Reorder Paragraphs · Part 2: Reading

Teach us, Mr. Mayor Version 1

109 students marked "I sat this"Added 20 Mar 2020Question #100009

Put the paragraphs in order.

  1. AAll this must be weighed up by the New York state legislature in 2009, when mayoral control is up for renewal—or scrapping.
  2. BEducation scholars generally agree that mayors can help failing districts, but they are starting to utter warnings.
  3. CLast summer the editors of the Harvard Educational Review warned that mayoral control can reduce parents' influence on schools.
  4. DAnd they pointed to Mr Bloomberg's aggressive style as an example of what not to do.
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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.