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This section tests the candidates on the basis of their ability to understand the written instructions in the language. The section further divided into 5 segments is 32 to 41 minutes long. Check out the segment-wise pattern for time distribution of this section:

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For the first question type, you will need to complete is  Multiple-choice, Choose Single Answer  question, which is designed to test your reading skills. You will be shown a text prompt for this assessment that will be up to 300 words. Possible response options will be given, with only one being correct. For this question you need to read the text and answer a multiple-choice question by selecting one response based on content or tone of the text. In this question type, you will earn 1 point for correct answers and 0 points for incorrect answers.

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The second question type will be similar to the previous.  Multiple-Choice, Choose Multiple Answer  will test your reading skills. In this question type, you will be given a text prompt of up to 300 words. Like the previous questions, you will need to answer the question by selecting the most suitable responses from the list of options, based on the content or tone of the text. For each correct answer you will earn 1 point, however, you will lose -1 point for each incorrect answer. Don’t worry, you cannot score below 0 in this assessment.

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The third question type to test reading skills will be to re-order paragraphs. You will be provided with a text prompt of up to 50 words and will be shown some text boxes on the screen in a random order. To complete the question, read the paragraph, then drag and drop or click the arrows on the screen to put your chosen responses in the correct order. You will earn 1 point for every pair of sentences that you place in the correct order and receive full marks if the whole paragraph is in the correct order.

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Your reading skills will be tested in the fourth question type,  Reading: Fill in the Blanks . You will do 4-5 of these questions. For this question, you will be provided with a text prompt of up to 80 words. There will be 3-5 missing words from the text. You will need to select a single correct answer from the 6-8 words given to fill the blanks. Not all words in the box will be used. You will earn 1 point for every blank that is filled in correctly for this question.

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The last question type will test your reading and writing skills.  Reading and Writing: Fill in the Blanks  is an integrated skills question type. You will be shown a text prompt of up to 80 words with up to five blank spaces. To complete the question, select one of the five options in each drop-down list to fill in the blank spaces. You will earn 1 point for every blank space that is filled in correctly. To do well in the reading test there are many core skills you will need to learn to ensure a good score. If you have already attempted PTE Academic, were not happy with your score and would like to improve, we recommend reviewing your test performance to see where you can improve.

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