Reorder Paragraphs · Part 2: Reading
Top executives
70 students marked "I sat this"Added 15 May 2020Question #100015
Put the paragraphs in order.
- AThey assume that they’re using their shareholders’ resources efficiently if the company’s performance---especially ROE and earnings per share --- is good and if the shareholders don’t rebel.
- BSo companies investing well grow, enriching themselves and shareholders alike, and ensure competitiveness; companies investing poorly shrink, resulting, perhaps, in the replacement of management.
- CIn short, stock market performance and the company’s financial performance are inexorably linked.
- DThey assume that the stock market automatically penalizes any corporation that invests its resources poorly.
- EThe top executives of the large, mature, publicly held companies hold the conventional view when they stop to think of the equity owners’ welfare.
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Reorder Paragraphs format (Pearson)
Pearson's name: Reorder Paragraph
| Prompt | Text up to 110 words |
|---|---|
| Time to answer | Not set per question (Part 2 lasts 23–30 minutes) |
| Skills assessed | Reading |
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.