IELTS Reading Practice: Fill the Gaps Exercise

This is a great exercise of gap fill for students preparing for their IELTS Reading test.  This is not an IELTS test, it is a practice lesson to help you develop the skills needed for success in the IELTS reading test, namely: selecting key words to complete sentences by filling in the gaps. Always remember that sentences must be grammatically correct when they are complete.

Passage: Logical Mathematical Intelligence

Some individuals are able to learn just about anything using their logical skills. They are able to calculate and work out relationships and connections between items. They enjoy mental challenges seeking out solutions to logical, abstract and mathematical problems and have good deductive reasoning skills. They may simply excel at games involving strategy such as chess.

To exhibit strong Logical-Mathematical Intelligence, it is not necessary for you to be good at maths – the very act of selecting key points in a logical, systematic numbered sequence can be evidence of this intelligence. The very act of investigating and analysing allows you to go beneath the surface of what you may be learning so as not to simply take it at face value.

Notice: This passage is from inspiring-breakthrough.co.uk. You can find the whole article on this page: Multiple Intelligences

Questions 1 – 3

Find a word or words in the passage to complete the sentences below.

  1. Finding links between items is possible for certain people by utilising their …………..
  2. They enjoy mental challenges and are skillful at ……….. which require planning and foresight.
  3. People with this type of intelligence are often good at going beyond the obvious by …………. and …………….

Answers

The answers for this reading gap fill lesson are now available.

Click here: Answers to Mathematical Intelligence Gap Fill Reading

All the best

Liz

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Comments

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    Games
    Investigating. Analysing

  2. sukanya says

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    2. Games
    3. investigating, Analysing

  3. Sujatha says

    Hi Liz thanks for your wonderful job . I would like to know that whether there is a possibility of getting a chart/graph in writing task 1 for general training?please let me know .

  4. Aryan Dhakal says

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    2.Deductive Reasoning
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    2. DEDUCTIVE REASONING
    3. INVESTIGATING, ANALYSING

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    2. GAMES
    3. INVESTIGATION AND ANALYSIS

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    3. Investigating and analyzing

  26. I think number 2 would be “seeking out solutions “

  27. Number 2 should be a plural noun or two nouns.
    …..which require

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    2.games
    3.investigation and analyising

  29. 1.LOGICAL SKILLS
    2. CHESS
    3. INVESTIGATING ANALYSING

  30. 1) logical Skills
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    3)investigating and Analysing

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    2)Games/Chess
    3)Investigating and Analysing

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    Chess
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    3) Investiagating and Analysing.

  36. DIKSHITKUMAR says

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    2) deductive reasoning
    3) Investigating and Analysing

  38. Abhishek Debnath says

    Answers are..
    1. logical skills.
    2. strategies. (as this requires planning and foresight both & more logical than ‘Games’ )
    3. investigating and analyzing.

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    2. deductive reasoning
    3. investigating and analysing.

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    2. Games
    3. Investigating, analysing

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    2. Investigaing and analysing

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    3. Investigating and Analysing

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    3) investigating and analyzing

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    3. Investigating and analysing

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    Games
    Investigating
    Analysing

  49. Tien Hung Pham says

    Hi Liz,
    1) logical skill
    2) reasoning
    3) investigating and analysing
    Thanks

  50. Logical skills
    Deductive reasoning
    Investigating and analysing

  51. Logical skills
    Deductive reasoning
    Investigating and analysing

  52. Logical skills
    deductive reasoning
    Investigation and analysis

  53. Yeabkal says

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    2) Solution
    3) Investigating & analyzing

  54. kalaivanan pullaiannan says

    1) Logical skills
    2)Deductive reasoning
    3)Investigating – Analysing

  55. Logical skills
    Games
    Investigating and Analysing

  56. 1.logical skills
    2.games
    3.investigating
    4.analyzing

  57. Ene Onovwiona says

    1. Logical skills
    2.deductive reasoning
    3. Investigating and analyzing

  58. 1. Logical Skills
    2. Deductive Reasoning
    3. Investigating and Analysing

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    Chess
    Investigation and Analysing

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    Deductive Reasoning
    Investigating,Analysing

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    2. Mathematical Problems
    3. Investigating and Analysing

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    2.games
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    2. Reasoning
    3 investigating, analysing

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    Games
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    2.deductive reasoning
    3.investigating and analysing

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    2.deductive reasoning skills
    3.investigating and analysing

  71. 1= logical skills
    2= games
    3= logical ,systematic number ed sequence

  72. ranjit sandhu says

    Answers to the above fill ups are
    1.logical skills
    2. deductive reasoning skill
    3. investigating and analysing

  73. 1. logical skills 2. mathematic problems 3. investigating and analysing

  74. 1.logical skills
    2.logical and mathematical problems
    3.intelligence & investigation.

  75. logical skills
    deductive reasoning
    investigating Analysing

  76. 1. Logical Skills.
    2. Chess.
    3. Investigating and Analysing.

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    2- games.

    3- investgating – analysing

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    2 games
    3 investigating and analysing

  79. LOGICAL SKILLS
    CHESS
    INVESTIGATING,ANALYSING

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    3. investigating, analysing

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    2 reasoning
    3 investigating, analysing

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    2) seeking solution
    3) investigating and analyzing.

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    2. seeking out solutions
    3. investigating (and) analysing

  84. Saurabh says

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    2) deductive reasoning
    3) investigating, analysing

  85. Jafar Shaikh says

    1/ Logical Skills
    2/ Games
    3/ Learning, Not Assumption.

  86. 1 Logical skills
    2.games
    3.investigation and analyse

  87. 1. Logical skills
    2. Chess
    3. Investigating, analysing

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    3.investigating and analysing

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    2. games
    3. investigating, analysing

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    1. Logical skills
    2. Deductive reasoning skills
    3. Investigating and Analysing

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    2. Deductive reasoning skills
    3. Investigating and Analysing

  92. Synthia says

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  93. Synthia says

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    Mathematical problems
    investigate and analyse

  94. 1- logical skills
    2-games
    3-investigating , analysing

  95. 1. Logical skills
    2. Reasoning
    3. Investigating, Analysing

  96. 1. Logical skill
    2. Chess
    3. Investigating and analysing

  97. 1- logical skills
    2-deductive reasoning
    3- investigating and analyzing

  98. K Abdallah says

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    1- Logical skills
    2-Games
    3-Investigating and analysing

  99. Harjeet says

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    2. Reasoning
    3. Investigating and Analysing

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    3. investigating and analyzing.

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    2- deductive reasoning
    3- investigating, analysing

  102. SHARJEEL says

    1. Logical skills
    2. Reasoning
    3. Investigating, analysing

  103. RAJWINDER KAUR FROM says

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    2 Reasoning
    3 selecting key points

  104. logical skills
    games
    investigating analysing

  105. sheetal says

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    2. mathematical reasoning
    3. systematic and numbered sequence

  106. Baljit johal says

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    2.Games
    3. Investigating, Analysing

  107. Prakash Perumal says

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    SOLUTIONS
    INVESTIGATING ANALYSING

  108. Mohd Taher says

    1. Logically skill
    2. Games
    3. Evidence and beneath

  109. 1> Logical skills
    2> Deductive reasoning
    3> Investigating , Analyzing

  110. 1) logical skills
    2) deductive reasoning
    3)investigating ,analysing

  111. 1. Logical skills
    2. Seeking out solutions
    3. Investigating and Analysing

  112. Rita James says

    1. Logical skills
    2.Deductive reasoning
    3. Investigating and analysing

  113. Abdul Razak says

    1. Logical skills
    2. Deductive reasoning
    3. Investigating, Analysing

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    investigating, analysing

  115. Mathew Antony says

    1. Logical skills
    2. Deductive reasoning
    3. Investigating, analysing

  116. JIGNESH says

    1.0 Logical Skills
    2.0 Reasoning
    3.0 Investigating and analysing

  117. Gurvinder Sigh says

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    2 reasoning
    3 games and strategy

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    1. Logical skills

    2. Deductive reasoning

    3. Investigating and analysing

  119. 1.logical skills
    2.games
    3 . Investigating & analysing

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    Games
    Investigating, analysing

  121. 1. Logical skills
    2. Reasoning
    3.investigating abd analysing

  122. 1st answer= Logical Skills
    2nd answer= Games
    3rd answer=Investigating and Analysing

  123. 1. logical skills
    2. strategy/chess
    3. investigating analysing

  124. 1) Logical Skills
    2) Deductive Reasoning
    3) Investigating and Analysing

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