Writing · Part 1 · Speaking & Writing
PTE Write Essay Practice
Your ability to write a persuasive, well-structured argument in academic English.
Content part-scored by humans + AIWriting
Practise Write Essay
Includes the answer checking, model feedback and score analysis.
Before you start: Write Essay tipsHide
Do
- Spend 2–3 minutes planning: position + two reasons + one example each.
- Four paragraphs: introduction with position, two body paragraphs, conclusion.
- Keep 2 minutes to proofread spelling, agreement and articles.
Avoid
- Filling the essay with memorised template sentences that don’t answer the question
- Going far over 300 words and introducing more errors
- No clear position, or body paragraphs that don’t support it
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How Write Essay works
Timing, what Pearson scores, common mistakes and our strategy.
PreparationNone
Response20 minutes
SkillsWriting
ScoringPartial credit
1 Task overview
You write a 200–300 word argumentative essay on a given topic.
2 What Pearson assesses
- Content
- Development, structure & coherence
- Form — word count
- General linguistic range
- Grammar
- Vocabulary
- Spelling
Partial credit. Content is part-scored by human experts as well as AI.
3 · Preparation time
None
4 · Response requirements
20 minutes · 200–300 words
5 Common mistakes
- Filling the essay with memorised template sentences that don’t answer the question
- Going far over 300 words and introducing more errors
- No clear position, or body paragraphs that don’t support it
- Leaving no time to proofread spelling
6 PTE Junction strategy
- Spend 2–3 minutes planning: position + two reasons + one example each.
- Four paragraphs: introduction with position, two body paragraphs, conclusion.
- Keep 2 minutes to proofread spelling, agreement and articles.
Last reviewed: 26 September 2026