Listening · Write From Dictation
PTE Write From Dictation practice — 70 free sentences
You hear a sentence once. Type it exactly. One point per correctly spelled word — which makes this the highest-value task in the entire Listening section.
Scoring: +1 per correctly spelled word, and no negative marking. A partial answer still earns marks, so type every word you caught — 5 of 8 correct is 5 points, and typing nothing is the only guaranteed zero.
Official instruction
“You will hear a sentence. Type the sentence in the box below exactly as you hear it. Write as much of the sentence as you can. You will hear the sentence only once.”
Strategy
- Type immediately when the audio ends — every second of hesitation costs words from working memory.
- Chunk as you listen: “The scientists / discovered a new species / in the Amazon.”
- Spelling is marked strictly. One wrong letter is zero for that word. Function words (of, the, in) are worth the same as long ones — do not drop them.
- If you miss the middle, keep typing what you remember. Partial credit is real credit.