Reorder Paragraphs · Part 2: Reading

United Nations Conference

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Put the paragraphs in order.

  1. AThe recent high-profile conferences on development issues, which have continued a series that began in the 1970s, have broken new ground in many areas: By involving Presidents, Prime Ministers and other heads of State — as pioneered at the 1990 World Summit for Children.
  2. BConferences have played a key role in guiding the work of the UN since its inception.
  3. CThese problems otherwise would not have the political urgency to grab front-page headlines and command the attention of world leaders.
  4. DIn fact, the world body was born when delegates from 50 nations met in San Francisco in April 1945 for the United Nations Conference on International Organization.
  5. EThese events have put long-term, difficult problems like poverty and environmental degradation at the top of the global agenda.
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Pearson's name: Reorder Paragraph

PromptText up to 110 words
Time to answerNot set per question (Part 2 lasts 23–30 minutes)
Skills assessedReading

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