PTE practice data: what students get wrong, and where they improve
6 reports from RealPTE practice data (students’ AI scores, and visits to the practice pages), the largest based on 258 students, updated every week (latest 10 November 2026).
Words our speech recognition marked as missing or different
Across 195 students, these are words our speech recognition marked as missing or different in saved Read Aloud and Repeat Sentence attempts. Recognition can be wrong; these flags do not establish what a student actually said.
Which PTE task type is hardest: average AI score by task
Write Essay is the hardest AI-scored PTE task in RealPTE practice: its average score is 39/90 across 26 students, against 75/90 for Read Aloud.
Where PTE students lose the most points, task by task
RealPTE students lose the most points in Write Essay: on average they finish 51 points short of the 90 maximum, across 26 students, and Grammar is the weakest part of it (23/90).
The 5 most common PTE writing mistakes in grammar, spelling and form
The most common writing problem in RealPTE practice is “main points missed”: 52 students had it in at least one answer.
PTE speaking fluency: how often students pause, task by task
RealPTE students pause most in Retell Lecture: 1.0 long pauses per answer on average, and 44% of answers had at least one, across 35 students.
When PTE practice happens: busiest hours and days by country, in local time
Visitors from India use RealPTE's practice pages most between 12:00 and 13:00 local time (11% of visit hours) and most often on Wednesday, in practice-page visits over 28 days.
About these reports
- Counted from practice attempts on RealPTE: AI scores, scoring notes, word marks and practice times.
- Every figure is based on at least 20 different students (for practice times: 20 different visitors). Only totals are published.
- The reports describe students’ practice and results. They do not show any test questions.
- AI scores are practice estimates on the 10–90 scale, not official PTE scores.
- To cite a report, use the line at the bottom of each one: “RealPTE practice data, month year”.
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