Food is one of the most important things you'll ever…
Read the text aloud.
Food is one of the most important things you'll ever buy. And yet most people never bother to think about their food and where it comes from. People spend a lot more time worrying about what kind of blue jeans to wear, what kind of video games to play, and what kind of computers to buy.
Opens question #010016 in the RealPTE practice screen.
How to read it
Food is one of the most important things|you'll ever buy.‖And yet most people never bother|to think about their food|and where it comes from.‖People spend a lot more time|worrying about what kind of blue jeans to wear,‖what kind of video games to play,|and what kind of computers to buy.
| short pause ‖ breathe
Words to stress correctly
| important | im·POR·tant | /ɪmˈpɔrtənt/ |
| computers | com·PUT·ers | /kəmˈpjutɚz/ |
| worrying | WOR·ry·ing | /ˈwɝiɪŋ/ |
56 words, aim for 22–25 seconds. No numbers. Breathe after buy, from and wear; the repeated what kind of phrases need only short pauses at the commas.
Where marks are usually lost
im·POR·tant and com·PUT·ers stress the second syllable, WOR·ry·ing the first. Read you'll as one syllable, not "you will". Keep the -s in things, comes, jeans, games, computers and the -nt in important.
General tip: easy passages tempt you to speed up; keep a steady pace and let the rhythm land on food, buy, wear, play.
What it means: 中文 · हिन्दी · नेपाली · Tiếng Việt
中文: 食物是你一生中购买的最重要的东西之一。然而大多数人从不费心去想想他们的食物以及它从哪里来。人们花更多的时间去操心穿什么样的牛仔裤、玩什么样的电子游戏、买什么样的电脑。
हिन्दी: भोजन उन सबसे महत्वपूर्ण चीज़ों में से एक है जो आप कभी खरीदेंगे। फिर भी अधिकांश लोग अपने भोजन और वह कहाँ से आता है, इस बारे में सोचने की ज़हमत नहीं उठाते। लोग इस चिंता में कहीं अधिक समय बिताते हैं कि कौन-सी नीली जींस पहनें, कौन-से वीडियो गेम खेलें और कौन-से कंप्यूटर खरीदें।
नेपाली: खाना तपाईंले कहिल्यै किन्ने सबैभन्दा महत्त्वपूर्ण कुरामध्ये एक हो। तैपनि धेरैजसो मानिस आफ्नो खाना र त्यो कहाँबाट आउँछ भन्नेबारे सोच्ने झन्झट नै गर्दैनन्। मानिसहरू कस्तो नीलो जिन्स लगाउने, कस्तो भिडियो गेम खेल्ने र कस्तो कम्प्युटर किन्ने भन्ने चिन्तामा धेरै बढी समय बिताउँछन्।
Tiếng Việt: Thực phẩm là một trong những thứ quan trọng nhất bạn từng mua. Thế nhưng hầu hết mọi người chẳng bao giờ bận tâm nghĩ về thức ăn của mình và nó đến từ đâu. Người ta dành nhiều thời gian hơn hẳn để lo lắng nên mặc loại quần jeans nào, chơi loại trò chơi điện tử nào và mua loại máy tính nào.
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Read Aloud format (Pearson)
| Prompt | Text up to 60 words |
|---|---|
| Preparation | 30–40 seconds |
| Time to answer | Depends on the length of the text |
| Skills assessed | Speaking |
| Scored on | Content; Pronunciation; Oral fluency |
How it is scored
- Content is scored by counting the correct words in your response.
- If you stay silent for more than 3 seconds, the recording stops.
- You can record your response only once.
Source: Pearson, PTE Academic & UKVI test format, Part 1: Speaking & Writing, checked 9 October 2026.