With a population of only just over 30 million living…
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With a population of only just over 30 million living in the world’s second largest country, Canada is justly renowned for vast tracts of wilderness untroubled by pollution either from industry or from intensive farming methods. A major conservation issue is the battle to stop the logging of virgin forest in northern Ontario and on the west coast.
Pause plan and hard words
Pause plan (/ short pause, // longer pause)
With a population of only just over 30 million / living in the world’s second largest country, // Canada is justly renowned for vast tracts of wilderness / untroubled by pollution // either from industry or from intensive farming methods. // A major conservation issue is the battle / to stop the logging of virgin forest // in northern Ontario and on the west coast.
58 words, aim for 22–26 seconds. Say 30 million as "thirty million". Breathe after country, pollution, methods. and forest.
Words to practise
| Word | Stress |
|---|---|
| conservation | con·ser·VA·tion /kɑnsɚˈveɪʃən/ |
| population | pop·u·LA·tion /pɑpjəˈleɪʃən/ |
| ontario | on·TAR·i·o /ɑnˈtɛrioʊ/ |
| untroubled | un·TROU·bled /ənˈtrʌbəld/ |
| pollution | pol·LU·tion /pəˈluʃən/ |
| intensive | in·TEN·sive /ɪnˈtɛnsɪv/ |
RealPTE numbers
- Student reports: High frequency (43 reports)
From RealPTE practice records and students’ “I sat this” reports, counted weekly (last count 2026-10-21). Reports are what students tell us; predictions are not guaranteed.
Questions about this question
What is the answer to PTE Read Aloud #010230?
Read it in sense groups: pause briefly at the single slashes and a little longer at the double slashes in the plan above. Practise conservation, population, ontario, untroubled first.
How do I get full marks on this Read Aloud question?
Read every word as written, pause at the sense-group boundaries and stress the right syllables. Content counts the words you read correctly; fluency and pronunciation are scored too.
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How to read it
With a population of only just over 30 million|living in the world’s second largest country,‖Canada is justly renowned for vast tracts of wilderness|untroubled by pollution‖either from industry or from intensive farming methods.‖A major conservation issue is the battle|to stop the logging of virgin forest‖in northern Ontario and on the west coast.
| short pause ‖ breathe
Words to stress correctly
| conservation | con·ser·VA·tion | /kɑnsɚˈveɪʃən/ |
| population | pop·u·LA·tion | /pɑpjəˈleɪʃən/ |
| ontario | on·TAR·i·o | /ɑnˈtɛrioʊ/ |
| untroubled | un·TROU·bled | /ənˈtrʌbəld/ |
| pollution | pol·LU·tion | /pəˈluʃən/ |
| intensive | in·TEN·sive | /ɪnˈtɛnsɪv/ |
58 words, aim for 22–26 seconds. Say 30 million as "thirty million". Breathe after country, pollution, methods. and forest.
Where marks are usually lost
Stress con·ser·VA·tion and pop·u·LA·tion on the third syllable, on·TAR·i·o, pol·LU·tion and in·TEN·sive on the second. Don't hesitate before 30 million. Keep the endings in tracts, methods, untroubled and renowned.
General tip: Link only just over as one smooth phrase; the stressed syllables carry the rhythm, so keep the unstressed ones short.
What it means: 中文 · हिन्दी · नेपाली · Tiếng Việt
中文: 加拿大是世界第二大国家，人口却仅略超过3000万，因此它以大片未受工业或集约化农业污染的荒野而闻名，这是当之无愧的。一个重大的环境保护问题，是阻止在安大略省北部和西海岸砍伐原始森林的斗争。
हिन्दी: विश्व के दूसरे सबसे बड़े देश में केवल 3 करोड़ से थोड़ी अधिक आबादी के साथ, कनाडा उचित रूप से अपने विशाल जंगली क्षेत्रों के लिए प्रसिद्ध है, जो उद्योग या गहन खेती के तरीकों से होने वाले प्रदूषण से अछूते हैं। एक प्रमुख संरक्षण मुद्दा उत्तरी ओंटारियो और पश्चिमी तट पर प्राचीन वनों की कटाई रोकने की लड़ाई है।
नेपाली: संसारको दोस्रो ठूलो देशमा केवल ३ करोडभन्दा अलि बढी जनसंख्या भएकाले, क्यानडा उद्योग वा सघन खेती विधिबाट हुने प्रदूषणले नछोएका विशाल जंगली भूभागका लागि उचित रूपमा प्रसिद्ध छ। एउटा प्रमुख संरक्षण मुद्दा उत्तरी ओन्टारियो र पश्चिमी तटमा कुमारी वनको कटान रोक्ने लडाइँ हो।
Tiếng Việt: Với dân số chỉ hơn 30 triệu người sống trên đất nước lớn thứ hai thế giới, Canada xứng đáng nổi tiếng với những vùng hoang dã rộng lớn không bị ô nhiễm bởi công nghiệp hay các phương pháp canh tác thâm canh. Một vấn đề bảo tồn lớn là cuộc đấu tranh ngăn chặn việc khai thác rừng nguyên sinh ở phía bắc Ontario và bờ biển phía tây.
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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.