Reading: Fill in the Blanks (Drag and Drop) · Part 2: Reading

At the end of the last ice age, scientists believe…

15 students marked "I sat this"Added 16 Apr 2020Question #110163
Practise this question with AI scoring

Drag words into the blanks.

At the end of the last ice age, scientists believe that the melting ice disrupted the ocean currents in the North Atlantic and 1 a drop in temperature of almost 5 degrees. Even 2 the rest of the planet was warming 3, the North Atlantic region remained in a cold period for almost 1300 years. The same thing happened 4 8000 years ago, when the cooling lasted about a hundred years, and it 5 happen again today.

Word box (alphabetical)

aroundcausedcoulddownproducedroughlythoughup

More Reading: Fill in the Blanks (Drag and Drop) questions

Reading: Fill in the Blanks (Drag and Drop) format (Pearson)

Formerly called Reading: Fill in the Blanks.

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.