Reading: Fill in the Blanks · Part 2: Reading

Monitoring animals

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Monitoring animals is hard work. Field biologists have to follow 1 made by the animals and 2 out for fruit that they might like in order to find the animals, whether it be walking through rivers, up and down slippery hillsides with 3 vegetation or through thick mud and swamps.

Word box (alphabetical)

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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.