PTE Listening Fill in the Blanks Practice Questions & Answers

In the PTE academic listening section, there is a question format known as "Fill in the Blanks". This question type requires a combination of listening, writing, and reading skills. Candidates can expect 2 to 3 fill in the blank questions in the PTE listening section. The PTE listening fill in the blanks question contains a transcript of an audio recording on the screen, which includes several gaps or blanks. Your primary task is to carefully listen to the audio recording and accurately type the missing word into each corresponding gap in the transcript. The audio recording typically lasts between 30 and 60 seconds. You'll only hear the recording once. You'll generally need to complete up to 7 blanks within the provided transcript. The recording begins automatically after a brief 7-second countdown. Check the samples of the PTE listening fill in the blanks questions given in this article and score high in the PTE exam.

PTE listening fill in the blanks with answers

Below are the instructions you need to look for while attempting listening fill in the blanks questions in PTE.

For this item type, you are presented with a transcript of the audio recording; however, some words are missing. Restore the transcript by typing in the missing words.

The audio plays automatically. You are only able to listen to the audio recording once.

Left-click on each gap and type in the missing word. You can also use the Tab button on the keyboard to move between gaps.

Note: While the audio is playing, you can take notes on the erasable noteboard provided and then fill in the gaps.

Exercise 1

1. You will hear a recording. Type the missing words in each blank

And our ancestors for as long as there has been ______ (1) history have looked at the night sky and ______ (2) the nature of our existence. And we’re no exception our generation. The only difficulty now is that the night sky is ______ (3) by the glare of City lights. And so astronomers go to these very remote mountain tops to view and to study the ______ (4). So telescopes are our window to the cosmos. It’s no exaggeration to say that the southern hemisphere is going to be the future of ______ (5) for the 21st century.

Answers

• Recorded
• Pondered
• Blocked
• Cosmos
• Astronomy

Exercise 2

2. You will hear a recording. Type the missing words in each blank

Well in 2004 we integrated ticketing in South East Queensland, so we _________ (1) a paper ticket that allowed you to travel across all the three _________ (2) in South East Queensland, so bus, train, and _________ (3) and the second stage of integrated ticketing is the introduction of a Smart Card, and the Smart Card will enable people to _________ (4) value so to put value on the card, and then to use the card for _________ (5) around the system.

Answers

1. Introduced
2. Modes
3. Ferry
4. Store
5. Traveling

Exercise 3

3. You will hear a recording. Type the missing words in each blank

At dawn, when you have trouble getting out of bed, tell yourself: "I have to go to work - as a human being. What do I have to ______ (1) of, if I'm going to do what I was born for - the things I was ______ (2) into the world to do? Or is this what I was created for? To huddle under the blankets and stay warm?"
- But it's nicer in here...
So you were born to feel "nice"? Instead of ______ (3) things and experiencing them? Don't you see the plants, the birds, the ants and spiders and bees going about their individual ______(4), putting the world in order, as best they can? And you're not willing to do your job as a human being? Why aren't you running to do what your ______ (5) demands?

Answers

• Complain
• Brought
• Doing
• Tasks
• Nature

Exercise 4

4. You will hear a recording. Type the missing words in each blank

There are few studies on research training programs within the _________ (1) of Asian American health disparities. The existing literature on training programs tends to emphasize broad components such as ________ (2) and an examination of the community and academic partnership. Moreover, the current available literature pertains mostly to clinical __________ (3) such as nurses and doctors in residency rather than researchers. Few articles employed _____________ (4) evaluation methods, because most of these evaluations were limited to a low number of participants.

Answers

1. Realm
2. Mentorship
3. Practitioners
4. Quantitative

Exercise 5

5. You will hear a recording. Type the missing words in each blank

Men have always tried to encode _____ (1). Military communication, love letters, and forbidden knowledge. Sooner or later most secret texts had been decoded. But among all the history’s cryptic _____ (2) one has stood out. This text has defied all attempts to unveil its secret for centuries though Voynich manuscript. It’s the world's most mysterious _____ (3) _ written by an unknown author in an absolutely singular alphabet an illustrated with _____ (4) images.

Answers

1. Secrets 
2. Writings
3. Book
4. Puzzling

Exercise 6

6. You will hear a recording. Type the missing words in each blank

There are some 250 million cars in America, 250 million cars in the country with just over 300 million people. And most of those vehicles, of course, are gas _____ (1). This poses a huge challenge given the limited supplies of oil and the growing _____ (2) of the global warming crisis.

But there is good news, according to our guests today. And that is we have the know-how and the technology to build _____ (3), fast automobiles that don't use gasoline. These vehicles of tomorrow are powered by _____ (4), electricity, bio-fuels, and digital technology. And they already exist. So what's stopping us from putting them on the roads? Our guests today will help answer that.

Answers

• Powered
• Urgency
• Sleek
• Hydrogen

Exercise 7

7. You will hear a recording. Type the missing words in each blank

The German automaker giant Mercedes-Benz has voluntarily recalled 3 million brands _____ (1) diesel engine in different parts of the world to improve their emissions. On last Tuesday, the board debate over the future of diesel vehicle. The big giant rival Volkswagen admitted that they equip the _____ (2) with illegal software that meant they pass emission test which is regulated by the government. The emission _____ (3) with regular driving. In some part of the world, diesel vehicles are banned because of concerns about the increasing level of nitrogen oxide _____ (4) emitted by diesel vehicles.

Answers

1. Diesel
2. Vehicle
3. Increases
4. Smoke

Exercise 8

8. You will hear a recording. Type the missing words in each blank

The editors hold that if identity politics has no _____________ (1) political effects, then to a significant degree, “the risks and dilemmas of identity politics signal not a failure of identity politics per se but a failure of states to ____________ (2) their political processes”. They find this to be especially true of liberal democracies, where open political space for an engaged _____________ (3) requires public institutions that possess the capacity/determination “to develop procedures and guidelines for addressing claims in ways that are _____________ (4) with the rule of law, constitutional principles, and public reason”.

Answers

1. Preordained
2. Democratize
3. Citizenry
4. Compatible

Exercise 9

9. You will hear a recording. Type the missing words in each blank

Now that the story's been scratched, it is only part of contingency planning. But it was a symptom of the dramatic turn of events in South Australia, and it flushed out other remarks from water _____ (1) and people like Tim Flannery, indicating that things were really much worse than had been _____(2), even earlier this year. So is Adelaide, let alone some whole  _____(3) of South Australia, in serious bother? Considering that the vast amount of its drinking water comes from the  _____ (4) Murray, something many of us outside the state may not have quite realized. Is their  _____ (5) something we have to face up to as a nation?

Answers

1. Academics
2. Foreshadowed
3. Regions
4. Beleaguered
5. Predicament

Exercise 10

10. You will hear a recording. Type the missing words in each blank

Along the way we have built _____ (1) beautiful buildings, two of which have won and another was runner-up in the prestigious United Nations World _____ (2) Award: the first time an Australian building has received that international honour. We rely on older _____ (3) of Australian architecture that are heavily influenced by the bush. All residents have private verandhas which allow them to _____ (4) outdoors and also creates some "defensible space" between their bedrooms and public areas. We use a lot of _____ (5) and soft materials to build beautiful landscape gardens.

Answers

• Unashamedly
• Habitat
• Concepts
• Socialize
• Natural
  

FAQ

1. How to improve the score of listening fill in the blanks in PTE?

Follow the below tips and tricks to score well in the fill in the blanks PTE listening section:

1. Practice skimming
2. Consider repetitive words
3. Enhance your vocabulary
4. Practice note-taking
5. Improve managing your time
6. Avoid spelling mistakes
7. Improve your listening skills
8. Learn collocations

2. What is fill in the blanks in PTE?

Fill in the blanks questions in PTE assess your ability to use the context and grammar to identify the right words to complete the passage. These fill-in-the-blank questions will test your listening, reading, and writing skills.

3. Does fill in the blanks in PTE question has negative marking?

No. In PTE fill in the blanks questions there is no negative marking. For every wrong answer, you will lose 1 mark.

4. What are the common mistakes to avoid in PTE listening fill in the blanks?

The common mistakes you need to avoid considering the while answering the listening fill in the blanks PTE are:

1. Neglecting grammar mistakes
2. Choosing the wrong word form
3. Homophones errors
4. Misunderstanding the context

5. What is important in PTE listening?

The PTE listening can be a challenging section of the entire test. In the PTE listening section, it is important to actively listen to the audio and focus on your reading and writing skills.