Reorder Paragraphs · Part 2: Reading

Weather in Delhi

17 students marked "I sat this"Added 20 Mar 2020Question #100046

Put the paragraphs in order.

  1. AAs a result dust was everywhere and the city’s trees and flowers all looked as if they had been lightly sprinkled with talcum powder.
  2. BBut in the year of our arrival, after a parching summer, the rains had lasted for only three weeks.
  3. CNevertheless the air was still sticky with damp-heat, and it was in a cloud of perspiration that we began to unpack
  4. DNormally in Delhi, September is a month of almost equatorial fertility and the land seems refreshed and newly-washed.
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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.