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The Discovery of Vitamins: PTE Summarize Spoken Text practice questions

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  • PTE Academic (PTE Core has its own version)
  • Updated Oct 2026

You will hear a short lecture. Write a summary for a fellow student who was not at the lecture. You should write 50–70 words. You have 10 minutes.

1

Dietary Deficiencies and Rice Polishing

Speaker: American English

Plays once, as in the test: no pausing or replay

0:00 / 1:09

0 words · target 50–70 · 10 minutes in the test · spell-check is off, as in the test

2

Fat Soluble Nutrients and Milk

Speaker: Australian English

Plays once, as in the test: no pausing or replay

0:00 / 1:15

0 words · target 50–70 · 10 minutes in the test · spell-check is off, as in the test

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