Highlight Incorrect Words · Part 3: Listening

Definitions of happiness

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There have been various definitions of happiness throughout history and the history of , the ones which interest me are to happiness that follow the Enlightenment, particularly in the work of Jeremy Bentham, for whom happiness was really a combination of physical , pleasures as different combinations and aggregations of pleasure and pain occur over time. They these psychological experiences that Bentham called happiness. But underlying them for Bentham were physical triggers and .

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

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