PTE Summarize Written Text Practice Online 2026
Summarize Written Text gives you a passage of up to 300 words and 10 minutes to summarise it in a single sentence of 5–75 words.
It counts toward Writing and Reading. PTEAce scores your sentence against the official Pearson traits — content, form, grammar and vocabulary.
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Summarize Written Text at a glance
- Questions in the exam
- 1–2
- Timing
- 10 minutes per question
- Skills scored
- Grammar, Vocabulary, Reading
- Marking on PTEAce
- Scored by AI on the PTE 10–90 scale
- Share of PTE Academic score
- About 7%
Tips
- Write exactly one sentence that ends with a full stop. Two sentences score zero for form.
- Find the main idea of each paragraph and join them with connectors like while, which and therefore.
- Aim for roughly 25–50 words: long enough to cover the key points, short enough to stay grammatical.
- Leave a minute at the end to check grammar, spelling and the final full stop.
FAQs
How many words should a PTE SWT answer be?
Between 5 and 75 words in a single sentence. Most strong answers are 25–50 words.
Can I copy phrases from the passage?
Yes, using key phrases from the passage is allowed, as long as your sentence is grammatical and covers the main ideas.
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