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

Australian Legal System

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Choose the word for each blank.

This text delivers a thorough and balanced introduction to the Australian Legal System. It provides a clear grounding in the western and indigenous legal 1 , as well as the history of Australian law and legal institutions. There is a special emphasis on legal method which forms the 2 of legal understanding. In particular, the text 3 and explains legal method —the following and distinguishing of precedent, statutory interpretation and the identification of ratio, which prepares students for their legal study. Numerous quality exercises prepare the way for legal thinking in students, for example, "Part 3: Legal Method" contains many examples and exercises to 4 understanding.

Options for each gap (alphabetical)

  • 1 commitments · ideas · situations · traditions
  • 2 basis · network · summary · technical
  • 3 analyses · converge · denies · identifies
  • 4 confuse · delay · encourage · limit

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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.