim for 11–13 seconds.
Words to stress correctly
| university's | u·ni·VER·si·ty's | /junəˈvɝsətiz/ |
| professors | pro·FES·sors | /prəˈfɛsɚz/ |
| medical | MED·i·cal | /ˈmɛdəkəl/ |
| faculty | FAC·ul·ty | /ˈfækəlti/ |
| germany | GER·ma·ny | /ˈdʒɝməni/ |
| berlin | ber·LIN | /bɚˈlɪn/ |
29 words, aim 11–13 seconds — one long sentence, so don't rush. "Three" is already a word, not a figure. Breathe once after month; short pauses after faculty and Berlin.
Where marks are usually lost
u·ni·VER·si·ty's is five syllables with stress on the third; MED·i·cal, FAC·ul·ty, GER·ma·ny are front-stressed, pro·FES·sors and ber·LIN take the second. Hesitating on Ingeborg's or Hamburg costs fluency — say them confidently. Keep -s on professors, University's, Ingeborg's and -ed in travelled, carried.
General tip: Unfamiliar names are read like any other word: say Ingeborg's steadily and move on — a pause is worse than an imperfect guess.
What it means: 中文 · हिन्दी · नेपाली · Tiếng Việt
中文: 上个月，汉堡大学医学院的三位教授前往东柏林英格博格的客厅，就她在战前德国所做的工作对她进行测试。
हिन्दी: हैम्बर्ग विश्वविद्यालय के चिकित्सा संकाय के तीन प्रोफ़ेसर पिछले महीने पूर्वी बर्लिन में इंगेबोर्ग के बैठक-कक्ष में गए, ताकि युद्ध-पूर्व जर्मनी में उनके द्वारा किए गए काम पर उनकी परीक्षा लें।
नेपाली: ह्याम्बर्ग विश्वविद्यालयको चिकित्सा संकायका तीन प्राध्यापक गत महिना पूर्वी बर्लिनमा इङ्गेबोर्गको बैठक कोठामा गए, उनले युद्धअघिको जर्मनीमा गरेको कामबारे उनको परीक्षा लिन।
Tiếng Việt: Ba giáo sư từ khoa y của Đại học Hamburg đã đến phòng khách của Ingeborg ở Đông Berlin tháng trước để kiểm tra bà về công việc bà đã thực hiện ở nước Đức trước chiến tranh.
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Read Aloud format (Pearson)
| Prompt | Text up to 60 words |
|---|---|
| Preparation | 30–40 seconds |
| Time to answer | Depends on the length of the text |
| Skills assessed | Speaking |
| Scored on | Content; Pronunciation; Oral fluency |
How it is scored
- Content is scored by counting the correct words in your response.
- If you stay silent for more than 3 seconds, the recording stops.
- You can record your response only once.
Source: Pearson, PTE Academic & UKVI test format, Part 1: Speaking & Writing, checked 9 October 2026.