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PTE Core Summarize Written Text Practice: 3 Original Examples | Lengqishui

Practise PTE Core SWT with three original passages, 25–50 word sample summaries, evidence from the text, explained corrections and self-checks. Learn why Core does not require a single sentence.

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Example 1 · Summarize Written Text

Keep the trial period and its limited scope

A trial of evening library opening

Original passage in English

126 words

Riverton Library will trial evening opening on Tuesdays and Thursdays for six weeks. The change follows requests from residents who work during the day and cannot reach the library before its usual closing time. During the trial, the building will stay open until eight in the evening on those two days, while opening hours on other days will remain unchanged.

Staff will record visitor numbers and collect comments to decide whether the extra hours are useful. The trial does not include additional weekend opening, and the library has not promised a permanent extension. Residents can use the existing borrowing and study services during the evening sessions. At the end of the six weeks, the library will review the records and feedback before deciding whether to continue.

Sample summary and explanation (expand or collapse)

Sample summary in English

37 words

Riverton Library will test evening opening on Tuesdays and Thursdays for six weeks to help residents who work during the day, and it will use visitor numbers and feedback to decide whether to continue the extra hours.

One possible response, not the only answer or an official sample. Word counts are based on spaces.

Match the summary to the passage

  1. Evidence in the passage
    Riverton Library will trial evening opening on Tuesdays and Thursdays for six weeks.
    Wording in the summary
    on Tuesdays and Thursdays for six weeks

    The main change is a trial lasting six weeks on two named evenings. Keep those limits rather than turning it into daily or permanent opening.

  2. Evidence in the passage
    The change follows requests from residents who work during the day and cannot reach the library before its usual closing time.
    Wording in the summary
    to help residents who work during the day

    The passage links the change to requests from residents who work during the day. Condense that reason without copying the full closing time explanation.

  3. Evidence in the passage
    At the end of the six weeks, the library will review the records and feedback before deciding whether to continue.
    Wording in the summary
    use visitor numbers and feedback to decide whether to continue

    Continuation depends on a future review of records and feedback. No increase in visitors or successful outcome has been reported.

Compare the claims

Deliberately incorrect version

Riverton Library has permanently extended its opening hours every evening and weekend because visitor numbers have already doubled, allowing all residents to borrow books at any time.

Correction, not a full summary

The extra evening hours are a trial lasting six weeks on Tuesdays and Thursdays, not a permanent change or a weekend extension.

The incorrect version expands the schedule, makes the trial permanent and invents doubled visitor numbers. The correction repairs those claims; it is not a complete summary.

Check your rewrite

  • Have you kept the six week trial rather than a permanent change?
  • Have you kept Tuesdays and Thursdays rather than every day or weekends?
  • Is continued opening still a decision to be made, not a confirmed outcome?

Example 2 · Summarize Written Text

Separate an intended benefit from a measured result

An optional reusable container scheme

Original passage in English

134 words

At a weekend market, several food stalls are testing a shared reusable container scheme. Customers who choose a reusable container pay a small deposit when they buy their meal. They can return the empty container to any participating stall during the same market day and receive their deposit back. Each returned container is washed before it is used again.

The organisers want to reduce the number of disposable containers thrown away at the market. Joining the scheme is optional, and disposable containers are still available. The organisers will count how many containers are returned and ask stallholders about the washing workload before deciding whether to expand the scheme. They have not yet measured how much waste the trial has prevented. A short instruction card at each participating stall explains the deposit and return process.

Sample summary and explanation (expand or collapse)

Sample summary in English

40 words

A market is testing an optional reusable container scheme to reduce waste: customers pay a deposit and receive it back when they return containers that day. Organisers will assess returns and washing workloads before deciding whether to expand the scheme.

One possible response, not the only answer or an official sample. Word counts are based on spaces.

Match the summary to the passage

  1. Evidence in the passage
    Joining the scheme is optional, and disposable containers are still available.
    Wording in the summary
    testing an optional reusable container scheme

    Participation is optional and the scheme is being tested. Keep optional rather than claiming a compulsory policy at every stall.

  2. Evidence in the passage
    They can return the empty container to any participating stall during the same market day and receive their deposit back.
    Wording in the summary
    receive it back when they return containers that day

    The deposit is returned when the container is brought back on the same market day. This is not a free container or a return on another day.

  3. Evidence in the passage
    The organisers will count how many containers are returned and ask stallholders about the washing workload before deciding whether to expand the scheme.
    Wording in the summary
    assess returns and washing workloads before deciding whether to expand

    Expansion depends on reviewing returns and washing workloads. Waste reduction is the aim, not a measured result, and the passage does not establish that washing creates no extra work.

Compare the claims

Deliberately incorrect version

Every market stall now requires reusable containers, and the scheme has already eliminated all disposable waste without creating any extra work for sellers.

Correction, not a full summary

Participation is optional, and organisers have not yet measured the waste reduction or decided whether to expand the trial.

The incorrect version turns an optional trial at several stalls into a universal requirement with proven benefits and no workload. The correction restores the participation limit and the uncertain outcome.

Check your rewrite

  • Have you retained optional participation and the same day return condition?
  • Have you included both the deposit process and the purpose of reducing waste?
  • Have you turned possible expansion after review into an already completed or proven success?

Example 3 · Summarize Written Text

Keep role boundaries without inventing an outcome

Practical support for new employees

Original passage in English

132 words

Harbour Services has introduced an optional buddy programme for new employees during their first month. Each volunteer buddy is an experienced colleague who can explain routine tasks, show where shared resources are kept and answer practical questions. New employees may arrange a short meeting with their buddy each week, but they can still ask their manager for help whenever they need it.

The programme is intended to make settling into the workplace easier, not to replace formal training. Buddies do not assess performance or make decisions about pay. After the first month, the coordinator will ask both participants how useful the meetings were and whether the schedule was manageable. This feedback will guide changes to the programme. The company has not yet compared staff retention or productivity before and after its introduction.

Sample summary and explanation (expand or collapse)

Sample summary in English

35 words

Harbour Services offers new employees an optional buddy programme during their first month for practical support alongside formal training. Participant feedback will guide improvements, while buddies have no role in performance assessment or pay decisions.

One possible response, not the only answer or an official sample. Word counts are based on spaces.

Match the summary to the passage

  1. Evidence in the passage
    Harbour Services has introduced an optional buddy programme for new employees during their first month.
    Wording in the summary
    new employees an optional buddy programme during their first month

    The programme is optional and limited to new employees during their first month, not compulsory for every employee.

  2. Evidence in the passage
    The programme is intended to make settling into the workplace easier, not to replace formal training.
    Wording in the summary
    practical support alongside formal training

    Buddies help with practical adjustment without replacing formal training. Alongside preserves that relationship; replace would reverse it.

  3. Evidence in the passage
    Buddies do not assess performance or make decisions about pay.
    Wording in the summary
    no role in performance assessment or pay decisions

    The passage explicitly excludes performance assessment and pay decisions from the buddy role. Keep that boundary, and use participant feedback to summarise how improvements will be guided.

Compare the claims

Deliberately incorrect version

Harbour Services requires all employees to join weekly buddy meetings, and buddies replace managers by assessing performance and deciding salaries; the programme has already increased productivity.

Correction, not a full summary

The programme is optional, supplements formal training and does not give buddies authority over performance assessments or pay.

The incorrect version makes participation compulsory, expands its audience, invents management powers and claims a productivity increase. None of those outcomes is established by the passage.

Check your rewrite

  • Have you kept new employees, the first month and optional participation?
  • Have you separated practical support from training and performance assessment?
  • Have you used feedback to describe improvement without claiming higher retention or productivity?

Select the main ideas

Identify the topic and main change, then select the conditions and arrangements that support them.

Condense without changing meaning

Keep the audience, period, conditions and role boundaries. Do not turn an intended benefit into a proven result.

Check words and sentences

Core asks for 25–50 words in one or more complete sentences. Do not import the Academic requirement to write a single sentence.

Read and write independently first

Core SWT uses a passage of up to 200 words and allows 10 minutes. For practice, collapse the reference material and write your own 25–50 word summary.

Check each claim against the passage

Open the explanation and check your main idea, scope, conditions and tense. Each sample summary shows one possible response, not the only answer.

Check and rewrite

Review grammar, spelling, word count and complete sentences, then try a different natural formulation. This page counts words separated by spaces; use the response box counter in the real test.

Must a PTE Core SWT response be a single sentence?

No. Pearson’s Core guidance allows one or more complete sentences and also discusses choosing a single sentence. Do not transfer the Academic requirement to write a single sentence to Core. Keep the response complete, coherent and within the 25–50 word target range.

How much time and how many words does Core SWT allow?

Pearson’s current Core format gives a passage of up to 200 words, 10 minutes to answer and a 25–50 word summary. Leave time to check the word count, grammar and whether the response stays faithful to the passage.

Are these passages and summaries from an official question bank?

No. These original fictional practice materials were created with AI assistance for this guide. They are not real test questions, recalled exam content, official answers or actual organisation policies, and have not received human expert review.

Do the sample summaries guarantee a full score?

No. They demonstrate selection and condensation of information, not an official score or guaranteed result. This page does not automatically score or save your response. The error comparisons check specific claims rather than provide a score report.

About these practice materials

All three passages, scenarios, sample summaries and error comparisons 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, official answers, candidate results or actual organisation policies. No full score or score improvement is guaranteed. Word counts based on spaces do not replace the counter in the test response box.

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