Reorder Paragraphs · Part 2: Reading

Sustainable Development

40 students marked "I sat this"Added 20 Mar 2020Question #100091

Put the paragraphs in order.

  1. AImplicit in this definition is the idea that the old pattern of development could not be sustained. Is this true?
  2. BDevelopment in the past was driven by growth and innovation. It led to new technologies and huge improvements in living standards.
  3. CTo assume that we know what the circumstances or needs of future generations will be is mistaken and inevitably leads to the debilitating sense that we are living on borrowed time.
  4. DThe Brundtland Report, our Common Future (1987) defines sustainable development as” development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
  5. EWhatever happened to the idea of progress and a better future? I still believe both.
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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

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Source: Pearson, PTE Academic & UKVI test format, Part 2: Reading, checked 9 October 2026.