Reorder Paragraphs · Part 2: Reading
Were We Really Up to the Challenge?
17 students marked "I sat this"Added 20 Mar 2020Question #100135
Put the paragraphs in order.
- AThe information would be more nebulous and the outcomes of our decisions would be unpredictable.
- BSo in approaching this impending summer period, what lingered in the back of our minds was a collectively felt, unspeakable thought: "Were we really up to the challenge?"
- CDuring the school year, we had the benefit of being both unaccountable and omnipotent.
- DWe could engage in impassioned debates about how as chief executive of a certain company we would have done this, or if we had been the banker on that deal we would have structured it like that.
- EWe knew that once we began our internships, this would no longer be the case.
- FInsulated from the consequences of such decisions, and privy to all critical information about the case, we were able to solve complex business problems with relative ease.
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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.