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Global Container Shipping Systems: PTE Write from Dictation practice questions

5 original Write from Dictation questions. Answer every question, then check them for your score and the answers. It is free with no login; create a free account to save your score and get a BandLadder AI score for speaking and writing.
  • 5 questions
  • Free, with answers
  • PTE Academic and PTE Core
  • Updated Oct 2026

You will hear a sentence. Type the sentence in the box below exactly as you hear it. Write as much of the sentence as you can. You will hear the sentence only once.

1

Standardised Cargo Dimensions

Speaker: American English

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

0:00 / 0:04

0 words · spell-check is off, as in the test

2

Automated Port Cranes

Speaker: Australian English

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

0:00 / 0:05

0 words · spell-check is off, as in the test

3

Intermodal Transport Systems

Speaker: Indian English

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

0:00 / 0:05

0 words · spell-check is off, as in the test

4

Global Trade Expansion

Speaker: British English

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

0:00 / 0:04

0 words · spell-check is off, as in the test

5

Refrigerated Unit Monitoring

Speaker: American English

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

0:00 / 0:05

0 words · spell-check is off, as in the test

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