Reorder Paragraphs · Part 2: Reading

Mail Delivery: Lindbergh

360 students marked "I sat this"Added 20 Mar 2020Question #100002

Put the paragraphs in order.

  1. AAfter finishing first in his pilot training class, Lindbergh took his first job as the chief pilot of an airmail route operated by Robertson Aircraft Co. of Lambert Field in St. Louis, Missouri.
  2. BDuring his tenure on the mail route, he was renowned for delivering the mail under any circumstances.
  3. CHe flew the mail in a de Havilland DH-4 biplane to Springfield, Illinois, Peoria and Chicago.
  4. DAfter a crash, he even salvaged bags of mail from his burning aircraft and immediately phoned Alexander Varney, Peoria's airport manager, to advise him to send a truck.
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Reorder Paragraphs format (Pearson)

Pearson's name: Reorder Paragraph

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

How it is scored

  • Partial credit applies: a partly correct response still scores.

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