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PTE Academic reading: five question types

Part 2 takes about 23 to 30 minutes and has five question types, all on texts you read on screen. In PTE Academic reading you get two kinds of fill in the blanks, two kinds of multiple choice and Reorder Paragraph. Your reading score also picks up points from tasks in the other two parts.

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Updated October 2026 · Written from official sources, listed at the bottom of this page

The reading question types

In Drag and Drop, the word box has more words than there are gaps, so some are never used.

Question typeHow manyText lengthScoring
Fill in the Blanks (Dropdown)5-6Up to 200 words1 point for each correct gap
Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers2-3Up to 350 words+1 for each right option, -1 for each wrong one
Reorder Paragraph2-3Up to 110 words1 point for each correct neighbouring pair
Fill in the Blanks (Drag and Drop)4-5Up to 80 words1 point for each correct gap
Multiple Choice, Single Answer2-3Up to 110 wordsRight or wrong

Where guessing costs you

Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers is the only reading task where each wrong option you pick takes a point off, down to 0 for the question.

How every task is scored →

Which other tasks count towards PTE Academic reading?

  • Summarize Written Text, in Part 1, counts for reading and writing.
  • Highlight Correct Summary and Highlight Incorrect Words, in Part 3, count for listening and reading.
  • Read Aloud sounds like reading, but it’s scored for speaking only.
Try 20 reading-style questions →The listening tasks →

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Sources: Pearson PTE and 2 more. Checked October 2026.

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