PTE Select Missing Word practice
The final words of the recording are replaced by a beep. Choose the option that completes it.
This is a coherence test, not a memory test. The answer is the option that follows logically from the speaker’s argument — listen to where the argument is going, not just the last sentence.
Strategy
- Track the direction of the argument. If the speaker has been building a contrast, the ending will usually complete it.
- Listen to the final intonation before the beep — a rising tone often signals a conclusion is coming.
- Do not pick on vocabulary overlap. The option repeating words from the audio is often the distractor.