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

Language comes naturally

249 students marked "I sat this"Added 9 May 2020Question #120186

Choose the word for each blank.

Language comes so naturally to us that it is easy to forget what a strange and miraculous gift it is. All over the world members of our 1 fashion their breath into hisses and hums and squeaks and pops and listen to others do the 2. We do this, of course, not only because we like the sounds but because details of the sounds contain information about the 3 of the person making them. We humans are fitted with a means of 4 our ideas, in all their unfathomable vastness. When we listen to speech, we can be led to think thoughts that have never been thought before and that never would have 5 to us on our own. Behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains. Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence. Energy equals mass times the speed of light squared. I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility and to discharge my duties as King without the help and support of the woman I love.

Options for each gap (alphabetical)

  • 1 categories · class · species · types
  • 2 method · same · similarity · so
  • 3 aim · intentions · meaning · purpose
  • 4 considering · consuming · sharing · using
  • 5 created · happened · occurred · taken

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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.