FILL IN THE BLANKS PRACTICE

Fill in the Blanks – There is a passage with some missing words. You have a list of words in the box that you can use to fill the gaps in the text. There are more words than gaps so you will not use all the words provided. Choose the one that best matches your predictions.

This is a long answer item type that integrates speaking and reading skills and requires test takers to read a short text aloud, using correct pronunciation and intonation.

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PTE READING: FILL IN THE BLANKS

1. Read the given text and choose words from the box to fill the gaps.

decisions, enhance, affection, different, discover, theorized, alternative

Animals have played a major role in human’s lives throughout history. Today, scientific research is trying to (1)_______ the positive aspects of living with companion animals. Animals have been used as an (2)__________ form of treatment for many years. More recently it has been discovered that owning a pet can help lower people’s blood pressure, (3)_________ the chances of living after a heart attack, keep people more active and provide more satisfaction with life. It is (4)__________ that this happens because pets help people become more social, provide a means to give and receive (5)___________, and help connect us with the natural world.

Correct Answer

1. discover   2. alternative   3.enhance    4. theorized    5. affection 

2. Read the given text and choose words from the box to fill the gaps.

sorry, forsee, choices, pleasant, direction, both, trail, fork

The poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost is about the (1)_______ that one makes in life. It tells about a man who comes to a (2)_______ in the road he is travelling upon. He feels (3)________ that he cannot travel (4)________ paths as he must choose one. Frost uses this fork in the road to represent a point in the man’s life where he has to choose the (5)_________ he wishes to take in life.

 Correct Answer

1. choices  2. fork  3.sorry    4. both   5. direction

3. Read the given text and choose words from the box to fill the gaps.

peaceful, polluted, cosmopolitan, bustling, facilities, crowded, hospital, sandy

Montego Bay is the second largest city in Jamaica by area and the third by population. It is a lively and (1)_______beach resort and attracts a lot of tourists from many different countries with its (2)__________ beaches and (3)_________ relaxing atmosphere. Many Americans and Europeans, as well as Jamaicans, have summer homes in Montego Bay, so it is a (4)_______ city and becomes more (5)_________ during the holiday seasons. It is most famous for Doctor’s Cave beach, which has clear, turquoise waters.

 Correct Answer

1. bustling  2. sandy  3.peaceful    4. cosmopolitan    5. crowded

4. Read the given text and choose words from the box to fill the gaps.

listen, empathy, determiner, improve, employed, positive, increased

High emotional intelligence can help a manager (1)_______ workplace communication skills, employee motivation and organisational effectiveness. If a manager has high (2)________ , a key component of emotional intelligence, he or she will be able to (3)_________ to the concerns of employees and will be more understanding of their needs, wants and concerns. This will most likely translate into (4)_______ motivation and satisfaction of employees and ultimately will have a (5)_________ effect on the effectiveness of the business.

Correct Answer

1. improve  2. empathy  3.listen    4. increased     5. positive

5. Read the given text and choose words from the box to fill the gaps.

 event    final   home    host   last    period     place    time

You may think that the World Cup, like the Olympic Games, only occurs once every four years. It is the (1) …………………… rounds that take (2) …………………… every four years, but the competition as a whole is an ongoing (3) ……………………, since the qualifying rounds take place over the preceding three years. The final phase of the tournament now involves thirty-two teams competing over a four-week (4) …………………… in a previously nominated (5) …………………… nation. It has become the most widely-viewed sporting event in the world.

Correct Answer

 1.final 2.place 3.event 4.period 5.host

6. Read the given text and choose words from the box to fill the gaps.

center    effect  end    familiar   front    known    lead     stop

Ideas as well as people can take (1) …………………… stage at the right time and the right place. If new ideas are to have a wide-ranging (2) …………………… , they had better occur at the right time – usually when old theories are worn out or have reached a dead (3) …………………… . Then they make people think along new lines and in ways that may (4) …………………… in unexpected directions. These ideas needn’t be new in themselves. They can be older, half-forgotten ideas brought back to life, or new combinations of (5) …………………… ones presented in a new light.

Correct Answer

 1. center 2.effect 3.end 4. lead 5.familier

7. Read the given text and choose words from the box to fill the gaps.

answer   behave   choices   conclusion   economical   financial   ideas

Most of us believe that when we are making decisions about money we are being clear-headed and sensible, and assume that any rational person would (1) …………………… in the same way and make the same decisions. But our (2) …………………… are always based on the private logic of our own (3) …………………… mind-set, our deep beliefs about money and what it’s for, and no two people are the same. Even when two people come to the same (4) …………………… , they have probably used quite different logical paths.

Correct Answer

1. behave 2.choices 3.financial 4.conclusion

8. Read the given text and choose words from the box to fill the gaps.

 away   dispose   waste   over   said   down   rid   told 

There are, I have been (1) …………………… , some languages that don’t have a word for rubbish, garbage, or whatever you call it. For their speakers, nothing is useless or goes to (2) ………………….. . – just as our ancestors used to hoard, patch up, reuse and hand things (3) …………………… to the next generation rather than throw them (4) ……………………. These days, however, rubbish and how to (5) …………………… of it has become a major problem: we are running out of places to put it.

Correct Answer

1.told 2. waste 3.over 4.away 5.dispose