PTE Highlight Correct Summary
In PTE Highlight Correct Summary (PTE Academic) you listen to a recording and then choose the paragraph that best summarises it. It contributes to both the Listening and the Reading score. The distractors are deliberately close: they typically contain a true detail from the recording but misrepresent its overall point.
- Timing
- The audio plays once. Then choose the best summary.
- Contributes to
- Listening and Reading scores
How PTE Highlight Correct Summary is scored
- One point for the correct summary
How to score higher in Highlight Correct Summary
- 1
Note the main idea and the conclusion while listening, not the details — the answer turns on the overall point.
- 2
Eliminate summaries that are true in part but miss the main argument.
- 3
Watch for summaries that overstate ('proves', 'always') where the speaker was tentative.
Common mistakes in Highlight Correct Summary
- Choosing the option that contains the most familiar words from the audio.
- Selecting a summary that is factually accurate but not the speaker's central point.
Highlight Correct Summary — frequently asked questions
Is Highlight Correct Summary in PTE Core?
No, it appears in PTE Academic only. It asks you to pick the paragraph that best summarises a recording, and contributes to both the Listening and the Reading score.
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