Reading: Fill in the Blanks · Part 2: Reading

Performance appraisals

2 students marked "I sat this"Added 11 Feb 2023Question #110378

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Performance appraisals have traditionally been considered the best way to 1 and employees performance, but increasingly organizations are finding them of little 2. Employees find them stressful and unhelpful. Importantly, they also take up a lot of time. When Deloitte analyzed their own 3, they found managers and employees spent around 2 million hours a year on performance reviews. A growing number of companies have decided to 4 performance reviews altogether, instead introducing more regular catch ups.

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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.