Reorder Paragraphs · Part 2: Reading
A $300-House
18 students marked "I sat this"Added 20 Mar 2020Question #100076
Put the paragraphs in order.
- A• When Vijay Govindarajan and Christian Sarkar wrote a blog entry on Harvard Business Review in August 2010 mooting the idea of a “$300-house for they were merely expressing a suggestion.”
- B• Who could create a house for $300 and if it was possible, why hadn’t it been done before?
- C• Nonetheless, they closed their blog with a challenge: “We ask chief executives, governments, NGOs, foundations
- D• Of course, the idea we present here is an experiment,” wrote Prof Govindarajan, a professor of international business at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and Mr. Sarkar, a marketing consultant who works on environmental issues an almost apologetic disclaimer for having such a “far-out” idea.
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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.