PTE Academic — Pearson Test of English

PTE Reading — Fill in the Blanks (Grammar and Word Forms), Set 1

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What this test covers

• 20 PTE Reading and Writing

Sample questions with answers

The first 5 questions of this test, with the correct answer and explanation.

1. Q1. The ______ of the data took several weeks. Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

   • A. analytical
   • B. analysed
   • C. analyse
   • D. analysis ✓

   Answer: D. analysis

   Explanation: After "the", a noun is needed: analysis.

2. Q2. The new treatment proved highly ______ in clinical trials. Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

   • A. effect
   • B. effectively
   • C. effective ✓
   • D. effectiveness

   Answer: C. effective

   Explanation: After "highly", an adjective is needed.

3. Q3. The population of the city has grown ______ since 2000. Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

   • A. significant
   • B. significantly ✓
   • C. significance
   • D. signify

   Answer: B. significantly

   Explanation: An adverb is needed to describe the verb "grown".

4. Q4. Access to clean water is ______ for public health. Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

   • A. essential ✓
   • B. essence
   • C. essentially
   • D. essentials

   Answer: A. essential

   Explanation: After "is", an adjective is needed.

5. Q5. The committee reached a ______ decision after a long debate. Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

   • A. unanimous ✓
   • B. unanimously
   • C. unanimousness
   • D. unanimity

   Answer: A. unanimous

   Explanation: An adjective is needed before the noun "decision".

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6. Q6. Researchers have developed a more ______ way to recycle plastic. Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

   • A. efficiencies
   • B. efficient
   • C. efficiently
   • D. efficiency

7. Q7. The experiment failed. ______, the team learned a great deal from it. Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

   • A. Therefore
   • B. Similarly
   • C. For example
   • D. Nevertheless

8. Q8. Some animals, ______ bats and dolphins, use echolocation to find food. Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

   • A. in contrast
   • B. such as
   • C. as a result
   • D. however

9. Q9. The bridge was closed ______ safety concerns. Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

   • A. so that
   • B. in spite
   • C. due to
   • D. although

10. Q10. The first method is faster, ______ the second is more accurate. Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

    • A. because
    • B. therefore
    • C. unless
    • D. whereas

11. Q11. By 2030, the number of electric cars ______ dramatically. Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

    • A. increased
    • B. is increasing
    • C. has increased
    • D. will have increased

12. Q12. The findings ______ in a leading journal last year. Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

    • A. published
    • B. are publishing
    • C. were published
    • D. have published

13. Q13. Since the new law was introduced, accidents ______ by 20 percent. Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

    • A. have fallen
    • B. fall
    • C. fell
    • D. had been falling

14. Q14. ______ Amazon is the largest rainforest in the world. Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

    • A. A
    • B. No article
    • C. The
    • D. An

15. Q15. The decline in bee populations has had a serious impact ______ crop yields. Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

    • A. for
    • B. on
    • C. to
    • D. at

16. Q16. The lecture focused ______ the causes of the First World War. Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

    • A. on
    • B. for
    • C. at
    • D. in

17. Q17. The two studies reached ______ conclusions: one found a benefit, the other found none. Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

    • A. consistent
    • B. similar
    • C. identical
    • D. conflicting

18. Q18. The evidence is not strong enough to ______ the claim that the drug prevents the disease. Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

    • A. abandon
    • B. undermine
    • C. substantiate
    • D. contradict

19. Q19. Urbanisation has been ______ by the movement of people from rural areas in search of work. Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

    • A. drove
    • B. driven
    • C. drive
    • D. driving

20. Q20. The professor asked the students to ______ the main arguments of the article in one paragraph. Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

    • A. summarise
    • B. repeat
    • C. expand
    • D. translate