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PTE Core Describe Image Practice: 3 Original Examples Explained | Lengqishui

Practise bar-chart comparisons, line-graph trends and process sequences with three original fictional PTE Core Describe Image examples, readable data, sample responses, explanations and self-checks.

Study the image and prepare your own description. You can cover the sample response first, then use the evidence to review your answer. All material is visible by default; this page does not record or score responses.

Example 1 · Bar chart

Compare quantities without inventing reasons

How 100 visitors travelled to a community centre
How 100 visitors travelled to a community centreVisitors: Car: 40; Bus: 30; Walking: 20; Cycling: 10.010203040Visitors40Car30Bus20Walking10Cycling

Fictional data created for language practice, not real-world survey findings.

Check the chart data
ModeVisitors
Car40
Bus30
Walking20
Cycling10

Sample response in English

The bar chart compares how one hundred visitors travelled to a community centre. Cars were the most common option, used by forty people, followed by buses at thirty. Twenty visitors walked, while ten arrived by bicycle. The number travelling by car was four times the number cycling. Overall, cars and buses together accounted for seventy of the hundred visitors.

An example of content organisation, not an official or full-score answer.

Response explained

  • Start with the topic and population: the 100 visitors to the community centre, not everyone in the city.
  • Support the largest categories with their values: 40 for car travel and 30 for bus travel. Then include 20 for walking and 10 for cycling.
  • 40 ÷ 10 = 4 supports the comparison, and 40 + 30 = 70 supports the summary. Neither calculation explains why visitors chose these modes.

Compare the wording

Unsupported or inconsistent with the image

People prefer cars because buses are expensive.

Supported by the image

Cars were used by forty visitors, compared with thirty for buses.

Check your response

  • Do the visitor counts add up to 100?
  • If you use percentages, have you made the total of 100 clear?
  • Have you changed the population to the whole city or invented reasons for the travel choices?

Example 2 · Line graph

Describe an overall rise with a temporary fall

Monthly book loans at a small library
Monthly book loans at a small libraryBook loans: January: 120; February: 150; March: 130; April: 180.050100150200Book loans120January150February130March180April

Fictional data created for language practice, not real-world survey findings.

Check the chart data
MonthBook loans
January120
February150
March130
April180

Sample response in English

The line graph shows monthly book loans at a small library from January to April. Loans increased from one hundred and twenty in January to one hundred and fifty in February, then fell to one hundred and thirty in March. They reached their highest point, one hundred and eighty, in April. Overall, borrowing rose by sixty loans, although the trend was not upward every month.

An example of content organisation, not an official or full-score answer.

Response explained

  • State the January-to-April period and the unit: book loans, not the number of different readers.
  • Loans fall from 150 in February to 130 in March. Calling the rise continuous would miss that change.
  • April has the highest value, 180. The net increase is 180 − 120 = 60 loans, so an overall rise can include a temporary fall.

Compare the wording

Unsupported or inconsistent with the image

The number increased steadily every month.

Supported by the image

The overall trend was upward, with a decrease in March.

Check your response

  • Have you included both the overall rise and the fall in March?
  • Have you calculated 180 − 120 = 60 correctly?
  • Have you confused loans with readers or claimed that an event caused the April increase?

Example 3 · Process diagram

Follow the sequence instead of looking for a highest value

A community seed-sharing process
A community seed-sharing processFive stages connected by arrows in one sequence, without branches or arrows back to an earlier stage. Collect seeds → Dry seeds → Label packets → Store packets → Share packets.Collect seedsDry seedsLabel packetsStore packetsShare packets

A simplified fictional process for speaking practice, not gardening instructions.

Check the sequence

  1. Collect seeds
  2. Dry seeds
  3. Label packets
  4. Store packets
  5. Share packets

Sample response in English

The diagram illustrates a five-stage community seed-sharing process. First, seeds are collected and then dried. Next, the packets are labelled. The packets are stored before being shared with other people. The arrows connect the stages in a single sequence, beginning with collection and ending with sharing. No alternative path or return to an earlier stage is shown.

An example of content organisation, not an official or full-score answer.

Response explained

  • This is a five-stage sequence without branches. Describe its start, order and end rather than numerical extremes.
  • Match first, then, next and before to the arrows. The third stage is labelling packets; a separate packing stage is not shown.
  • No branch or arrow back to an earlier stage is shown. Do not add temperatures, durations, success rates or tools that the diagram does not specify.

Compare the wording

Unsupported or inconsistent with the image

The packets are shared before they are stored.

Supported by the image

The packets are stored before being shared.

Check your response

  • Have you covered all five stages in order?
  • Have you kept storage before sharing?
  • Have you added a packing stage, a duration or other technical details that are not shown?

Read the data accurately

Distinguish populations, units, proportions and changes using visitor counts and book loans.

Organise your description

Compare quantities in a bar chart, describe a line graph’s trend and follow arrows in a process.

Check against the evidence

Use the data and error comparisons to spot unsupported reasons or extra steps in your own response.

Study the image first

In the test, Describe Image gives you 25 seconds to prepare. Identify the topic, units and main relationships. For practice, you can cover the sample response first.

Give your own response

The test allows 40 seconds to answer, with only one recording attempt per Describe Image question. Describe the main information at a natural speaking pace.

Review the evidence

After speaking, check the data, explanations and self-checks. Separate facts and supported summaries from invented details. These sample responses have not been timed in a spoken trial.

Are these real Pearson questions or official sample answers?

No. The images, data scenarios and responses are original fictional practice material created for this guide. They are not real test questions, recalled exam content, real-world survey findings, official answers or candidate results.

How much time does Describe Image allow?

Pearson’s PTE Core Speaking & Writing guidance gives 25 seconds to prepare and 40 seconds to answer each Describe Image question. You can record your response only once.

Can I treat these responses as full-score templates?

No. They demonstrate content organisation, not an official score or a guaranteed result. Respond to the particular image you receive and work on clear, natural and accurate delivery.

How should I use these examples?

Study an image and prepare your own description; you can cover the sample response first. After speaking, check the data or sequence, explanation, error comparison and self-checks. This page does not record audio, score responses or collect practice data.

About these practice materials

The images, data, scenarios and sample responses are original fictional practice material created with AI assistance and have not received human expert review. They are not Pearson test questions, recalled exam content, real-world survey findings, official answers or candidate results. No full score or score improvement is guaranteed, and the responses have not been timed in a spoken trial. The process example is for speaking practice, not gardening advice.

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