PTE Reading: Fill in the blanks

PTE Reading Fill in the blanks questions type under the PTE Reading test assesses test-takers ability to read and understand English texts in the academic context. The reading passage is up to 300 words in length with 3-5 blank spaces in it to fill. Candidates need to answer 4-5 questions. At the bottom of the passage, you will find 6-8 words in the blue box that you can use to fill the gaps in the passage. A partial credit scoring system is applied here. Read ahead to practice a list of PTE high-repeating questions. 

You need to pay attention to grammar, vocabulary, connectors, and collocations while performing PTE Reading Fill in the blanks task. 

Recommended Strategy: Quickly skim the text for a general understanding of what the text is about. Start with the first blank, if you are unsure about the answer, move on to the next one. The more blanks you fill in, the easier it will be to answer your skipped blank. After completion, read the passage again to make sure the text is coherent and logical. Sometimes, there will be more words than gaps so you will not use all the words provided.

PTE Reading Fill in the blanks Practice Questions- November 2025 Edition

We have mostly covered  PTE reading and writing fill in the blanks real exam questions (70% repeat rate). Go through it thoroughly and start practicing!

Text 1

There is a passage with some missing words. Beside each gap, there is a button with a drop-down list. Left-click on this button to reveal the drop-down list of options for that gap. Select the option you think best fills the gap. 

Because instructional methods, expected class participation, and the nature of the courses vary, no fixed number of absences is applicable to all_______. Each_______ is responsible for making clear to the class at the beginning of the _________ his or her policies and procedures in regard to class _______ and the reasons for them.

instructor, attendance, semester, situations

Correct Answers:
situations, instructor, semester, attendance

Text 2

There is a passage with some missing words. Beside each gap, there is a button with a drop-down list. Left-click on this button to reveal the drop-down list of options for that gap. Select the option you think best fills the gap. 

Nowhere was the fighting more ………….. than on the far eastern spur of the ridge known as Pizzo di Campiano. Here, Lieutenant James Loose and a dozen of his men from Company A of the 86th became …………… from the rest of their platoon and ………… two enemy companies—a much larger force than intelligence had estimated was there. At 0500 hours, the battle for the ………… began. The Yanks were hit by a flurry of grenades, then attacked several times, each time fighting off the attacks with their ………….. supply of ammunition.

Burgeoning, separated, dwindling, whole, spur, met, intense, encountered

Correct Answers:

intense, separated, encountered, spur, dwindling

Text 3

There is a passage with some missing words. Beside each gap, there is a button with a drop-down list. Left-click on this button to reveal the drop-down list of options for that gap. Select the option you think best fills the gap. 

Farthest to the east, Sword Beach boasts the original Pegasus Bridge, preserved at the Pegasus Bridge Museum. The museum ………….. the story of all the British airborne operations in the Battle of Normandy, including the ………… of Horsa gliders just yards from the bridge. Visitors can walk the actual bridge behind the museum to see a ………… dedicated to a British soldier killed during the …………. on Sword Beach, and view WWII-vintage vehicles, a bailey bridge and the remains of a Horsa glider.
  Defense, assault, tells, landing, articulates, plaque

Correct Answers:
tells, landing, plaque, assault

Text 4

There is a passage with some missing words. Beside each gap, there is a button with a drop-down list. Left-click on this button to reveal the drop-down list of options for that gap. Select the option you think best fills the gap. 

It would be reassuring to think that the electorate choose who to vote for based on the candidates' track records and future policy promises.______ , many of us are swayed simply by the way that politicians look. Consider a 2009 study that asked Swiss students to look at multiple pairs of unfamiliar French political candidates and in each case to select the one who looked most competent. Most of the time, the candidate selected by students________  looking the most competent was also the one who'd had real life electoral success, the implication being that voters too had been swayed by the candidates' appearance (there’s little evidence that appearance and competence actually _____ ). Unsurprisingly, being attractive also helps win votes, especially in war time (in peacetime, looking trustworthy is more of an advantage). Other research has shown that were more likely to vote for male and female candidates with deeper voices.

In truth, correlate, as

Correct Answers: in truth, as, correlate

Text 5

There is a passage with some missing words. Beside each gap, there is a button with a drop-down list. Left-click on this button to reveal the drop-down list of options for that gap. Select the option you think best fills the gap. 

All kinds of predictions may be about________  get even more difficult_____  to climate change. Though no one is sure____  what its effects will be, it seems that extreme weather conditions such_________  storms and hurricanes are________  to become more common. Such events have far-reaching effects on distant weather systems, making general forecasting much harder.

likely, as, exactly, to, thanks

Correct Answers: to, thanks, exactly, as, likely

Text 6

There is a passage with some missing words. Beside each gap, there is a button with a drop-down list. Left-click on this button to reveal the drop-down list of options for that gap. Select the option you think best fills the gap. 

An ice storm is a type o___  when_____  The rainfall comes down into the cold air and the water turned into______  .Once there is a serious ice storm when ____  than 16,000 households had a blackout_________  the ice storm as the ice storm would smash the cables.

the ice, icy, during, more, weather

Correct Answers: weather, icy, the ice, more, during

Text 7

There is a passage with some missing words. Beside each gap, there is a button with a drop-down list. Left-click on this button to reveal the drop-down list of options for that gap. Select the option you think best fills the gap. 

Your teenage daughter gets top marks in school , captains the debate team , and volunteers at a shelter for homeless people . But while driving the family car , she text - messages her best friend and rear - ends another vehicle .
ver _ , accomplished , and responsible-and reckless_______  ? Easily , according to two physicians at Children ' s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School ( HMS ) who have been______  the_____  structure and chemistry of the_____  brain . " The teenage brain is not just an adult brain with fewer miles on it ," says Frances E . Jensen , a professor of neurology . " It ' s a paradoxical time of______  . These are people with very______  brains , but they 're not quite sure what to do with them ."

Exploring, unique, sharp, at the same time, adult, development

Correct Answers: at the same time, exploring, unique,adult, development, sharp

Text 8

There is a passage with some missing words. Beside each gap, there is a button with a drop-down list. Left-click on this button to reveal the drop-down list of options for that gap. Select the option you think best fills the gap. 

The overall result of two or_____  forces acting on an object is called the resultant force the resultant of two forces is a single force, which has the same effect as the two forces combined. If two forces pull an object in______  directions, the size of the resultant can be found by_____  one force from the other. If the forces are_____  , they balance each other.

subtracting, more, opposite, equal

Correct Answers: more, opposite, subtracting, equal

Text 9

There is a passage with some missing words. Beside each gap, there is a button with a drop-down list. Left-click on this button to reveal the drop-down list of options for that gap. Select the option you think best fills the gap. 

Let us then suppose the mind to be, as we say, white paper,____  of all characters, without any ideas: How comes it to be furnished? Whence comes it by that vast store which the busy and______  fancy of man has painted on it with an almost endless variety? Whence has it all the materials of reason and knowledge? To this I answer, in one word, from experience: in that, all our knowledge is______ , and from that, it ultimately_______  itself.

boundless, void, founded, derives

Correct Answers: void, boundless, founded, derives

Text 10

There is a passage with some missing words. Beside each gap, there is a button with a drop-down list. Left-click on this button to reveal the drop-down list of options for that gap. Select the option you think best fills the gap. 

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has____  $2.49 million to cover a portion of the cost of a collaborative project led by the Australian Maritime College at the University of Tasmania, in___  with The University of Queensland and CSIRO. The $5.85 million 'Tidal Energy in Australia - Assessing Resource and Feasibility to Australia's Future Energy Mix' project will map the country's tidal energy in unprecedented detail before assessing its ability to contribute to Australia's energy needs. Lead chief investigator Associate Professor Irene Penesis from the University of Tasmania said the project would help overcome______  to investment in commercial-scale tidal farms in Australia. 'With some of the largest tides in the world, Australia is______  for this extremely reliable and low-carbon form of energy,' she said.

ideal, partnership, awarded, barriers

Correct Answers: awarded, partnership, barriers, ideal

Text 11

There is a passage with some missing words. Beside each gap, there is a button with a drop-down list. Left-click on this button to reveal the drop-down list of options for that gap. Select the option you think best fills the gap. 

Traveling is a popular pastime for many people, offering opportunities for adventure,____ , and cultural immersion. Tourists flock to popular destinations such as Paris, New York, and Tokyo, where they can explore museums, landmarks, and local cuisine. Backpackers and adventure seekers often venture off the beaten path, seeking out remote destinations and extreme activities. Travelers can choose from a wide__  of accommodations, from luxury hotels and resorts to hostels and camping____ . Travel also presents challenges, such as navigating unfamiliar terrain, dealing with language barriers, and coping with______  shock.

sites, range, relaxation, culture

Correct Answers: relaxation, range, sites, culture

Text 12

There is a passage with some missing words. Beside each gap, there is a button with a drop-down list. Left-click on this button to reveal the drop-down list of options for that gap. Select the option you think best fills the gap. 

"Sustainable Job Growth" is a motto for many governments, especially in the aftermath of a recession. The problem of 'job quality' is less often addressed and may be seen as______  job growth. The sentiment 'any job is better than no job' may resonate with governments as well as people, especially in the context of high unemployment. However, if the____  between improving the quality of_____  jobs and creating new jobs becomes greatly imbalanced towards the latter, this could increase work stress among______  and future workers, which in turn has health, economic and social costs. A recent British Academy Policy Centre Report on Stress at Work highlights these__________ , and describes the context, determinants and consequences of work- related stress in Britain.

hindering, current, concerns, existing, balance

Correct Answers: hindering, balance, existing, current, concerns

Text 13

There is a passage with some missing words. Beside each gap, there is a button with a drop-down list. Left-click on this button to reveal the drop-down list of options for that gap. Select the option you think best fills the gap. 

People who visit health professionals tend to be older than the_____  population, because illness increases with age. However, the_______  of the population who visited complementary health________  was highest between the ages 25 and 64 years. The lower rates for people aged 65 years and over_____  with the rate of visits to other health professionals which increased steadily with increasing age. The reasons for this difference might include lower levels of_______  of complementary therapies by older people. Alternatively, older people may have different treatment priorities than do younger people because their health on average is worse while their incomes are generally lower.

acceptance, contrasted, general, proportion, therapists

Correct Answers: general, proportion, therapists, contrasted, acceptance

Text 14

There is a passage with some missing words. Beside each gap, there is a button with a drop-down list. Left-click on this button to reveal the drop-down list of options for that gap. Select the option you think best fills the gap. 

Airborne diseases are very easily transmitted and can result in respiratory illness that can be life threatening. It’s therefore no wonder that______  of airborne infectious diseases are a major public health____  , and that researchers are working hard to come up with technologies to provide clean air. So far, however, such technologies have had limited______  .

success, concern, outbreaks

Correct Answers: outbreaks, concern, success

Text 15

There is a passage with some missing words. Beside each gap, there is a button with a drop-down list. Left-click on this button to reveal the drop-down list of options for that gap. Select the option you think best fills the gap. 

Shark bite numbers____  steadily over the last century as humans reproduced exponentially and_______-  more time at the seashore . But the numbers have_____  over the past five years as overfishing______  the shark population near shore and swimmers_____  About the risks of wading into certain areas , Burgess said .

thinned, grown, stabilized, learned, spent

Correct Answers: grown, spent, stabilized, thinned, learned

Text 16

There is a passage with some missing words. Beside each gap, there is a button with a drop-down list. Left-click on this button to reveal the drop-down list of options for that gap. Select the option you think best fills the gap. 

The men of the 10th celebrated the ……… of the war in the one way that seemed ………….. appropriate for them: They organized a ski race. On the crusty summer snows of Mount Mangart, where the borders of Italy, Austria, and Yugoslavia come together, the 10th’s best skiers ………… each other. First Sergeant Walter Prager, the Dartmouth ski team coach, won. It ………… a fitting way not only to end a war, but to begin a new world.

seemed, challenged, end, commonly, confronted, uniquely

Correct Answers: end, uniquely, challenged, seemed

Text 17

There is a passage with some missing words. Beside each gap, there is a button with a drop-down list. Left-click on this button to reveal the drop-down list of options for that gap. Select the option you think best fills the gap.

The writer-or, for that matter, the speaker conceives his thought whole, as a unity, but must express it in a line of words; the reader- or listener-must take this line of symbols and from it  the original wholeness of thought. There is  difficulty in conversation, because the listener receives innumerable cues from the physical expressions of the speaker; there is a dialogue, and the listener can  at any time. The advantage of group discussion is that people can overcome linear sequence of words by  on ideas from different directions; which makes for wholeness of thought. But the reader is confronted by line upon line of printed symbols, without benefits of physical  and emphasis or the possibility of dialogue or discussion.

reconstruct, little, tone, converging, cut in

Correct Answers: reconstruct, little, cut in, converging, tone

Text 18

There is a passage with some missing words. Beside each gap, there is a button with a drop-down list. Left-click on this button to reveal the drop-down list of options for that gap. Select the option you think best fills the gap.

In the second century of the Christian era, the empire of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the earth and the most civilized 1. _________of mankind. The frontiers of that extensive monarchy were guarded by ancient renown and disciplined valour. The gentle but powerful 2._________of laws and manners had gradually cemented the union of the provinces. Their peaceful inhabitants enjoyed and abused the advantages of wealth and luxury. The image of a free constitution was preserved with decent reverence: the Roman senate appeared to possess the sovereign 3._______and devolved on the emperors all the executive powers of government. During a happy period of more than fourscore years, the public 4._________was conducted by the virtue and abilities of Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, and the two Antonines. It is the design of this, and of the two succeeding 5._____, to describe the prosperous condition of their empire; and afterwards, from the death of Marcus Antoninus, to deduce the most important6.___________of its decline and fall; a revolution which will ever be remembered, and is still felt by the nations of the earth.

authority, influence, administration, portion, circumstances, chapters

Correct Answers: 1. portion, 2. influence, 3. authority, 4. administration, 5. chapters, 6. circumstances

Text 19

There is a passage with some missing words. Beside each gap, there is a button with a drop-down list. Left-click on this button to reveal the drop-down list of options for that gap. Select the option you think best fills the gap.

Ginger is a spice that has been used for centuries for both culinary and medicinal purposes. While its unique flavor is often the focus of attention, ginger also has a wide range of health benefits that make it a valuable addition to any diet.
One of the primary benefits of ginger is its ability to1.______   digestive issues. Ginger has been shown to help reduce nausea, vomiting, and stomach discomfort, making it a popular remedy for everything from morning sickness to motion sickness.

In addition to its digestive benefits, ginger is also known for its anti-inflammatory 2.____. It contains compounds that can help reduce inflammation throughout the body, which can be especially helpful for individuals with conditions such as arthritis or asthma.

Another benefit of ginger is its ability to boost the immune 3.____. Ginger has antimicrobial properties that can help fight off viruses and bacteria, while also stimulating the production of white blood cells.

Ginger has also been shown to have 4.____effects on heart health. It can help lower blood pressure and cholesterol levels, reducing the risk of heart disease and stroke.

Lastly, ginger has 5.________anti-cancer properties. Some studies have found that ginger may be able to slow the growth and spread of certain types of cancer cells.

 

system, beneficial, potential, relieve, properties

Correct answers: 1. relieve, 2. properties, 3. system, 4. beneficial, 5. potential

Text 20

There is a passage with some missing words. Beside each gap, there is a button with a drop-down list. Left-click on this button to reveal the drop-down list of options for that gap. Select the option you think best fills the gap.

London's National Portrait Gallery is currently celebrating the fifty-year_____  of photographer Sandra Lousada. The twenty one portraits on______  depict key_______  in literature, film and fashion from the early 1960s,_______  to the acquisition of forty portraits by Lousada, the display at the National Portrait Gallery highlights shots taken between 1960 and 1964, many of which_________  in Lousada's book Public Faces Private Places(2008). Formal commissioned portraits are shown alongside behind-the-scenes photographs taken on film_________  and unguarded portraits of sitters captured at home.

career, display, sets, subsequent, figures, feature

Correct answers: career, display, figures, subsequent, feature, sets

Text 21

There is a passage with some missing words. Beside each gap, there is a button with a drop-down list. Left-click on this button to reveal the drop-down list of options for that gap. Select the option you think best fills the gap.

Spending too much time in the concrete jungle is bad for city_________ health and could have potentially catastrophic________  for the environment, conservation biologist Richard Fuller will argue during a seminar at the University of Canberra today. Dr. Fuller,__________  in biodiversity and conservation at the University of Queens' and CSIRO, will explore the fact that although there's evidence that the well-being of humans increases with_______  to our surrounding biodiversity, the_________  for people to experience nature are declining rapidly in the modern world.

dwellers, opportunities, lecturer, consequences, exposure

Correct answers: dwellers, consequences, lecturer, exposure, opportunities

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