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

Darkness in the Northern Hemisphere

75 students marked "I sat this"Added 24 May 2020Question #120049

Choose the word for each blank.

The increasing darkness in the Northern Hemisphere this time of year "indicates to the plant that fall is coming on. So it starts recouping materials from the 1 before they drop off. Evergreens protect their needle-like foliage from freezing with 2 coatings and natural "antifreezes." But broadleaf plants, like sugar maples, birches, and sumacs, have no such protections. As a result, they 3 their leaves. But before they do, the plants first try to 4 important nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus.

Options for each gap (alphabetical)

  • 1 brunches · leaves · roots · trunks
  • 2 booty · sticky · watery · waxy
  • 3 beat · brought · collected · shed
  • 4 call · convene · salvage · save
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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.