Reading: Fill in the Blanks (Dropdown) · Part 2: Reading

In the 250 years of its active evolution, Funerary Violin…

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In the 250 years of its active evolution, Funerary Violin moved from the formal to the personal. It is clear from the earliest 1 of the form that its role during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was largely heraldic, to 2 the continuity of the social 3. The few works that have survived from this period are often 4 unemotional and at times overtly grandiose.

Options for each gap (alphabetical)

  • 1 accounts · count · memory · recall
  • 2 exemplify · modify · simplify · specify
  • 3 discrimination · frustration · infrastructure · structure
  • 4 expectedly · normally · regularly · surprisingly

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Reading: Fill in the Blanks (Dropdown) format (Pearson)

Formerly called Reading & Writing: Fill in the Blanks.

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

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.