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

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52 students marked "I sat this"Added 18 Jan 2021Question #120216

Choose the word for each blank.

Children have 1 sleep patterns. They can 2 sleep for 8-9 hours and get up at a fixed time. But teenagers don't.Their need of an early start to schools or other schedules can 3 their sleep patterns. 4 these 5 , they actually need longer sleep. So, parents should try and speak to their children, who are 6 to help them understand that a night of sound sleep is always helpful.

Options for each gap (alphabetical)

  • 1 erratic · loud · poor · sound
  • 2 barely · hardly · periodically · successfully
  • 3 affected · diverge · gained · influence
  • 4 as · despite · regardless · unless
  • 5 factors · forms · particles · probabilities
  • 6 linking · lucky · reinforced · suitable

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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.