To some extent, attendance at cultural venues and events is…
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To some extent, attendance at cultural venues and events is influenced by a person's age and the composition of the household in which they live. For example, those people in households with dependent children were more likely to visit zoological parks and aquariums than people living in single person households.
Opens question #010469 in the RealPTE practice screen.
How to read it
To some extent,|attendance at cultural venues and events is influenced by a person's age‖and the composition of the household in which they live.‖For example,|those people in households with dependent children|were more likely to visit zoological parks and aquariums‖than people living in single person households.
| short pause ‖ breathe
Aim for 19–23 seconds.
Words to stress correctly
| composition | com·po·SI·tion | /kɑmpəˈzɪʃən/ |
| zoological | zoo·LOG·i·cal | /zuˈlɑdʒɪkəl/ |
| aquariums | a·QUAR·i·ums | /əˈkwɛriəmz/ |
| attendance | at·TEN·dance | /əˈtɛndəns/ |
| dependent | de·PEN·dent | /dɪˈpɛndənt/ |
| example | ex·AM·ple | /ɪɡˈzæmpəl/ |
50 words, aim 19–23 seconds. No numbers. Breathe after age, live and aquariums; short pauses after extent, example and children.
Where marks are usually lost
Stress com·po·SI·tion on the third syllable; zoo·LOG·i·cal, a·QUAR·i·ums, at·TEN·dance, de·PEN·dent, ex·AM·ple on the second. Keep the plural -s in venues, events, households, parks, aquariums. Don't hesitate before zoological — say it as one smooth word.
General tip: households appears three times; the /h/ at the start is pronounced every time and the -lds cluster must be completed.
What it means: 中文 · हिन्दी · नेपाली · Tiếng Việt
中文: 在某种程度上，人们参加文化场所和活动的情况受其年龄以及所在家庭构成的影响。例如，有受抚养子女的家庭中的人比单人家庭中的人更有可能去参观动物园和水族馆。
हिन्दी: कुछ हद तक, सांस्कृतिक स्थलों और आयोजनों में उपस्थिति व्यक्ति की उम्र और उस परिवार की संरचना से प्रभावित होती है जिसमें वह रहता है। उदाहरण के लिए, आश्रित बच्चों वाले परिवारों के लोग एकल-व्यक्ति परिवारों में रहने वालों की तुलना में प्राणी उद्यानों और एक्वेरियम में जाने की अधिक संभावना रखते थे।
नेपाली: केही हदसम्म, सांस्कृतिक स्थल र कार्यक्रमहरूमा उपस्थिति व्यक्तिको उमेर र उसले बस्ने घरपरिवारको बनोटबाट प्रभावित हुन्छ। उदाहरणका लागि, आश्रित बालबालिका भएका घरपरिवारका मानिसहरू एक्लै बस्ने व्यक्तिहरूको तुलनामा चिडियाखाना र एक्वारियम जाने सम्भावना बढी थियो।
Tiếng Việt: Ở một mức độ nào đó, việc tham dự các địa điểm và sự kiện văn hóa chịu ảnh hưởng bởi độ tuổi của một người và cơ cấu hộ gia đình mà họ sinh sống. Ví dụ, những người trong các hộ có con phụ thuộc có nhiều khả năng đến thăm vườn thú và thủy cung hơn những người sống trong hộ một người.
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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.