Reading: Fill in the Blanks · Part 2: Reading

Trackway

29 students marked "I sat this"Added 16 Apr 2020Question #110035

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A fossilized trackway on public lands in Lake County, Oregon, may reveal 1 about the ancient family dynamics of Columbian mammoths. Recently excavated by a 2 from the University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History, the Bureau of Land Management and the University of Louisiana, the trackway includes 117 footprints thought to represent a number of 3 as well as juvenile and infant mammoths.

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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.