Listening: Multiple Choice, Single Answer · Part 3: Listening

In the speaker's opinion, which of the following is true of editors…

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Choose the one correct answer.

Audio question

In the speaker's opinion, which of the following is true of editors who are also novelists?

  1. AThey are sympathetic to the difficult lives authors lead.
  2. BThey may try to re-shape the novelist's work in their own way.
  3. CThey find it difficult to see the author's real intentions.
  4. DThey are always able to see the novel from the author's point of view.

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Listening: Multiple Choice, Single Answer format (Pearson)

Pearson's name: Multiple Choice, Single Answer

PromptRecording of 30–60 seconds
Time to answerNot set per question (Part 3 lasts 31–39 minutes)
Skills assessedListening

How it is scored

  • Scored as either correct or incorrect.
  • The recording plays only once.

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