Reading & Writing: Fill in the Blanks · Part 2: Reading
Private Schools in UK
57 students marked "I sat this"Added 19 May 2020Question #120098
Choose the word for each blank.
Private schools in the UK are redoubling their marketing efforts to foreigners. Almost a third of the 68,000 boarding pupils at such schools 1 come from overseas. But now, with many UK residents 2 or unable to afford the fee - top boarding schools 3 £30,000 ($49,759) a year - and a cultural 4 away from boarding, many schools are looking abroad to survive. Overseas students now 5 for about ...
Options for each gap (alphabetical)
- 1 already · never · often · yet
- 2 afraid · eager · incapable · unwilling
- 3 edging along · edging away · edging down · edging towards
- 4 change · shift · switch · transfer
- 5 account · allocate · count · portion
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Reading & Writing: Fill in the Blanks format (Pearson)
Pearson's name: Fill in the Blanks (Dropdown)
| Prompt | Text up to 200 words |
|---|---|
| Time to answer | Not set per question (Part 2 lasts 23–30 minutes) |
| Skills assessed | Reading, 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.