Reading: Multiple Choice, Single Answer · Part 2: Reading

Essays

61 students marked "I sat this"Added 10 Apr 2020Question #080116

Choose the one correct answer.

Essays are used as an assessment tool to evaluate your ability to research a topic and construct an argument, as well as your understanding of subject content. This does not mean that essays are a 'regurgitation' of everything your lecture has said throughout the course. Essays are your opportunity to explore in greater depth aspects of the course - theories, issues, texts, etc. and in some cases relate these aspects to a particular context. It is your opportunity to articulate your ideas, but in a certain way: using formal academic style.

According to the text, which statement below is NOT true about essays?

  1. AEssays are basically what your lecture has said throughout the course.
  2. BEssays should evaluate aspects of the course in a greater depth.
  3. CEssays should be written in formal academic style.
  4. DEssays are opportunities for students to express their ideas.
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Reading: Multiple Choice, Single Answer format (Pearson)

Pearson's name: Multiple Choice, Single Answer

PromptText up to 110 words
Time to answerNot set per question (Part 2 lasts 23–30 minutes)
Skills assessedReading

How it is scored

  • Scored as either correct or incorrect.

Source: Pearson, PTE Academic & UKVI test format, Part 2: Reading, checked 9 October 2026.