Reorder Paragraphs · Part 2: Reading
Millipede
0 students marked "I sat this"Added 13 Oct 2024Question #100276
Put the paragraphs in order.
- AThe leggiest creature on Earth lives in California: it's a three-centimeter-long (1.2 inch) millipede with 750 legs.
- BMarek and colleagues' new paper, published Wednesday by the journal Zookeys, offers the first scientific description of Illacme plenipes, including insights into its strange anatomy.
- CThen University of Arizona entomologist Paul Marek spied one near Silicon Valley.
- DFirst seen by government scientists in 1928, Illacme plenipes, 'the acme of plentiful legs', keeps such a low profile that for the rest of the 20th century the species was thought to be extinct.
- EFor one thing, females have up to 750 legs and males have more than 550.
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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.