Repeat Sentence
- No preparation. The microphone opens immediately after the audio and records for about 15 seconds.
- Machine-scored
- Original practice material
Hear it once, look away, then say it back.
The seminar has been moved to the lecture theatre on the third floor.
Press record, read it aloud, then press again.
One free take on this device · no account · no card
In the exam the sentence is audio only and never appears on screen. We cannot hide it from you, so this is a delivery drill rather than a simulation: press Hear it, look away, say it back, then check the script and record it.
What the machine listens for
- Content: how much of the sentence you reproduced, scored word by word rather than all or nothing.
- Oral fluency: whether the repetition came out as one smooth utterance rather than a hesitant reconstruction.
- Pronunciation: the usual sound-level accuracy, on words you had no time to plan.
Described in our own words from the published format. Pearson's scoring guides are copyrighted and are not reproduced here.
- Preparation
- None
- Recording
- About 15 seconds
What this page practises
The exam hides the sentence from you, and sayit cannot. What this page gives you instead is the sentence on screen, audio to hear it, and a scored take against that script — a delivery and memory drill rather than a simulation. Hear it, look away, say it, then check the script. It is a different exercise and it still builds the thing the task needs. An estimate from fluency and pronunciation only — not an official band, and not a mark for vocabulary or grammar.How to do Repeat Sentence well
Listen for meaning, not words
A sentence understood as one idea is recalled almost completely. A sentence heard as nine separate words is recalled as four of them.
Say something for every sentence
Partial credit is real. Even three or four correct words score more than silence, so never leave the recording empty.
Match the rhythm you heard
Copying the stress pattern and the pace of the original tends to pull the missing words back with it.
Do not start before you are ready
Begin within a second or so, and then run the whole sentence through without stopping.
Common Repeat Sentence mistakes
Trying to write it down mentally
Rehearsing word by word in your head while the audio is still playing is how the second half gets lost.
Staying silent when unsure
There is no penalty for a partial answer and a large one for nothing.
Repairing mid-sentence
A restart costs fluency marks on a task where fluency is a third of the score.
Whispering
An under-recorded take is scored on what the microphone got, which may be very little.
Straight answers
How long are the sentences?
Typically three to nine seconds, roughly eight to fifteen words. The longer ones are where most candidates lose content marks.
Should I repeat it exactly or paraphrase?
Exactly. Unlike the summarising tasks, this one scores literal reproduction, so a paraphrase with the same meaning still loses content marks.
Why does this page show me the sentence?
Because we would rather be useful than pretend. Hiding it would give you an unscored guess; showing it gives you a scored take on your pronunciation and pace. Use the audio first, look away, then read it back.
Hear the sounds an automated scorer hears
Record one item and read the per-sound breakdown — the endings and clusters a recogniser marks as a mismatch. Free, nothing blurred.