If your PTE exam is booked for July 2026, the next few weeks matter. You don't need to study every question in the Pearson question bank — you need to focus on the ones showing up again and again in real tests.
That's what this month's prediction file is for. Score Smart has released the July 2026 PTE Prediction File with 62 questions across 8 task types — Speaking, Writing, Reading, and Listening. Our tutors tracked recent exam reports, filtered the high-frequency items, and built a file you can actually use in your final revision window, whether your goal is a university offer or the score you need for an Australian visa under Department of Home Affairs requirements.
Below is a full walkthrough of what's inside. To get the complete PDF — including all 8 Describe Image visuals — share your name, email, and phone number using the unlock form on this page or on our prediction files page.
What's in the July 2026 File at a Glance
Check the official Pearson question bank / test format and Department of Home Affairs English requirements while you revise with this file.
Speaking (22 questions): 8 Read Aloud, 6 Repeat Sentence, 8 Describe Image
Writing (17 questions): 6 Summarize Written Text, 11 Write Essay
Reading (14 questions): 14 Fill in the Blanks (Dropdown)
Listening (9 questions): 3 Summarize Spoken Text, 6 Fill in the Blanks (Listening)
Unlike files that only cover Speaking and Writing, this edition gives you all four skills — useful if you're sitting the full exam and don't want gaps in your prep.
🗣️ Speaking — 22 Questions
Read Aloud (8 passages)
Read Aloud hits your Reading and Speaking scores at the same time. The July file leans toward academic topics — buildings, science, statistics, psychology — with one harder science passage mixed in. Practise these out loud, not silently.
Alphabet (Medium) — Compares English spelling to Latin letters: "Building a spelling system for English using letters that come from Latin… is like building a playroom using an IKEA office set."
Modern Buildings (Medium) — Building codes, safety standards, and the energy/material cost of keeping indoor environments comfortable.
Energy Efficiency (Medium) — Argues that energy-efficient building operation is only one piece of the sustainability puzzle.
X-ray Laser Water Research (Hard) — Scientists observed water staying liquid above 170°C under extreme X-ray laser conditions — dense vocabulary, so practise pacing.
Statistical Information (Medium) — How reliable stats guide public policy (electoral boundaries, school and hospital placement) and business marketing.
Baby Hearing Development (Medium) — Babies developing hearing in the womb; some research suggests attunement to speech from 10 weeks before birth.
Russia and Europe (Medium) — Russia's cultural isolation from Western Europe and whether it truly belongs in the European family.
Psychology Study (Medium) — What psychologists study: cognition, emotion, behaviour, and how people interact.
How to practise RA from this list: Read each passage once for meaning, then record yourself reading it in one smooth breath. If you stumble on a word like "anomalous" or "cognitions," look it up and say it five times before moving on.
Repeat Sentence (6 sentences)
Repeat Sentence is short but punishing — one miss and you lose marks in both Listening and Speaking. The July set mixes everyday campus/office lines with one long academic question. Say each one back immediately after reading it; don't memorise from the page.
"Your boss requires you to finish the report before Friday." (Easy)
"There will be open book exams on Monday the 28th." (Easy)
"Is the hypothesis about black holes considered moot as an explanation in astrophysics?" (Hard)
"Please close the door behind you when you leave the room." (Easy)
"There are office welcome events for both undergraduate and postgraduate students." (Medium)
"It is important to take gender into account when discussing the figures." (Medium)
Quick RS tip: Group the easy ones for warm-up, then drill the black holes sentence until you can deliver it without rushing. Stress and intonation count — the AI listens for natural rhythm, not robotic word-by-word delivery.
Describe Image (8 visuals — images included in PDF)
Describe Image trips up students who try to describe every detail. The July file includes 8 clean images picked by our tutors — not blurry screenshots. You'll get a mix of line graphs, process diagrams, and picture-based prompts.
BMI — Line graph (Medium)
Air Pollution — Picture-based visual (Medium)
Height of Tree — Picture-based visual (Medium)
Global Warming — Process diagram (Medium)
Moon & Fish — Process diagram (Medium)
Upper Arms — Mixed/other visual (Medium)
World Water — Process diagram (Easy)
Electricity Generation — Line graph (Medium)
For graphs, lead with the overall trend. For process diagrams, walk through the steps in order. The actual images are only in the PDF — download it and practise with the real visuals, not from memory.
✍️ Writing — 17 Questions
Summarize Written Text (6 passages)
SWT gives you 10 minutes to compress a long passage into one sentence, 5–75 words. The July topics are current and varied — cities, archaeology, water policy, digital privacy, space, and telemedicine.
Urbanization (Medium) — Cities as engines of growth vs. congestion, pollution, inequality, and the push for sustainable urban planning.
Human Remains in Archaeology (Hard) — What skeletal remains tell us about the past, and the ethical weight of studying the dead.
Water and Sustainable Development (Hard) — Water's role in poverty reduction, economic growth, and treating wastewater as a reusable resource.
Digital Privacy Concerns (Medium) — Data collection by companies and governments, and the tension between innovation and civil liberties.
Space Exploration Future (Medium) — Private rockets, Moon/Mars missions, and the cost–benefit debate of human expansion beyond Earth.
Telemedicine Growth (Medium) — Virtual care after COVID-19: better access for rural patients vs. limits of remote diagnosis.
SWT approach that works: Find the sentence in the passage that states the main argument. Build your one-sentence summary around that core idea, then add one supporting clause. Check your word count before you submit.
Write Essay (11 essay prompts)
July's essay list covers salaries, climate, transport, technology, education, and media. Pick 4–5 topics and write full timed essays (20 minutes each). Don't just outline — PTE's AI scoring system assesses your structure, vocabulary, and grammar under pressure.
Sports Salaries (Medium) — Professional athletes can earn very high salaries. Many people argue that this is unfair and that other professions deserve higher salaries. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Early Marriage (Medium) — It is argued that getting married before finishing studying or getting established in a good job is foolish. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Climate Change Responsibility (Medium) — Climate change is a concerning global issue. Who has the main responsibility to take action to solve this problem, governments, large companies, or individuals?
Public Transport vs Roads (Medium) — As cities expand, governments should look forward to creating better networks of public transport available for everyone rather than building more roads for vehicle owning population. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Global Problems (Medium) — Global problems are related to governments and international organizations. What are the problems and what is your solution?
Worker Decision Making (Medium) — In some companies, employers involve workers in the decision-making process about products and services. What are the advantages and disadvantages of such a policy?
Studying Theatre (Medium) — What are the problems and the benefits for high school students of studying plays and other works for theatre that were written centuries ago? Do you agree with it? Use your own experience to discuss it.
Television Roles (Medium) — Television has two roles: to inform and to entertain people. Explain which of these roles you see as more important. To what extent do you think that TV today performs each of these roles in an effective way?
Technology and World (Medium) — Technology has made the world a better place to live. To what extent do you agree with this statement?
Age Restrictions (Medium) — Age restrictions are placed on many activities… Give an example, state which minimum age you think it should be and share your own experience.
Digital Media vs Libraries (Medium) — With the increase of digital media available online, the role of the library has become obsolete. Universities should only procure new digital media rather than constantly update textbooks. Discuss both the advantages and disadvantages of this position and give your own point of view.
📖 Reading — 14 Fill in the Blanks (Dropdown)
July's Reading section is entirely dropdown blanks — no reorder paragraphs this month. These passages are long and vocabulary-heavy. Read the whole paragraph before you touch the first blank; the right answer often depends on grammar (verb tense, preposition, collocation) rather than general knowledge.
Here are all 14 predicted items with answer keys from the file:
Longevity (Hard) — How longer lifespans create more age segments for marketers. Answers: precise, involved, rather than, similarly, bonus
Global Heating (Hard) — A 3°C temperature rise compared to post–ice age warming. Answers: represents, unbearable, consequences, diminished
Australia and New Zealand (Hard) — Shared cultural heritage, isolation, migration, and ageing populations. Answers: heritage, standards, characteristics, experienced, associated
Architectural Museum (Hard) — The Edo-Tokyo open-air museum with restored buildings from 19th–20th century Tokyo. Answers: all, residential, ground, to wander
Papal Reform (Hard) — Calendar reform proposals through history. Answers: proposals, offered, regular, acceptance
Great Listeners (Medium) — MRI study showing dogs and humans process voices in similar brain regions. Answers: collected, vocalizations, undergoing, strongly, responded
Wholeness of Thought (Hard) — How writers express unified ideas through linear text. Answers: reconstruct, little, cut, converging, tone
Linda Finch (Easy) — Pilot recreating Amelia Earhart's final flight in 1997. Answers: tribute, aircraft, attempt, landed, daily
Sci-fi Movie (Climate Editorial) (Easy) — 56 newspapers publishing a joint climate editorial during Copenhagen talks. Answers: published, countries, recognized, electricity, desperately
Financial Institutions (Hard) — Globalization, IMF/World Bank, and protester vs. policymaker perspectives. Answers: dimension, views, phenomenon, power, interests
Melting Ice (Easy) — North Atlantic cooling events during past ice melt. Answers: caused, Even though, up, around, could
Culturomics (Easy) — Harvard/Google database of 5.2 million books tracking word frequency over centuries. Answers: American, dictionaries, eventually, available, frequency
Drugs (Safe Injection) (Hard) — North Richmond Community Health Centre's supervised injection approach. Answers: strung, dental, substances, facilitates, purpose
Zebra Stripes (Easy) — Research on whether stripes help zebras avoid horsefly bites. Answers: primarily, according, direction, zebra-striped, avoiding, attention
Reading tip for July: After you check an answer, reread the sentence with your chosen word inserted. If it sounds wrong when spoken aloud, reconsider before locking it in.
🎧 Listening — 9 Questions
Summarize Spoken Text (3 lectures)
SST gives you 10 minutes to write a 50–70 word summary after a 60–90 second lecture. July's three topics are philosophy, climate science, and academic writing — so practise note-taking on abstract ideas, not just facts and numbers.
Absolutism (Easy) — Moral objectivism (universal principles) vs. moral absolutism (fixed right/wrong with no exceptions).
Climate Prediction (Easy) — Greenhouse gases, projected 2–10°F warming, sea-level rise, droughts, and what individuals can do to cut emissions.
Hook Sentence (Medium) — Why the opening lines of an essay matter, and how a strong hook pulls readers in.
Fill in the Blanks – Listening (6 audios)
Audio plays once. Write the exact word you hear — spelling matters. July's set ranges from transport policy to online dating research to a British Library tour.
Integrated Ticketing (Medium) — South East Queensland's paper ticket and Smart Card rollout for bus, train, and ferry. Answers: introduced, modes, ferry, store, traveling
Online Dating (Hard) — Study ranking daters by desirability; people pursue partners ~25% more desirable than themselves. Answers: categorized, Essentially, realists, lessons, mate
CEO's Duty (Easy) — A CEO's second job: hiring and managing the senior executive team. Answers: everyone, hire, coaching, spending, develop
Water Crisis (Hard) — South Australia's dependence on the Murray River for drinking water. Answers: academics, foreshadowed, regions, beleaguered, predicament
British Library (Easy) — A guided tour starting at the main floor, mentioning antiquarian Robert Cotton. Answers: floor, information, stairs, collector
Chemical Method (Medium) — A light-sensitive chemical that separates oil and water layers under UV light. Answers: liquids, blend, exposed, alternative
Listening tip: During FIB-L, keep your eyes one line ahead of the audio. Your hand should be ready to type the moment you hear the missing word — hesitation costs you on the next gap.
A Simple 7-Day Plan Using This File
You don't need to cram all 62 questions in one sitting. Here's a practical split if your exam is within two weeks:
Days 1–2: All 8 Read Aloud + 6 Repeat Sentence. Record and replay.
Days 3–4: 8 Describe Image (from PDF) + 6 SWT passages. Time yourself.
Day 5: Write 3 full essays from the 11 prompts.
Day 6: All 14 Reading FIB-Dropdown. Review wrong answers.
Day 7: 3 SST + 6 FIB-L, then sit a full mock test to see where you stand.
Prediction files narrow your focus — they don't replace understanding the task format. Use them alongside mock tests so you're not seeing PTE question types for the first time on exam day.
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