Read Aloud · Part 1: Speaking & Writing

Three hundred and eighty years after his death, William Shakespeare…

5 students marked "I sat this"Added 11 Mar 2023Question #010466
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Three hundred and eighty years after his death, William Shakespeare remains the central author of the English-speaking world; he is the most quoted poet and the most regularly produced playwright — and now among the most popular screenwriters as well. Why is that, and who "is" he? Why do so many people think his writing is so great? What meanings did his plays have in his own time, and how do we read, speak, or listen to his words now?

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Three hundred and eighty years after his death, / William Shakespeare remains the central author of the English-speaking world; // he is the most quoted poet / and the most regularly produced playwright — // and now among the most popular screenwriters as well. // Why is that, / and who "is" he? // Why do so many people think his writing is so great? // What meanings did his plays have in his own time, // and how do we read, speak, or listen to his words now?

80 words, aim 31–36 seconds. No digits: read "Three hundred and eighty" as written. Breathe after world, playwright, well, he, great and time.

Words to practise

WordStress
regularlyREG·u·lar·ly /ˈrɛɡjəlɚli/
screenwritersSCREEN·wri·ters /ˈskrinraɪtɚz/
producedpro·DUCED /prəˈdust/
remainsre·MAINS /rɪˈmeɪnz/
popularPOP·u·lar /ˈpɑpjəlɚ/

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What is the answer to PTE Read Aloud #010466?

Read it in sense groups: pause briefly at the single slashes and a little longer at the double slashes in the plan above. Practise regularly, screenwriters, produced, remains first.

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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

Three hundred and eighty years after his death,|William Shakespeare remains the central author of the English-speaking world;‖he is the most quoted poet|and the most regularly produced playwright —‖and now among the most popular screenwriters as well.‖Why is that,|and who "is" he?‖Why do so many people think his writing is so great?‖What meanings did his plays have in his own time,‖and how do we read, speak, or listen to his words now?

| short pause   ‖ breathe

Aim for 31–36 seconds.

Words to stress correctly

regularlyREG·u·lar·ly/ˈrɛɡjəlɚli/
screenwritersSCREEN·wri·ters/ˈskrinraɪtɚz/
producedpro·DUCED/prəˈdust/
remainsre·MAINS/rɪˈmeɪnz/
popularPOP·u·lar/ˈpɑpjəlɚ/

80 words, aim 31–36 seconds. No digits: read "Three hundred and eighty" as written. Breathe after world, playwright, well, he, great and time.

Where marks are usually lost

Stress REG·u·lar·ly and POP·u·lar on the first syllable, pro·DUCED and re·MAINS on the second. Keep the final sounds in remains, screenwriters, meanings, plays, words. Let the voice rise at the four question marks; don't stall at the dash.

General tip: Put a short pause before the dash and give "is" extra stress — the quotation marks mark it as emphasised.

What it means: 中文 · हिन्दी · नेपाली · Tiếng Việt

中文: 在他去世三百八十年后,威廉·莎士比亚仍然是英语世界的核心作家;他是被引用最多的诗人、作品最常被搬上舞台的剧作家——如今也跻身最受欢迎的编剧之列。为什么会这样?他"是"谁?为什么这么多人认为他的作品如此伟大?他的戏剧在他那个时代有什么意义?我们今天又是如何阅读、朗诵或聆听他的文字的?

हिन्दी: अपनी मृत्यु के तीन सौ अस्सी साल बाद भी विलियम शेक्सपियर अंग्रेज़ी-भाषी दुनिया के केंद्रीय लेखक बने हुए हैं; वे सबसे अधिक उद्धृत कवि और सबसे नियमित रूप से मंचित नाटककार हैं — और अब सबसे लोकप्रिय पटकथा लेखकों में भी। ऐसा क्यों है, और वे "कौन" हैं? इतने लोग उनके लेखन को इतना महान क्यों मानते हैं? उनके नाटकों के उनके अपने समय में क्या अर्थ थे, और आज हम उनके शब्दों को कैसे पढ़ते, बोलते या सुनते हैं?

नेपाली: आफ्नो मृत्युको तीन सय असी वर्षपछि पनि विलियम शेक्सपियर अंग्रेजी भाषी संसारका केन्द्रीय लेखक रहिरहेका छन्; उनी सबैभन्दा धेरै उद्धृत गरिने कवि र सबैभन्दा नियमित रूपमा मञ्चन गरिने नाटककार हुन् — र अहिले सबैभन्दा लोकप्रिय पटकथा लेखकहरूमध्ये पनि पर्छन्। किन त्यस्तो हो, र उनी "को" हुन्? यति धेरै मानिसले उनको लेखन किन यति महान् ठान्छन्? उनका नाटकहरूको उनकै समयमा के अर्थ थियो, र अहिले हामी उनका शब्दहरू कसरी पढ्छौं, बोल्छौं वा सुन्छौं?

Tiếng Việt: Ba trăm tám mươi năm sau khi qua đời, William Shakespeare vẫn là tác giả trung tâm của thế giới nói tiếng Anh; ông là nhà thơ được trích dẫn nhiều nhất và là nhà soạn kịch có tác phẩm được dàn dựng thường xuyên nhất — và nay còn nằm trong số những biên kịch được yêu thích nhất. Vì sao vậy, và ông "là" ai? Vì sao nhiều người cho rằng văn chương của ông vĩ đại đến thế? Các vở kịch của ông mang ý nghĩa gì ở thời của ông, và ngày nay chúng ta đọc, nói hay nghe lời ông ra sao?

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Read Aloud format (Pearson)

PromptText up to 60 words
Preparation30–40 seconds
Time to answerDepends on the length of the text
Skills assessedSpeaking
Scored onContent; 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.
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Source: Pearson, PTE Academic & UKVI test format, Part 1: Speaking & Writing, checked 9 October 2026.