Read Aloud · Part 1: Speaking & Writing

Making notes

12 students marked "I sat this"Added 12 Jan 2023Question #010451

Read the text aloud.

Pause plan and hard words

Pause plan (/ short pause, // longer pause)

The whole purpose of making notes / is to aid your learning. // It is important to go back over them / within a day of making them / to make sure they make sense / and make them legible for future revisions. // Also, / going back over them should highlight the key questions / of areas in which you want to do further reading.

58 words. Take a full breath at each full stop and a short pause after 'Also'. Say 'a day' smoothly; there are no figures to read.

Words to practise

WordStress
purposePUR·pose
importantim·POR·tant
legibleLEG·i·ble
revisionsre·VI·sions
highlightHIGH·light
furtherFUR·ther

RealPTE numbers

  • Student reports: High frequency (12 reports)

From RealPTE practice records and students’ “I sat this” reports, counted weekly (last count 2026-10-21). Reports are what students tell us; predictions are not guaranteed.

Questions about this question

What is the answer to PTE Read Aloud #010451?

Read it in sense groups: pause briefly at the single slashes and a little longer at the double slashes in the plan above. Practise purpose, important, legible, revisions first.

How do I get full marks on this Read Aloud question?

Read every word as written, pause at the sense-group boundaries and stress the right syllables. Content counts the words you read correctly; fluency and pronunciation are scored too.

Can I practise #010451 with scoring?

Yes. The practice button on this page opens question #010451 in the RealPTE practice screen, where your answer is scored when you finish.

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Read Aloud format (Pearson)

PromptText up to 60 words
Preparation30–40 seconds
Time to answerDepends on the length of the text
Skills assessedSpeaking
Scored onContent; 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.