Battle with enemy

Put the paragraphs in order.

1. AHow do you do battle with your enemy?
2. BThe idea is to destroy the enemy’s productive capacity, and depending upon the economic foundation, that productive capacity is different in each case.
3. CSo in the agrarian era, if you need to destroy the enemy’s productive capacity, what you want to do is bum his fields, or if you’re really vicious, salt them.
4. DBut in the industrial era destroying the enemy’s productive capacity means bombing the factories which are located in the cities.
5. ENow in the information era, destroying the enemy’s productive capacity means destroying the information infrastructure.
6. FWith regard to defence, the purpose of the military is to defend the nation and be prepared to do battle with its enemy.

Reorder Paragraphs format (Pearson)

Pearson's name: Reorder Paragraph

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.