Listening: Fill in the Blanks · Part 3: Listening

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17 students marked "I sat this"Added 12 Aug 2018Question #151105

Type the missing words.

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Transcript with gaps

How to look after all these elderly 1 is a different problem. Governments around the world are already 2 to support growing numbers of retired people who depend on a shrinking working population. Eighteen OECD countries have 3 pension ages. At the same time, workers are being asked to 4 deeper into their own 5. None of this is enough.

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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.