Reorder Paragraphs · Part 2: Reading

Reorder Paragraphs #101040

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Put the paragraphs in order.

  1. AWe have paid a terrible price for our education, such as it is.
  2. BWe have educated ourselves into a world from which wonder has been banished.
  3. CWonder is marvellous, but it is also cruel, cruel, cruel.
  4. DThe Magian World View, in so far as it exists, has taken flight into science.
  5. EOf course, wonder is costly because it is the antithesis of the anxiously worshipped security.
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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.