Writing · Part 1 · Speaking & Writing
PTE Write Email Practice
Your ability to write a clear, well-organised email with the right purpose and tone for the reader.
Writing
Practise Write Email
Includes the answer checking, model feedback and score analysis.
Before you start: Write Email tipsHide
Do
- Underline the reader, the purpose and the three points before you write.
- Structure: greeting → why you are writing → one short paragraph per point → polite close → sign-off.
- Aim for about 100 words and check the count before you finish.
Avoid
- Missing one of the three points the prompt asks you to cover
- Going under 80 or over 120 words
- The wrong tone — too casual for a manager, too stiff for a friend
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How Write Email works
Timing, what Pearson scores, common mistakes and our strategy.
PreparationNone
Response9 minutes
SkillsWriting
ScoringPartial credit
1 Task overview
PTE Core only. You read a short situation (up to about 100 words) and write an email of 80–120 words that covers every point in the prompt.
2 What Pearson assesses
- Content — every point in the prompt covered
- Email conventions — greeting, purpose, sign-off
- Organisation
- Form — 80–120 words
- Grammar
- Vocabulary
- Spelling
Partial credit. Scored for writing only.
3 · Preparation time
None
4 · Response requirements
9 minutes
5 Common mistakes
- Missing one of the three points the prompt asks you to cover
- Going under 80 or over 120 words
- The wrong tone — too casual for a manager, too stiff for a friend
- No greeting or sign-off, or no clear reason for writing in the first lines
6 PTE Junction strategy
- Underline the reader, the purpose and the three points before you write.
- Structure: greeting → why you are writing → one short paragraph per point → polite close → sign-off.
- Aim for about 100 words and check the count before you finish.
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Last reviewed: 26 September 2026