DET Read and Complete
A longer passage with several partly spelled words to complete. It is close to Fill in the Blanks with more text around it, so the passage as a whole helps more — and reading it through before typing anything is worth the time.
Read it all first
With a longer passage, a gap near the start is often resolved by a sentence near the end. Typing as you go means solving each gap with a fraction of the available information.
- Read the passage through, skipping the gaps.
- Decide what each passage is about and where it is going.
- Fill the gaps you are confident about.
- Use the remaining context on the rest.
Word form matters
- Check whether the slot needs a noun, verb, adjective or adverb — the letters given usually confirm it.
- Check tense and number agreement with the words around it.
- Check spelling before moving on.
These items test reading and spelling together, which is why they reward reading English regularly far more than they reward studying word lists.
Read and Complete — FAQs
2 questions
More text, so more context — and the passage as a whole is more useful.
Usually three to six.
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Written from the test board's own published material and checked on 1 October 2026.