Reading: Fill in the Blanks · Part 2: Reading

White Paper

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Drag words into the blanks.

Let us then suppose the mind to be, as we say, white paper, 1 of all characters, without any ideas: - How comes it to be 2? Whence comes it by that vast store which the busy and 3 fancy of man has painted on it with an almost endless variety? Whence has it all the materials of reason and knowledge? To this I answer, in one word, from 4. in that, all our knowledge is founded, and from that, it ultimately 5 itself.

Word box (alphabetical)

avoidboundlessderivesexperiencefurnishedlimitedrevisedsightuselessvoid

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Reading: Fill in the Blanks format (Pearson)

Pearson's name: Fill in the Blanks (Drag and Drop)

PromptText up to 80 words
Time to answerNot set per question (Part 2 lasts 23–30 minutes)
Skills assessedReading

How it is scored

  • The box has more words than there are gaps.
  • Partial credit applies: a partly correct response still scores.

Source: Pearson, PTE Academic & UKVI test format, Part 2: Reading, checked 9 October 2026.