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

Marshmallow

8 students marked "I sat this"Added 3 Jan 2022Question #120393

Choose the word for each blank.

They call it the "marshmallow test." A four- to-six-year-old-child sits alone in a room at a table facing a marshmallow on a plate. The child is told: "If you don't eat this 1 for 15 minutes you can have both it and a second one." Kids on average wait for five or six minutes before eating the marshmallow. The 2 a child can resist the temptation has been correlated with higher general competency later in life. Now a study shows that ability to resist temptation isn't strictly 3 -- it's aIso highly influenced by environment.

Options for each gap (alphabetical)

  • 1 fun · joy · recipe · treat
  • 2 long · longer · longest · longing
  • 3 artificial · disguised · innate · intimate
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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.