The primary difference between Reading and Writing: Fill in the Blanks and the Fill in the Blanks question type is that candidates are given a drop-down list of options for each blank for the Reading and Writing: Fill in the Blanks. For Fill in the Blanks question type, candidates are given a single list of options for all the blanks in the question. Since the PTE is an integrated skills test, both reading and writing skills are tested in Reading and Writing: Fill in the Blanks. The only communicative skill tested in the Fill in the blanks question type of the Reading section is reading skills