Guides
PTE guides
Strategy written around how PTE actually scores — study plans, verified templates and score-target playbooks.
Start here by goal
Four goals cover most learners. Each guide below is the plan for one of them.
- Scoring 79+ in PTE AcademicThe four cross-skill tasks that decide it, trait-level targets and mock checkpoints.
- CLB 9 for Canada with PTE CorePer-skill PTE Core targets for CLB 9 and a plan built around your weakest skill.
- UK Skilled Worker: the B2 ruleWhat B2 means on the PTE scale, UKVI booking rules and how to prepare.
- First attempt: the roadmapA weekly rhythm from your first mock to test day, plus how to read a mock result.
The guide library
11 guides
- PTE study plan10–15 points in 4 weeksAll takersTarget → baseline mock → weekly loop → 4-week plan → booking4 sections · 4 min
- Using mock tests5–6 mocks across the whole prepAll takersHow many you need → real conditions → score reports → into practice4 sections · 3 min
- Where marks are lostThousands of scored answers, 25 task types, July–August 2026Data studyData, key statistics, pronunciation, listening-led speaking tasks, form marks, endings, the mock gap, method and citation10 sections · 10 min
- PTE templatesVerified against the scoring engineAll takersWhat templates are → speaking → writing → listening → practising them5 sections · 4 min
- PTE Core for Canada PRCLB 9 = W 88–89CAN · CLB 9What IRCC reads → Core not Academic → the writing bottleneck → baseline & drill5 sections · 4 min
- Scoring 79+Target 79 in every skillAUS · 79 eachWhat 79+ requires → the four tasks → speaking → writing & reading → the plan5 sections · 3 min
- Scoring 65Target 65 overall, 58+ in each skillUniversity · 65What 65 requires → where it is won → the rules → the habits → six-week plan5 sections · 4 min
- Scoring 50Target 50 overall, every skill above the floorPathway · 50What 50 requires → where it is won → the rules → the habits → eight-week plan5 sections · 4 min
- The new 2025 tasks2 new speaking tasks, Aug 2025AcademicWhat changed → Respond to a Situation → Group Discussion → rebalancing prep4 sections · 3 min
- PTE for UK visasB2 from 8 Jan 2026UK · B2 SELTThe B2 rule → UKVI vs ordinary Academic → preparing for B23 sections · 3 min
- PTE for Australia PR 2026Per-skill minimums since 7 Aug 2025AUS · per-skillWhat changed → the scores by level → which visas → planning for Superior → the plan5 sections · 5 min