A Reading Fill in the Blanks question is one of the most scoring tasks of the Reading section, and every student should put a lot of focus on this task, to get high scores in this section. The Reading Fill in the Blanks question layout is very simple, you get a passage of 80 words, and you see a list of words that are the answer options that you need to drag into the appropriate spaces. Each PTE Fill in the Blanks question has roughly four or five gaps, so you can potentially score 25 points from this task only. Therefore, you can understand how important this task is to PTE test takers. PTE Reading fill in the blanks is not timed, so managing your time for the task is the first trick you need to learn. Overall, Edutrainex recommends that you spend no more than two minutes on each question, if you want to complete the reading section on time.

Having grammar knowledge enables you to figure out which word type fits in the given blank spaces and you can narrow down your shortlisted answers. Once you have done that, you need to apply the knowledge of collocation to figure out which word matches the surrounding words. Finally, you need to understand the overall context of the topic discussed in the text, which is nothing but the central idea of the topic discussed in the text. Understanding the context helps you to meaningfully choose the best answer for each gap in the text. The combination of these skills will help you to crack the PTE reading fill in the blanks task successfully. And if you need practice questions with answers and explanations, please enroll yourself today at the Edutrainex PTE learning platform. This platform and our PTE experts will help you to improve your skills and also overcome your weaknesses.