PTE, TOEFL, and IELTS equivalents

Education abroad has become very common in the present era. Everyone wants to attain a degree from a university abroad. Well, simply wishing to study abroad is not enough. The candidate needs to fulfill many requirements that are essential to seek admission in a university abroad. Among all the requirements, the English Language Proficiency Test is the most important. Every candidate is required to show a proof of his/her efficiency in English by talking any of the English Language Proficiency Test. There are 3 major English proficiency tests, namely: IELTS, TOEFL, and PTE. Before deciding which test to take, it is very important to confirm which out of the 3 tests does the institution in which the candidate is seeking admission accepts.

Also, only taking the test is not important. It is also imperative to attain the required scores/bands as per the requirement of the chosen institution.

To make things easy for you to understand, we are providing accurate data depicting how scores of IELTS, TOEFL, and PTE translate into each other.

The following tables show score equivalents of all three tests.

PTE scores and IELTS bands

PTE Academic overall ScoreIELTS Academic Overall Bands
304.5
365
425.5
506
586.5
657
737.5
798
838.5
869

PTE and TOEFL scores

PTE Academic overall ScoreOverall TOEFL Score
3840 to 44
4254 to 56
4665 or 66
5074 or 75
5379 or 80
5987 or 88
6494
6899 or 100
72105
78113
84120

TOEFL scores and IELTS Bands

Overall TOEFL scoreIELTS overall bands
0-310-4
32-344.5
35-455
46-595.5
60-786
79-936.5
94-1017
102-1097.5
110-1148
115-1178.5
118-120

 

 

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These English language proficiency tests are generally accepted by educational institutions in countries like Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK and USA. Though the objective of all three tests is same, but the methods of conducting and evaluating them are distinct.

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Listening

The IELTS Listening test consists of four recordings (four parts) from native English speakers with ten (10) questions in each recording (part).

Recording 1: an everyday social conversation between two people

Recording 2: a monologue set in an everyday social context

Recording 3: an educational conversation with upto four people

Recording 4: a monologue on an academic subject

Listening test scores will be based on your ability to understand the main ideas,
factual information, opinions, attitude and purpose of the speaker and your ability
to follow the development of ideas.

No. of questions: 40 Marks:

each question is worth one (1) mark

Total time: 30 minutes (+ 2 minutes review time )

Speaking

The IELTS Speaking test assesses your pronunciation, grammar, accuracy, fluency and lexical resources while speaking English. There are three (3) parts to this test, with each part fulfilling a specific function in terms of task input, interaction pattern and the test taker’s output.

Part 1: Introduction & Interview This part includes general questions about the test taker like residence, work,family, interests, etc.

Part 2: Long Run Cue cards are shared on a particular topic and one (1) minute will be given to prepare to speak for upto two (2) minutes on the topic.

Part 3: Discussion This part gives you the opportunity to discuss the topic from the cue card in further detail, in a more general and abstract way

Total time: 11-14 minutes

Reading

The IELTS Reading test is designed to test a wide range of reading skills including reading for skimming, details, gist, understanding arguments and writer’s opinions,attitude and purpose

IELTS Academic Reading – It includes three (3) reading passages (with a variety of questions) ranging from descriptive and factual to discursive and analytical. These passages are of general interest dealing with interesting and recognizably appropriate issues, with at least one passage containing a detailed logical argument

Note: The reading texts may contain non-verbal materials as well like graphs, diagrams or illustrations.

IELTS General Reading – It includes three (3) daily passages (with 2-3 short texts in the first passage, 2 texts in the second passage and 1 long text in the third passage), based on an English-speaking environment, from notices, newspapers, magazines or advertisements.

Reading passage 1: texts based on social survival, like advertisements, notices and timetables

Reading passage 2: texts based on workplace survival, like contracts, job descriptions, staff development & training material

Reading passage 3: texts based on general reading, involving more extended prose and a complex structure.

No. of questions: 40

Marks: each question is worth one (1) mark

Total time: 60 minutes (no additional transfer time)

Note: Please note that the question types in the Listening & Reading sections can include multiple choice answers, true or false answers, matching information/headings or sentence, table & flow-chart completion.

Listening

The IELTS Listening test consists of four recordings (four parts) from native English speakers with ten (10) questions in each recording (part).

Recording 1: an everyday social conversation between two people

Recording 2: a monologue set in an everyday social context

Recording 3: an educational conversation with upto four people

Recording 4: a monologue on an academic subject

Listening test scores will be based on your ability to understand the main ideas,
factual information, opinions, attitude and purpose of the speaker and your ability
to follow the development of ideas.

No. of questions: 40 Marks:

each question is worth one (1) mark

Total time: 30 minutes (+10 minutes transfer time)