Reading: Fill in the Blanks · Part 2: Reading

What Is Music?

22 students marked "I sat this"Added 16 Apr 2020Question #110149

Drag words into the blanks.

What is music? In one sense, this is an easy 1. Even the least musical among us can recognize 2 of music when we hear them and name a few canonical 3. We know there are different kinds of music and, even if our 4 of music is restricted, we know which kinds we like and which kinds we do not.

Word box (alphabetical)

confusionexamplesinformationknowledgepiecepiecesquestion

More Reading: Fill in the Blanks questions

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.