Listening: Fill in the Blanks · Part 3: Listening

Young People's Choices

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I think its really important for young people not to feel 1 in their choices and also to be aware of the choices that are available to them and obviously the media has an 2 important role to play in that. I think we 3 to talk about science as this big kind of monolith but of course actually it's this beautiful multifaceted thing. You know, there's almost something for everybody there. And there are so many different 4 of it. You know, somebody that's going to be attracted to working in biology might be a very different person from somebody who's attracted to engineering. I suppose it's about knowing the breadth of 5 that are out there and so anything that universities and broadcast media can do to make sure that those opportunities are visible

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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.