PTE Summarize Written Text | All questions:

PTE Scoring Criteria

Time allowed: 10mins per question

Number of items: 1-2

Communicative skills scored: Reading and writing

Form:

• 1 Is written in one, single, complete sentence

• 0 Not written in one single, complete sentence or contains fewer than 5 or more than 75 words. The summary is written in capital letters.

Content:

• 2 Provides a good summary of the text. All relevant aspects mentioned

• 1 Provides a fair summary of the text but misses one or two aspects

• 0 Omits or misrepresents the main aspects of the text

Grammar:

• 2 Has correct grammatical structure

• 1 Contains grammatical errors but with no hindrance to communication

• 0 Has defective grammatical structure which could hinder communication

Vocabulary:

• 2 Has appropriate choice of words

• 1 Contains lexical errors but with no hindrances to communication

• 0 Has defective word choice which could hinder communication