Reorder Paragraphs · Part 2: Reading
Painting and Photography
7 students marked "I sat this"Added 20 Mar 2020Question #100137
Put the paragraphs in order.
- AYet it threw the older medium into crisis, removing at a stroke painting’s unique capacity to bear witness.
- BDependence, rivalry, envy, emulation: painting and photography, like members of a dysfunctional yet inseparable family, just cannot cast off lineages of influence and appropriation.
- CHow these two media leapfrogged through the Victorian age, defining themselves against one another, is the subject of Tate Britain’s exhibition Painting with Light.
- DPhotography, from its appearance in 1839, looked to painting for fundamental models of depiction.
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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.