Multiple Choice (Single)

• 1-2 items
• Text is no more than 110 words

• 1 point for a correct answer, 0 for a wrong one

Scoring dimensions are condensed and paraphrased from Pearson's official PTE Core scoring guide for readability; refer to the official documentation for the exact wording.

1. 1Read the question first (main idea / detail / inference), then read the passage with the question in mind, rather than reading it all before looking at the question
2. 2Distractor options are usually over-generalizations, concept-swaps or reversals of information in the text — rule them out one by one against the exact sentence

• Being drawn to an option that reuses the text's exact wording while ignoring whether the meaning really matches