PTE Academic Reading 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: In PTE Academic Reading 'Fill in the Blanks', where do you drag your answer options from?
- A dropdown list embedded in the text
- A word bank below the passage (Correct answer)
- A separate answer sheet
- The previous sentence in the passage
Correct answer: A word bank below the passage
In Reading Fill in the Blanks, you drag words from a box below the passage into gaps within the text.
Question 2: A PTE Reading passage states: 'The study yielded _______ results, prompting researchers to abandon the hypothesis.' Which word best fits the blank?
- corroborating
- inconclusive (Correct answer)
- preliminary
- exaggerated
Correct answer: inconclusive
Inconclusive results mean no clear conclusion was reached, which logically leads researchers to abandon a hypothesis.
Question 3: Which PTE Reading task awards partial credit — one point per correct blank — rather than all-or-nothing scoring?
- Multiple-choice, choose single answer
- Re-order Paragraphs
- Reading & Writing: Fill in the Blanks (Correct answer)
- Multiple-choice, choose multiple answers
Correct answer: Reading & Writing: Fill in the Blanks
Reading & Writing: Fill in the Blanks uses partial scoring, giving one point for each correctly filled blank.
Question 4: In a PTE passage about climate science, the phrase 'feedback loops amplify initial perturbations' most nearly means:
- Cycles that reduce the original disturbance
- Processes that magnify a starting change (Correct answer)
- Mechanisms that prevent temperature rise
- Systems that measure atmospheric pressure
Correct answer: Processes that magnify a starting change
Amplify means to increase, so feedback loops make an initial disturbance larger.
Question 5: What is the primary reading skill tested by the PTE 'Re-order Paragraphs' task?
- Vocabulary depth
- Understanding text cohesion and logical flow (Correct answer)
- Identifying the author's tone
- Scanning for numerical data
Correct answer: Understanding text cohesion and logical flow
Re-order Paragraphs tests whether you can recognize how ideas connect and flow logically across a text.
Question 6: A PTE reading passage uses the word 'ubiquitous' to describe smartphones. Which synonym could replace it without changing meaning?
- Expensive
- Omnipresent (Correct answer)
- Portable
- Outdated
Correct answer: Omnipresent
Ubiquitous means present everywhere, making omnipresent the correct synonym.
Question 7: In PTE Multiple-choice, choose multiple answers (Reading), what is the score penalty for selecting an incorrect option?
- No penalty; wrong answers are simply ignored
- One point is subtracted per wrong option selected (Correct answer)
- The entire question scores zero
- Two points are subtracted per wrong option
Correct answer: One point is subtracted per wrong option selected
PTE deducts one point for each incorrect option chosen in multiple-answer reading questions, so guessing can lower your score.
PTE Academic Reading 2
In PTE Academic Reading 'Fill in the Blanks', where do you drag your answer options from?