Reading & Writing: Fill in the Blanks · Part 2: Reading

Social Isolation

544 students marked "I sat this"Added 9 May 2020Question #120004

Choose the word for each blank.

Sound depressing, even apocalyptic? Well, it could be the future. If government 1 are right, about 20 years from now, two out of five households will be single 2. And there is evidence the situation is already 3. According to a report, Social Isolation in America, published in the American Sociological Review in 2006, the average American today has only two close friends. Twenty-five per cent of those surveyed said they do not have anyone to talk with about important things---And yet, while some are 4 a crisis in our ability to make friends, others are saying exactly the opposite. For example, MSN's Anatomy of Friendship Report, published last November, suggests that the average Briton has 54 friends - a 5 rise of 64 per cent since 2003.

Options for each gap (alphabetical)

  • 1 aims · forecasts · goals · prediction
  • 2 family · household · occupancy · occupied
  • 3 damaging · deteriorating · improving · recovering
  • 4 announcing · declaring · releasing · requiring
  • 5 amazing · applausive · special · spectacular
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Reading & Writing: Fill in the Blanks format (Pearson)

Pearson's name: Fill in the Blanks (Dropdown)

PromptText up to 200 words
Time to answerNot set per question (Part 2 lasts 23–30 minutes)
Skills assessedReading, Writing

How it is scored

  • Partial credit applies: a partly correct response still scores.

Source: Pearson, PTE Academic & UKVI test format, Part 2: Reading, checked 9 October 2026.