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

Supreme Court

33 students marked "I sat this"Added 16 Sep 2021Question #120272

Choose the word for each blank.

One of the Supreme Court's most important 1 is to decide cases that raise questions of constitutional interpretation. The Court decides if a law or government 2 violates the Constitution. This is known as judicial review and enables the Court to invalidate both federal and state laws when they 3 with the Constitution. Since the Supreme Court stands as the ultimate authority in constitutional interpretation, its decisions can be 4 only by another Supreme Court decision or by a constitutional amendment.

Options for each gap (alphabetical)

  • 1 legislation · permissions · purviews · responsibilities
  • 2 action · approach · auction · speculation
  • 3 accord · conflict · overlap · tally
  • 4 altered · changed · charged · followed
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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.