Reading: Fill in the Blanks (Dropdown) · Part 2: Reading

In these distant times, the sun was seen to make…

Question #725026Added 12 Oct 2026
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Choose the word for each blank.

In these distant times, the sun was seen to make its daily 1 across the sky. At night the moon appeared. Every new night the moon waxed or waned a little and on a few nights, it did not appear at all. At night the great dome of the heavens was dotted with tiny specks of light. They 2 known as the stars. It was thought that every star in the heavens had its own purpose and that the 3 of the universe could be discovered by making a study of them. It was well known that there were wandering stars, they appeared in different nightly positions against their neighbors and they became known as planets. It took centuries, in fact, it took millennia, for man to 4 the true nature of these wandering stars and to evolve a model of the world to accommodate them and to 5 their positions in the sky.

Options for each gap (alphabetical)

  • 1 errand · holiday · journey · retreat
  • 2 became · began · seemed · turned
  • 3 errors · noises · owners · secrets
  • 4 determine · disguise · forbid · invent
  • 5 erase · ignore · predict · prevent

Reading: Fill in the Blanks (Dropdown) format (Pearson)

PromptText up to 200 words
Time to answerNot set per question (Part 2 lasts 23–30 minutes)
Skills assessedReading

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.