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

Pidgins

50 students marked "I sat this"Added 28 May 2020Question #120115

Choose the word for each blank.

Pidgins are languages that are born after contact between at least two languages. As many pidgins developed during the period of empire and international trade, one of the language parents was frequently a European language such as French or English, and the other language parent was the language of the people with whom the Europeans were 1 or whom they were colonizing. Usually one of the languages provided the majority of 2 items and the other provided the grammatical structure. When pidgins become learned as a mother tongue, they become 3 as creoles. I am not going to discuss pidgins and creoles and contact languages as such in this book in 4.

Options for each gap (alphabetical)

  • 1 connecting · speaking · talking · trading
  • 2 grammar · knowledge · verbal · vocabulary
  • 3 considered · known · recognized · regarded
  • 4 any depth · any width · further · next time
Practise this question with AI scoringAll 425 Reading & Writing: Fill in the Blanks questions

Opens question #120115 in the RealPTE practice screen.

More Reading & Writing: Fill in the Blanks questions

#120103Allergies62 students marked "I sat this"#120104Treat students89 students marked "I sat this"#120105Rudman38 students marked "I sat this"#120107Good customer service188 students marked "I sat this"#120108UNEP206 students marked "I sat this"#120110MBA Programs47 students marked "I sat this"#120119“An Act”55 students marked "I sat this"#120120Three degrees223 students marked "I sat this"#120121Bats225 students marked "I sat this"#120122Atmosphere on the move Wind243 students marked "I sat this"#120123Two sentiments58 students marked "I sat this"#120124Paris is very old52 students marked "I sat this"

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.