Reading: Fill in the Blanks · Part 2: Reading

Linguistic effects

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An important corollary of this focus on language as the window to legal epistemology is the central role of 1 to law and other sociocultural processes. In particular, the 2 that people hold about how language works (3 ideologies) combine with linguistic structuring to create powerful, often unconscious effects. In recent years, 4 anthropologists have made much progress in developing more precisely analytic 5 for tracking those effects.

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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.