Listening: Fill in the Blanks · Part 3: Listening

If you have paraskevidekatriaphobia, today is not your…

12 students marked "I sat this"Added 19 Apr 2019Question #151098

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If you have paraskevidekatriaphobia, today is not your day. That's right, paraskevidekatriaphobia is fear of Friday the 13th and the accidents, mishaps and misfortunes thought by some to occur on that day. But is there anything really to fear? In fact, a study was 1 and published back in 1993 in the British Medical Journal that looked at hospital admissions due to accidents on one Friday the 13th 2 with the previous Friday the 6th. The researchers tracked traffic on a highway in one area and found that many fewer cars were on the road on the 13th. Perhaps due to people being leery of driving on that day. But hospital 3 in that area due to traffic accidents was actually higher. Forty five people were admitted on the 6th but 65 people were admitted on the 13th. The researchers 4 that a few people were indeed unlucky . On that Friday the 13th. In that part of England. Then again, what you really needed for this study was a 5 group that stays home, only to slip in the bathtub.

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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.