Part 1: Speaking & Writing

PTE Retell Lecture practice

You listen to, or watch, a short lecture, sometimes with a related image on screen. When it ends you get a few seconds to prepare, then retell the lecture in your own words. You can take notes while it plays.

RL209 questions in our bank207 open in the practice screen
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209 Retell Lecture questions in the RealPTE bank; 207 of them open directly in the practice screen. Practising is free; see Pricing for AI scoring.

Official format (Pearson)

PromptRecording up to 90 seconds
Preparation10 seconds
Time to answer40 seconds
Skills assessedListening, Speaking
Scored onContent; Pronunciation; Oral fluency

How it is scored

  • Partial credit applies: a partly correct response still scores.
  • Traits are scored by AI; a human expert also reviews Content before the score is final.
  • You can take notes while you listen.
  • 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.

Most marked "I sat this"

#040006Infinite monkey theorem433 students marked "I sat this"#040001Survey on media358 students marked "I sat this"#040003Open borders356 students marked "I sat this"#040002Vietnam Coffee274 students marked "I sat this"#040010Language Extinction269 students marked "I sat this"#040012NGO & dis empowerment238 students marked "I sat this"#040042Benefits of Migration222 students marked "I sat this"#040057Teaching218 students marked "I sat this"#040008Western countries birth rate213 students marked "I sat this"#040050London’s Fog200 students marked "I sat this"#040048Biology195 students marked "I sat this"#040005Human brain development192 students marked "I sat this"#040055Superman & Superpower189 students marked "I sat this"#040011Haussmann’s Renovation of Paris186 students marked "I sat this"#040061Gross National Happiness186 students marked "I sat this"#040074Bilingual Kids177 students marked "I sat this"#040016The Best Rice169 students marked "I sat this"#040090Narratives167 students marked "I sat this"#040083Morton Prince & Dissociation of a Personality162 students marked "I sat this"#040025Edmund Wilson161 students marked "I sat this"

All 209 Retell Lecture questions

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#040001Survey on media358 students marked "I sat this"#040002Vietnam Coffee274 students marked "I sat this"#040003Open borders356 students marked "I sat this"#040004Schizophrenia156 students marked "I sat this"#040005Human brain development192 students marked "I sat this"#040006Infinite monkey theorem433 students marked "I sat this"#040008Western countries birth rate213 students marked "I sat this"#040009Marshmallow test118 students marked "I sat this"#040010Language Extinction269 students marked "I sat this"#040011Haussmann’s Renovation of Paris186 students marked "I sat this"#040012NGO & dis empowerment238 students marked "I sat this"#040013Eukaryotic Cell54 students marked "I sat this"#040016The Best Rice169 students marked "I sat this"#040017Wind Turbine107 students marked "I sat this"#040020Black Hole54 students marked "I sat this"#040021Vitamin D deficient36 students marked "I sat this"#040022Dog and sound76 students marked "I sat this"#040024Chest X-RAY40 students marked "I sat this"#040025Edmund Wilson161 students marked "I sat this"#040026Sigmund Freud24 students marked "I sat this"#040027Civilization7 students marked "I sat this"#040028Smartphone Apps31 students marked "I sat this"#040029Melatonin30 students marked "I sat this"#040030Light Pollution24 students marked "I sat this"#040031Animal Behavior26 students marked "I sat this"#040032Smell17 students marked "I sat this"#040033Fish leader137 students marked "I sat this"#040035Art149 students marked "I sat this"#040036Creativity67 students marked "I sat this"#040037Sugar14 students marked "I sat this"#040038The Arctic and the Antarctic23 students marked "I sat this"#040039Animal behavior Version 216 students marked "I sat this"#040040Music and Well-being28 students marked "I sat this"#040041Early Robot143 students marked "I sat this"#040042Benefits of Migration222 students marked "I sat this"#040043Influence of Climate Change125 students marked "I sat this"#040045Australian cities, Perth152 students marked "I sat this"#040046Technology erodes privacy20 students marked "I sat this"#040048Biology195 students marked "I sat this"#040049Taxonomy Chart50 students marked "I sat this"#040050London’s Fog200 students marked "I sat this"#040051Air pollution136 students marked "I sat this"#040053Blue frog24 students marked "I sat this"#040054London Taxi Service50 students marked "I sat this"#040055Superman & Superpower189 students marked "I sat this"#040056The Importance of IT80 students marked "I sat this"#040057Teaching218 students marked "I sat this"#040058Linguist and Linguistic Authorities56 students marked "I sat this"#040059Dancing Bee115 students marked "I sat this"#040060Boys’ and Girls’ Performance61 students marked "I sat this"#040061Gross National Happiness186 students marked "I sat this"#040062Musical Instrument9 students marked "I sat this"#040063Frank Gehry (With Image)51 students marked "I sat this"#040065Space Shuttle (With Image)74 students marked "I sat this"#040066Galaxy19 students marked "I sat this"#040068Monitor ocean floor17 students marked "I sat this"#040069Pavlov’s Experiment V1140 students marked "I sat this"#040070Welsh language16 students marked "I sat this"#040071Usable privacy and security12 students marked "I sat this"#040073Soot emission23 students marked "I sat this"#040074Bilingual Kids177 students marked "I sat this"#040075Library17 students marked "I sat this"#040076Armor13 students marked "I sat this"#040077Bomb Calorimeter7 students marked "I sat this"#040078Compensation plan18 students marked "I sat this"#040079Australia's housing13 students marked "I sat this"#040081Social Facilitation38 students marked "I sat this"#040082Australian immigration history24 students marked "I sat this"#040083Morton Prince & Dissociation of a Personality162 students marked "I sat this"#040084The challenge for conservation24 students marked "I sat this"#040085Stari most32 students marked "I sat this"#040086Randomness of flipping coin19 students marked "I sat this"#040087Cracking Knees49 students marked "I sat this"#040089Human Behavior13 students marked "I sat this"#040090Narratives167 students marked "I sat this"#040091Stages of Brain Development119 students marked "I sat this"#040092Churchill46 students marked "I sat this"#040093Variation in Frogs9 students marked "I sat this"#040099Overfishing8 students marked "I sat this"#040100British Standards Institution25 students marked "I sat this"#040101Glass Ceiling2 students marked "I sat this"#040109The Large Hadron Collider1 student marked "I sat this"#040128Cloud Formation10 students marked "I sat this"#040130Warning Label1 student marked "I sat this"#040141Creative Cities Network-Melbourne66 students marked "I sat this"#040146Truth and Rhetoric12 students marked "I sat this"#040147Cosmic Civilization5 students marked "I sat this"#040149Measuring Food14 students marked "I sat this"#040150Innovation and Invention12 students marked "I sat this"#040151Three types of questionnaires7 students marked "I sat this"#040152The Melk11 students marked "I sat this"#040153King16 students marked "I sat this"#040156File a Patent19 students marked "I sat this"#040157Discovering the Port of Roman London18 students marked "I sat this"#040158Pavlov’s Experiment V215 students marked "I sat this"#040184Saturn Rings36 students marked "I sat this"#040186Health Worker9 students marked "I sat this"#040187Former Civilization11 students marked "I sat this"#040200Tutorial7 students marked "I sat this"#040210Stem Cells7 students marked "I sat this"