Editorial standards

Who we are

PTE Mocks is an independent, self-funded team building free, full-length PTE Academic mock tests with instant AI scoring. We are not a coaching college, and we are not owned by, licensed by, or affiliated with Pearson, the company that owns and administers the real PTE Academic exam. We do not claim to be official examiners. What we claim is that our practice is built carefully, sourced openly, scored honestly, and corrected quickly when it is wrong. The rest of this page is how we hold ourselves to that.

You can take a full mock with no account and no card. We ask for your email only at the end, so we can send your scored report.

How we build the content

Every test, passage, prompt and vocabulary entry goes through a two-pass process. The first pass drafts the item against the current PTE Academic format: the correct task type, length, timing and difficulty band. The second pass is review: we re-read it against the format spec, check the answer key, remove anything ambiguous, and confirm the difficulty matches the label. Reading and Listening items are checked so the question never simply restates the passage, and Speaking and Writing prompts are checked to be answerable inside the real time limits.

Our mocks and section tests are validated for uniqueness, so you are not silently re-served the same content across tests. We use AI to help draft and to score at scale, but format decisions, answer keys and the final review are human-checked. When we get the format wrong, we treat it as a bug and fix it (see corrections).

How the AI scoring works

PTE Academic is itself computer-scored, so AI scoring is the right model for practice, but only if it is calibrated honestly. Here is exactly what happens when you submit.

• Speaking is transcribed first. Your recorded answers are converted to text by speech-to-text, and the engine scores what you actually said.
• Every answer is scored against the real trait dimensions. Speaking on content, oral fluency and pronunciation; writing on content, form, grammar, vocabulary, spelling and written discourse; reading and listening on correctness. Scores map onto the official 10 to 90 scale.
• Nothing scores below 10, and nothing unattempted is flattered. The PTE scale floor is 10, so a skill can never be 0. A blank or unanswered item scores the floor (10), never a partial-credit number, because we will not credit ability you did not demonstrate.
• We are honest about what a transcript cannot show. Text cannot reveal acoustic pronunciation or oral-fluency rhythm, so those trait estimates are kept moderate and flagged, rather than maxed out or invented.
• It is an estimate, and we say so on every report. A practice score should feel like a fair preview, not a flattering one. If the engine cannot score a skill reliably, we show that honestly. If the scoring service is unavailable, a transparent deterministic fallback produces a response-driven estimate rather than a broken report.

Sourcing and the facts we cite

Where we state a fact about the exam or a requirement, it comes from a primary, official source, and we update it when the source changes. The main ones:

• Exam format and scoring: Pearson's PTE Academic Score Guide and official test-format pages (task types, counts, timings, the 10 to 90 scale, the 7 August 2025 changes).
• Australian migration: the Australian Department of Home Affairs points tables and English-language requirement pages (the per-skill cut scores, the points values, validity).
• New Zealand and UK requirements: Immigration New Zealand and UK Visas and Immigration pages, cited where relevant.
• Vocabulary and collocations: published academic-English research, including Pearson's Academic Collocation List, with our own plain-English definitions and examples.

Score conversions between PTE, IELTS and CEFR are presented as approximate, because the official alignment tables carry a measurement-error margin. The body you apply to defines the exact score it accepts, and we say so.

Score, visa and fee data

Visa scores, migration points, exam fees and deadlines affect real decisions, so we hold this content to a higher bar than the rest of the site.

• Every score, requirement, fee or deadline cites an official source, and the relevant pages carry a visible “last reviewed” date.
• We never invent a number. If we cannot verify it on an official page, we do not publish it as fact.
• We do not present a political proposal as policy. A requirement only becomes “the rule” on our pages once it is confirmed on an official government source.
• We label general information as general information, not migration or legal advice, and we point you to the official source or a registered adviser for your specific case.
• When the rules change (as they did on 7 August 2025), we update the affected pages and re-date them.

What we will never do

• Claim to be affiliated with, endorsed by, or licensed by Pearson.
• Promise or guarantee a specific exam score. Your real result depends on your own preparation, and no honest provider can promise a number.
• Sell, host, or pass off “real” or leaked live exam questions. Our practice is modelled on the format, and chasing live content can get a real score cancelled.
• Invent statistics, hit-rates, or testimonials.

Independence and non-affiliation

PTE Mocks is independent. We take no payment, sponsorship, or content direction from Pearson or any test publisher. “PTE” is a trademark of Pearson; we use it only to describe the exam our material prepares you for. We are not endorsed by or affiliated with Pearson, and our practice material is modelled on, not copied from, the official test.

Corrections and disputes

If you find an error, a wrong answer key, a mislabelled task, a stale visa number, or a score that looks off, tell us at hello@ptemocks.com. We aim to respond within 72 hours, fix confirmed errors promptly, and we would rather correct something quietly and quickly than defend a mistake. Spotting our errors makes the practice better for everyone, so we genuinely want to hear them.

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