Listening - PTE Academic / UKVI, PTE Core
Select Missing Word
Select Missing Word practice trains prediction from listening context near the end of a recording.
Scoring traits to watch
Listening comprehensionPrediction
Key takeaways
Track the speaker’s direction before the final missing part.
Use context and grammar together to predict the ending.
Review why distractors do not complete the meaning.
How to practise Select Missing Word
This task depends on the direction of the recording. Practise predicting the ending from the whole idea, not from one familiar word.
- Listen for the topic and speaker attitude.
- Predict the ending before reading all options.
- Choose the option that completes the idea.
Practice framework
- Listen for the topic and speaker attitude.
- Predict the ending before reading all options.
- Choose the option that completes the idea.
- Review wrong choices for context mismatch.
Common mistakes
- Choosing by grammar only and ignoring the recording’s direction.
- Missing the tone or conclusion before the beep.
- Guessing from one keyword instead of the whole context.
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