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

Evolution

0 students marked "I sat this"Added 29 Oct 2024Question #120484

Choose the word for each blank.

A creature may have fine physical defenses such as hard armor or sharp spines. It may have powerful chemical defenses such as an 1 smell or a foul taste but none of these defenses is much used in the 2 for survival unless the animal also has the right behavior to go with it. Evolution 3 a living creature’s size and color, and it also shapes an animal’s actions and behavioral patterns. The most 4 behaviors are instinctive or in-built. In other words, the creatures can perform the actions without having to learn what to do by 5 and error.

Options for each gap (alphabetical)

  • 1 appalling · exotic · mysterious · ordinary
  • 2 competition · Game · life · struggle
  • 3 distorted · distorts · shapes · Shaping
  • 4 automatic · common · Dangerous · talented
  • 5 Attempt · certainly · success · trial
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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.