Reorder Paragraphs · Part 2: Reading

Dutch actors

11 students marked "I sat this"Added 11 Oct 2020Question #100219

Put the paragraphs in order.

  1. AShe found that positive emotions were often felt by the actors as they played those character’s emotions.
  2. BHowever, the more negative the emotion of the character, the less likely the actor would report feeling that emotion onstage.
  3. CIn a wonderful set of studies and subsequent book, Elly A. Konijn looked to the question of how much actors are aware of their performance as they perform it, and how much they let the character “take over”.
  4. DShe asked Dutch actors to rate their own emotions and the emotions of the characters they were playing across a range of affective states (from disgust and anxiety to tenderness and pleasure).
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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

  • Partial credit applies: a partly correct response still scores.

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