Highlight Incorrect Words · Part 3: Listening

Cumulative culture

22 students marked "I sat this"Added 20 Feb 2023Question #190009

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They may be our cousins, but orangutans and other primates are nowhere near humans in terms of technological , social organization or culture. As humans, capacity for building off of one another, an part of our so called cumulative culture that has allowed us to build up so much in so little time. But how do we develop such methods of learning in the first place? Kevin Leyland of the University of St Andrews spoke with me about his team's quest to pinpoint the social and processes that underlie humans ability to acquire and knowledge.

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Highlight Incorrect Words format (Pearson)

PromptRecording of 15–50 seconds
Time to answerNot set per question (Part 3 lasts 31–39 minutes)
Skills assessedListening, Reading

How it is scored

  • Each correctly clicked word earns 1 point; each wrong click loses 1 point.
  • The recording plays only once.

Source: Pearson, PTE Academic & UKVI test format, Part 3: Listening, checked 9 October 2026.