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Reading
Part 2: Reading
This part of the test is 29–30 minutes long and it contains five different question types. Because PTE Academic is an integrated skills test, one item type (‘Reading and Writing: Fill in the blanks’) also assesses writing skills.
Understand each question type
Use the menu to learn about the question types and how to answer each one.
Reading & Writing: Fill in the Blanks
Multiple Choice, Multiple Answer
Re-order Paragraphs
Fill in the Blanks
Multiple Choice, Single Answer
Reading & Writing: Fill in the Blanks
Task
Text appears on-screen with several gaps. Drag words from a box below to fill the gaps.
Prompt Length
Text up to 300 words
Skills Assessed
Reading and writing
Time to Answer
Not applicable
How to answer this question
For this item type, you need to select the most appropriate words from a drop-down list to restore the text.
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.
To change your mind, left-click on a different option.
Multiple Choice, Multiple Answer
Task
After reading the text, answer a multiple-choice question on the content or tone of the text by selecting more than one response.
Prompt Length
Text up to 300 words
Skills Assessed
Reading
Time to Answer
Not applicable
How to answer this question
For this item type, you need to read the passage and answer the multiple-choice question. There is more than one correct response.
You need to select all the response options that you think are correct from the list of possible options.
To select an option, click on it using the left button on your mouse. If you change your mind, left-click on the option again to deselect it.
The options you select are highlighted in yellow.
Re-order Paragraphs
Task
Several text boxes appear on the screen in a random order. Put the text boxes in the correct order.
Prompt Length
Text up to 150 words
Skills Assessed
Reading
Time to Answer
Not applicable
How to answer this question
For this item type, you need to restore the original order of the text by selecting text boxes and dragging them across the screen.
There are two ways you can move the text:
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Left-click on a box to select it (it will be outlined in blue), hold the left mouse button down and drag it to the desired location.
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Left-click on a box to select it, and then left-click on the left and right arrow buttons to move it across. On the right panel, you can also use the up and down arrow buttons to re-order the boxes.
To deselect a box, left-click elsewhere on the screen.
Fill in the Blanks
Task
The text appears on a screen with several gaps in it. Drag words from the box below to fill the gaps.
Prompt Length
Text up to 80 words
Skills Assessed
Reading
Time to Answer
Not applicable
How to answer this question
For this item type, you need to drag and drop words across the screen to correctly fill in the gaps in the text.
There is a passage with some missing words. You have a list of words in the blue 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.
Left-click on a word to select it; keep the left mouse button held down and drag the word to the gap where you want to place it. You can also drag words between gaps. To remove a word from a gap, drag it back to the blue box.
Multiple Choice, Single Answer
Task
After reading the text, answer a multiple-choice question on the content or tone of the text by selecting one response.
Prompt Length
Text up to 300 words
Skills Assessed
Reading
Time to Answer
Not applicable
How to answer this question
For this item type, you need to read the passage and answer the multiple-choice question.
There are several possible response options but only one is correct.
To select an option click on it using the left button on your mouse. If you change your mind, left-click on the option again to deselect it, or left-click on a different option.
The option you select is highlighted in yellow.
Take a look at the other parts of the test
Part 1: Speaking & Writing
This part will take 54-67 minutes to omplete.
Part 3: Listening
This part will take 30-43 minutes to cpmplete.
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