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Guide - Pearson Test of English

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Task<br />

<strong>Test</strong> takers read five short texts, each containing a gap, and choose which <strong>of</strong> three answer options is the<br />

missing word or phrase. There are five gaps to complete; one per text.<br />

Objective, stimulus<br />

Objective Stimulus<br />

To assess ability to understand the purpose, structure and<br />

main idea <strong>of</strong> short written texts<br />

Scores<br />

Authentic text types include: labels, instructions, signs,<br />

notices, menus, advertisements and announcements<br />

This item type is marked as either correct or incorrect. Each correctly completed gap has a weighting <strong>of</strong> one<br />

score point. A maximum <strong>of</strong> five score points can be achieved in this section <strong>of</strong> the test.<br />

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