Listening: Fill in the Blanks · Part 3: Listening

Financial markets

102 students marked "I sat this"Added 10 Oct 2019Question #150081

Type the missing words.

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Financial markets swung wildly yesterday in frenzied trading market by further selling of 1 and 2 about an unraveling of the global carry trade. At the same time trading in the European credit markets in London was exceptionally 3 as traders frantically reassessed their appetite for risk-prompting wild 4 in the prices of the key derivatives. It was the third day of frenetic activity in the European credit markets, suggesting that equity market swings were prompting a wider repositioning of investors in a host of asset classes.

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Listening: Fill in the Blanks format (Pearson)

Pearson's name: Fill in the Blanks (Type In)

PromptRecording of 30–60 seconds
Time to answerNot set per question (Part 3 lasts 31–39 minutes)
Skills assessedListening

How it is scored

  • Each correct word, spelled correctly, scores 1 point.
  • The recording plays only once.

Source: Pearson, PTE Academic & UKVI test format, Part 3: Listening, checked 9 October 2026.