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# PTE Reading Fill in the Blanks
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[PTE Reading Fill in the Blanks](https://edutrainex.com/blog/pte-reading-fill-in-the-blanks/) is one of the most scoring tasks of the PTE Reading section, and every student should put a lot of focus on this task, to get high score in this section. The layout of the Reading Fill in the Blanks question is very simple, you get a passage of 80 words length and you see a list of words at the bottom of the text, which are the answer options that you need to drag and drop to the appropriate blank spaces. In the PTE Test, there are 4 to 5 of [PTE Fill in the Blanks](https://edutrainex.com/blog/pte-reading-and-writing-fill-in-the-blanks/) questions and each of them has roughly 4 or 5 gaps, so potentially you get a chance to score up to 25 points only from this task. So, you can understand how important this task is for the PTE test takers. There is one catch though, the entire PTE reading section is not timed, so managing the time for the PTE Reading Fill in the Blanks task is the first trick that you need to learn. Overall, Edutrainex only recommends that you should not spend more than 2 minutes per question, if you want to finish the reading section within the specified time.

The next trick that you need to learn for the PTE Reading Fill in the Blanks task is building grammar skills, which is quite imperative for the entire PTE test. Having grammar knowledge enables you to figure out which word type would fit 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 will fit with the words around the blank space. You can refer to the official PTE fill in the blanks word collocation list and start learning them right from the beginning of your preparation. And lastly, you need to understand the overall context, 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 presented. Combining these skills for the PTE Reading Fill in the blanks task will help you to crack this question type successfully. And if you need practice questions along with answers and explanations, please enrol yourself today at Edutrainex PTE learning platform. The platform and our PTE experts will help you to improve these skills and also overcome your weaknesses. And don’t forget to do mock tests when you are confident with the practice questions.
