Listening · LCMA
Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers: PTE guide and practice
This listening task asks you to select every response supported by a recording, with more than one correct answer possible.
- Section
- Listening
- Practice time
- About 2 minutes per item
- Official format
- Pearson PTE
Direct answer
What is Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers in PTE?
Read the question and options before or during the recording, take focused notes and select only answers supported by what you heard.
What it measures
Which skills does Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers assess?
Listening comprehension and evaluation.
Step by step
How should you approach Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers?
- Use the question to decide what information to listen for.
- Compare options with your notes after the audio ends.
- Select conservatively because incorrect choices can lose points.
Avoid these
Common Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers mistakes
- Selecting an option only because it uses words from the recording.
- Trying to remember everything without focused notes.
Scoring focus
What matters in your Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers response?
This task uses partial-credit scoring, and incorrect selections can reduce the item score. Match each chosen option to information you actually heard.
Worked example
See the strategy in a short practice example.
Illustrative The Panel practice example. Not official Pearson test material.
- Prompt or source
- The speaker says the library extended weekend hours and added online workshops, while renovation plans were postponed. Which changes were completed?
- Response
- Longer weekend opening; online workshops.
- Why it works
- The renovation is a distractor because it was discussed but explicitly postponed.
Teacher review
One adjustment to practise next.
Write a quick mark beside an option only when the audio confirms it; hearing the same topic word is not enough.
Before submitting
Use a final Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers check.
- I answered the requested category.
- Every selection is supported by the recording.
- I avoided options that were only mentioned, not confirmed.
Official reference
Use The Panel for guided preparation and practice. Confirm official test rules and scoring details on the Pearson PTE Listening format page.
Build the full skill
Continue with related listening tasks.
Connect question practice with scoring, study planning and timed test preparation.
Summarize Spoken Text
Summarize Spoken Text asks you to write a 50-70 word summary after hearing a recording once.
Listening: Fill in the Blanks
Listening: Fill in the Blanks asks you to type missing words into a transcript while the recording plays once.
Highlight Correct Summary
Highlight Correct Summary asks you to choose the paragraph that best represents a recording's main ideas.
Put the guide into practice
Try a focused Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers session.
Open the matching module in The Panel practice portal and apply the steps while they are fresh.