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

Poetry

6 students marked "I sat this"Added 14 Sep 2021Question #120392

Choose the word for each blank.

Throughout history poetry has often been created to celebrate a wedding. This article will examine the ways in 1 this has happened at different periods of time and in many widely differing societies. It will look at some examples of wedding poems from a 2 of eras and cultures, and will set them in their specific context, drawing out the particular features that 3 that context. Other writers on this topic have tended to focus on more personal wedding poems, 4 dedicated to the bride or the groom. Here, however, the intention is to consider poems that were written with more of a social purpose in mind.

Options for each gap (alphabetical)

  • 1 as · that · what · which
  • 2 bit · little · range · sequence
  • 3 converge · prevail · reflect · separate
  • 4 if · never · some · those
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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.