Reading: Fill in the Blanks · Part 2: Reading

Absent-mindedness

2 students marked "I sat this"Added 6 Oct 2024Question #110393

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It seems you always forget — your reading glasses when you are rushing to work, your coat when you are going to the cleaners, your credit card when you are shopping… Such absent-mindedness may be 1 to you; now British and German scientists are developing memory glasses that record everything the 2 sees. The glasses can play back memories later to help the wearer remember things they have forgotten such as where they left their keys. And the glasses also 3 the user to "label" items so that information can be used later on. The wearer could walk around an office or a factory identifying certain 4 by pointing at them. Objects indicated are then given a 5 label on a screen inside the glasses that the user then fills in.

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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.