Reorder Paragraphs · Part 2: Reading
Japanese girl
29 students marked "I sat this"Added 20 Mar 2020Question #100210
Put the paragraphs in order.
- AThe children in that neighborhood were her primary source of language input.
- BUguisu also attended public kindergarten of two hours every day, and later elementary school, but with no tutoring in English syntax. Most of her neighbourhood friends were in her same class at school.
- CThis paper summarizes some of the major data gathered in a longitudinal, naturalistic study of a Japanese girl learning English as a second language.
- DHer family came to the United States for a period of two years while her father was a visiting scholar at Harvard, and they took residence in North Cambridge, a working-class neighbourhood.
- EThe subject in this study is Uguisu, “nightingale” in Japanese.
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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.