Fruit intake

Put the paragraphs in order.

1. ALarson and colleagues from the University of Minnesota undertook the study to examine whether or not teens in the state were increasing their intake of fruits and vegetables.
2. BFruit and vegetable intake is important for the prevention of future chronic disease. So it's important to know whether intakes of teens are approaching national objectives for fruit and vegetable consumption.
3. CThis is giving us the message that we need new and enhanced efforts to increase fruit and vegetable intake that we haven't been doing in the past.
4. DTeens in middle adolescence are eating fewer fruits and vegetables than in 1999. Larson and colleagues found.
5. EThe study gathered information about fruit and vegetable intake among 944 boys and 1.161 girls in 1999 and again in 2004.

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.