Practice room
Reading
Five task types in a standalone timed section, weighted toward the blanks.
Reading is a standalone timed section of 13-18 questions. It rewards grammar, logic and comprehension more than raw vocabulary, and the two Fill in the Blanks task types carry the heaviest Reading weight.
Part 2 · 29–30 min · 5 task types · 13–18 questions
Practice by skill
- High weightReading & Writing: Fill in the BlanksChoose words from dropdowns to complete a passage — tests reading and writing together.
- Multiple Choice, Multiple AnswersRead an academic passage and select every option the text supports. Wrong selections subtract marks.
- Re-order ParagraphsDrag jumbled text boxes into their correct logical order.
- High weightReading: Fill in the BlanksDrag the right words from a bank to complete a passage.
- Multiple Choice, Single AnswerRead a short academic passage and choose the one option that answers the question.
Frequently asked questions
On multiple-choice multiple-answer tasks and Highlight Incorrect Words, incorrect selections subtract from your score for that item, though the item total cannot go below zero. Other task types award partial credit with no penalty.
Related pages
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- PTE Listening PracticePractise all eight PTE Listening tasks including Write from Dictation, one of the highest-value tasks in the entire exam.