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The highest-scoring question type in the test. Get instant word-level pronunciation feedback and fluency diagnostics.
~35 Marks
Score impact
Counts towards both Speaking and Reading. Highest ROI task on the entire test.
30–40 Seconds
Timing
35s to prepare, then 30–40s to record. You'll get 6–7 of these per exam.
Content + Fluency
What's scored
Word accuracy, speech rate (130–160 WPM), rhythm, and pronunciation.
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Read Aloud contributes roughly 30–35% of your Speaking score and 30–35% of your Reading score through cross-contribution.
Oral fluency. Keeping a steady, conversational pace without false starts or long pauses scores higher than exaggerating pronunciation.
Don't stop or correct yourself. Keep going. Self-correction triggers a fluency penalty that hurts more than a single mispronounced word.