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

A giant turtle

50 students marked "I sat this"Added 18 May 2020Question #120271

Choose the word for each blank.

A giant turtle made from discarded plastic trash will greet visitors to the British Science Festival this week. The plastic containers, bottles and cups were collected locally in Hull, where the event is taking place at the city's university. Standing 3.5m tall, 11.5ft, the art installation 1 commissioned by the University of Hull with the aim of raising awareness of plastic waste, Professor Dan Parsons, director of the university's Energy and Environment Institute, said: "Marine pollution is a mounting global challenge, which is 2 having devastating consequences. "We have a duty to protect these fragile environments and the marine life and ecosystems which we 3 home. The university has commissioned this installation as a physical 4 of what is ending up in the oceans, but also ask visitors to campus to stop and think what they could do to try to reduce their own waste."

Options for each gap (alphabetical)

  • 1 are · being · was · where
  • 2 already · especially · soon · ultimately
  • 3 call · calling · heading · hustle
  • 4 recall · receipt · reminder · revive
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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.