Listening: Fill in the Blanks · Part 3: Listening

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Type the missing words.

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Transcript with gaps

What she was interested in was marine 1 things like 2. And she found three places in the oceans which were hotspots, and what these had in common was that these hotspots were all located at 3 between ocean currents, and this seems to be the sort of place that has lots of the plankton that some of these 4 feed on. So now people who want to protect the species that are 5 need to get as much information as possible. For example, there’s an international project called the Census of Marine Life.

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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.