PTE Write from Dictation Practice Online 2026
Write from Dictation plays a short sentence of 3–5 seconds once. You type it exactly as you heard it.
It is one of the highest-value Listening tasks and also counts toward Writing. PTEAce marks every word instantly and highlights what you missed.
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Write from Dictation at a glance
- Questions in the exam
- 3–4
- Timing
- 3–5s audio
- Skills scored
- Listening, Spelling, Vocabulary
- Marking on PTEAce
- Marked instantly with answers
- Share of PTE Academic score
- About 5%
Tips
- Hold the sentence in memory as 2–3 chunks of meaning, then type straight away.
- Check that the sentence is grammatical — that helps you recover small words like a, the and of.
- Watch plurals, verb endings and spelling; each correct word earns a point.
FAQs
How is Write from Dictation scored?
One point for each correct word, spelled correctly.
Which scores does WFD affect?
Listening and Writing.
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