PTE Core Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers: method, scoring and practice
You read a passage and select every option supported by its content or tone. More than one answer is correct, but the task uses negative marking, so evidence—not the number of boxes checked—should determine each selection.
How Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers is scored
The task contributes to Reading. Each correct selection earns a point and each incorrect selection loses a point, with the item score not falling below zero; leaving a doubtful distractor unselected can therefore be better than guessing broadly.
Use this correctly: practise the task rule and review the exact error pattern. A task-level practice result is not a conversion to Pearson’s 10–90 score and is not a promise of your test result.
A three-step method that survives test pressure
- Step 1. Turn the question into a precise evidence target, then locate the relevant sentences before judging options.
- Step 2. Test every option independently against the passage and reject statements that are only partly true or stronger than the source.
- Step 3. Select only options you can support with a specific line or valid inference.
Three common traps
- Selecting every plausible statement because there are multiple answers.
- Treating a true real-world fact as correct when the passage does not support it.
- Missing limiting words such as “mainly,” “always” or “only.”
See the method on a fresh task
Prompt: A notice says a workshop is free, registration is required and materials are provided; it says nothing about lunch.
Approach: Select “no fee” and “register first.” Do not select “lunch is included,” even if many workshops provide it—the passage supplies no evidence.
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What does PTE Core Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers score?
Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers contributes to Reading. The task contributes to Reading. Each correct selection earns a point and each incorrect selection loses a point, with the item score not falling below zero; leaving a doubtful distractor unselected can therefore be better than guessing broadly.
Can this Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers practice predict my official PTE score?
No. The drills provide task-level practice feedback, not an official or guaranteed PTE score. Pearson controls the real test and score report.
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Primary source: Pearson’s official PTE Core Reading format and thePTE Core Score Guide 2026. Verified July 2026. Pearson controls the test format and scoring; TestDayTwin is an independent practice site.