In this authentic PTE Academic listening test you listen to a college professor and a student discussing her course. Listen carefully and fill in the blanks. This activity tests listening and writing.
This test is from the Official Guide to PTE Academic, reproduced with permission from Pearson Education Asia Limited.
Listening: Fill in the blanks – In this type of questions, you will hear a recording and after listening, type missing words in each gap. This item type will test your listening and writing skills.
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PTE Academic Listening – Fill In The Blanks
1. Listen the following audio and type missing words in each blank.
British commanders had _____ learnt the lessons of the Crimean War, and could adapt themselves to battalion and regimental columns maneuvering in jungles, deserts and mountainous regions; what they failed to _______ was that when they came up against the Boers all their tactical and technical skills were of little use because they had _____ failed to comprehend the trench fighting and _____ raids of the American Civil War. In 1899 all arms of the British service went to war with what was to _____ antiquated tactics, and in some cases antiquated weapons.
Show Answer >>>ndeed, comprehend, entirely, cavalry, prove
2. Listen the following audio and type missing words in each blank.
//pteacademicexam.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Listening-Audio-2.mp3The Internet has _____ its part in the brand Bard propagation, but it has also produced a mountain of alternative, more _______ content upon which we could choose to feast. And yet it is Shakespeare who has risen to the top. And not just online where he’s _____ up so much that there are now bespoke Shakespeare search engines.
Show Answer >>>played, contemporary, looked