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Improve your score with focused PTE Select Missing Word Practice to ace all the real exam questions.
PTE Select Missing Word is a Listening task where you hear a 20–70 second recording that plays automatically once and ends with a beep replacing the final words, then choose the option that best completes the sentence. It assesses your Listening skill across 1–2 questions and is marked using partial credit.
One point for the option that completes the recording, marked instantly. It rewards following the speaker's line of thought and predicting where it's headed.
Feeds Listening · Academic & Core
Follow the recording's meaning right up to the beep.
Anticipate the word the speaker is leading to.
Use the whole recording, not just the final line.
Follow these tips to quickly spot clues and select the correct missing word with confidence.
Concentrate fully on the closing part of the audio. The missing word always completes the speaker’s final thought or conclusion.
Before viewing options, guess how the sentence should end. This makes it easier to spot the most logical choice, and you can sharpen this skill through regular PTE academic practice test.
Check how the ending word fits the overall message. The correct option must logically match the entire audio.
Remove choices that feel grammatically correct but do not match the topic or direction of the audio.
Some options sound related but change the meaning slightly. Choose the word that best fits the context.
Regular practice improves focus and helps you recognize concluding cues used in academic listening tasks, and you can enhance this skill by taking a PTE mock test with AI scoring.
How it is scored, and how to predict the ending before you read the options.
1 – 2 per test, in both PTE Academic and PTE Core. Each recording ends with a beep in place of the final word or phrase.
20 – 70 seconds. It plays once, automatically, so follow the speaker’s argument from the start rather than waiting for the beep.
One point for the option that correctly completes the recording, zero otherwise. There is no partial credit and it counts for Listening only.
No. A wrong choice scores zero, not minus one, so always pick an option.
Track where the speaker is heading. The missing word completes the final point, so it usually restates or concludes the main idea. Guess the ending before you look at the options, then match.
Practice with the full recording, not just the last line. Listen for tone and topic, rule out options that fit the grammar but not the argument, and check the answer explanation for the clue you missed.
1 – 2 per test, in both PTE Academic and PTE Core. Each recording ends with a beep in place of the final word or phrase.
20 – 70 seconds. It plays once, automatically, so follow the speaker’s argument from the start rather than waiting for the beep.
One point for the option that correctly completes the recording, zero otherwise. There is no partial credit and it counts for Listening only.
No. A wrong choice scores zero, not minus one, so always pick an option.
Track where the speaker is heading. The missing word completes the final point, so it usually restates or concludes the main idea. Guess the ending before you look at the options, then match.
Practice with the full recording, not just the last line. Listen for tone and topic, rule out options that fit the grammar but not the argument, and check the answer explanation for the clue you missed.
