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PTE Reorder Paragraphs Practice Test
In the re-order paragraphs question type in PTE, you will find a bunch of paragraphs on the screen. The paragraphs are part of a text, but arranged in a random order. Your task is to arrange the paragraphs in the correct order.
You will find 2~3 questions of this type in the exam.
Note: In re-order paragraphs, you get score for each pair of paragraphs in the correct order. You don’t get score for individual paragraphs. So, if you are finding a question difficult, focus on just arranging the pairs in correct order. That way you will receive at least a partial score.
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- Question 1 of 10
Question 1
The text boxes in the panel have been placed in a random order. Restore the original order by dragging the text boxes.
- Heating of the earth near the equator leads to large amounts of convection along the monsoon trough or Intertropical convergence zone.
- This air mass rises to the lower stratosphere where it diverges, moving away from the equator in the upper troposphere in both northerly and southerly directions.
- As it moves towards the mid-latitudes on both sides of the equator, the air cools and sinks.
- The resulting air mass subsidence creates a subtropical ridge of high pressure near the 30th parallel in both hemispheres.
- At the surface level, the sinking air diverges again with some returning to the equator, completing the Hadley circulation.
CorrectThe first task is to find the leading sentence.
Heating of the earth near the equator leads to large amounts of convection along the monsoon trough or Intertropical convergence zone.
This paragraph introduces the topic of discussion – heating of the earth and air mass it produces.
The second paragraph connects to this through “This air mass…”.
The subsequent paragraphs explain how this air mass moves through the atmosphere in a step by step manner.
IncorrectThe first task is to find the leading sentence.
Heating of the earth near the equator leads to large amounts of convection along the monsoon trough or Intertropical convergence zone.
This paragraph introduces the topic of discussion – heating of the earth and air mass it produces.
The second paragraph connects to this through “This air mass…”.
The subsequent paragraphs explain how this air mass moves through the atmosphere in a step by step manner.
- Question 2 of 10
Question 2
The text boxes in the panel have been placed in a random order. Restore the original order by dragging the text boxes.
- International law is the set of rules generally regarded and accepted as binding in relations between states and between nations.
- It serves as a framework for the practice of stable and organized international relations. International law differs from state-based legal systems in that it is primarily applicable to countries rather than to private citizens.
- National law may become international law when treaties delegate national jurisdiction to supranational tribunals such as the European Court of Human Rights or the International Criminal Court.
- Treaties such as the Geneva Conventions may require national law to conform to respective parts.
CorrectThe first paragraph is:
International law is the set of rules generally regarded and accepted as binding in relations between states and between nations.
This introduces the main topic – International law.
The second paragraph links to this through “It” which refers to International law.
The third paragraph talks how national law might become international law. In the previous paragraph there is a mention of how international law doesn’t apply to private citizens. Therefore the talk about national law in the next paragraph makes sense. The final paragraph is about the impact of some treaties on national law. The point to note here is that each paragraph links to something from the previous paragraph.
IncorrectThe first paragraph is:
International law is the set of rules generally regarded and accepted as binding in relations between states and between nations.
This introduces the main topic – International law.
The second paragraph links to this through “It” which refers to International law.
The third paragraph talks how national law might become international law. In the previous paragraph there is a mention of how international law doesn’t apply to private citizens. Therefore the talk about national law in the next paragraph makes sense. The final paragraph is about the impact of some treaties on national law. The point to note here is that each paragraph links to something from the previous paragraph.
- Question 3 of 10
Question 3
The text boxes in the panel have been placed in a random order. Restore the original order by dragging the text boxes.
- Life cycle impacts can also be categorized under the several phases of the development, production, use, and disposal of a product.
- Broadly speaking, these impacts can be divided into "First Impacts," use impacts, and end of life impacts.
- "First Impacts" include extraction of raw materials, manufacturing, transportation of the product to a market or site, construction/installation, and the beginning of the use or occupancy.
- Use impacts include physical impacts of operating the product or facility, maintenance, renovation and repairs required to continue to use the product or facility.
- End of life impacts include demolition and processing of waste or recyclable materials.
CorrectThe first paragraphs is:
Life cycle impacts can also be categorized under the several phases of the development, production, use, and disposal of a product.
This introduces the topic – categories of life cycle impacts.
The next paragraph names these categories. The following three paragraphs describe each category one by one.
IncorrectThe first paragraphs is:
Life cycle impacts can also be categorized under the several phases of the development, production, use, and disposal of a product.
This introduces the topic – categories of life cycle impacts.
The next paragraph names these categories. The following three paragraphs describe each category one by one.
- Question 4 of 10
Question 4
The text boxes in the panel have been placed in a random order. Restore the original order by dragging the text boxes.
- Boards of nonprofit organizations are required to exert due diligence in ensuring that the organizations they govern are achieving their missions effectively and efficiently.
- Quite aside from legal requirements, most boards feel an obligation to hold those who run the organization accountable for achieving results in carrying out the responsibilities delegated to them.
- They also wish to be able to identify and recognize what is being done well in the organization.
- In turn, boards are morally and legally accountable to those for whom they act as trustees.
CorrectThe first paragraph is:
Boards of nonprofit organizations are required to exert due diligence in ensuring that the organizations they govern are achieving their missions effectively and efficiently.
This introduces the theme – due diligence by boards of nonprofits. The next paragraphs refers to requirements which the first paragraph talks about.
The third paragraph provides more reasons for the due diligence done by the boards. The final paragraph then turns to how the board members are also accountable, just as the previous paragraphs describes how they hold their organizations accountable.
IncorrectThe first paragraph is:
Boards of nonprofit organizations are required to exert due diligence in ensuring that the organizations they govern are achieving their missions effectively and efficiently.
This introduces the theme – due diligence by boards of nonprofits. The next paragraphs refers to requirements which the first paragraph talks about.
The third paragraph provides more reasons for the due diligence done by the boards. The final paragraph then turns to how the board members are also accountable, just as the previous paragraphs describes how they hold their organizations accountable.
- Question 5 of 10
Question 5
The text boxes in the panel have been placed in a random order. Restore the original order by dragging the text boxes.
- Cloverleaf interchanges, viewed from overhead or on maps, resemble the leaves of a four-leaf clover or less often a 3-leaf clover.
- In the United States, cloverleaf interchanges existed long before the interstate system.
- They were originally created for busier interchanges that the original diamond interchange system could not handle.
- Their chief advantage was that they were free-flowing and did not require the use of such devices as traffic signals.
- This not only made them a viable option for interchanges between freeways but they could also be used for very busy arterials where signals could present congestion problems.
CorrectThe first paragraph is:
Cloverleaf interchanges, viewed from overhead or on maps, resemble the leaves of a four-leaf clover or less often a 3-leaf clover.
This begins the discussion about cloverleaf interchanges.
The second paragraph gives more information about their origin.
The third paragraph has “they” which refers to cloverleaf interchanges discussed earlier. The fourth paragraph talks about their advantage and the final paragraph discusses the impact of this advantage.
As always remember the simple rule – for each paragraph try to find out the word or the concept that links it to the paragraph before.
IncorrectThe first paragraph is:
Cloverleaf interchanges, viewed from overhead or on maps, resemble the leaves of a four-leaf clover or less often a 3-leaf clover.
This begins the discussion about cloverleaf interchanges.
The second paragraph gives more information about their origin.
The third paragraph has “they” which refers to cloverleaf interchanges discussed earlier. The fourth paragraph talks about their advantage and the final paragraph discusses the impact of this advantage.
As always remember the simple rule – for each paragraph try to find out the word or the concept that links it to the paragraph before.
- Question 6 of 10
Question 6
The text boxes in the panel have been placed in a random order. Restore the original order by dragging the text boxes.
- Agenda-setting theory describes the ability of the news media to influence the importance placed on the topics of the public agenda.
- With agenda setting being a social science theory, it also attempts to make predictions.
- That is, if a news item is covered frequently and prominently, the audience will regard the issue as more important.
- This is the reason why companies coordinate their news items with advertisements across various media.
CorrectThe first paragraph is:
Agenda-setting theory describes the ability of the news media to influence the importance placed on the topics of the public agenda.
This introduces the agenda-setting theory.
The next paragraph has “it” which refers to the theory discussed in the first paragraph.
The third paragraph begins with “that is” and explains the second paragraph further.
The final paragraph talks about a result of this theory. Paragraphs related to definition and explanation come together and after that we have the result. This is another point to keep in mind. The paragraphs which contain similar type of information or have a common purpose come together.
IncorrectThe first paragraph is:
Agenda-setting theory describes the ability of the news media to influence the importance placed on the topics of the public agenda.
This introduces the agenda-setting theory.
The next paragraph has “it” which refers to the theory discussed in the first paragraph.
The third paragraph begins with “that is” and explains the second paragraph further.
The final paragraph talks about a result of this theory. Paragraphs related to definition and explanation come together and after that we have the result. This is another point to keep in mind. The paragraphs which contain similar type of information or have a common purpose come together.
- Question 7 of 10
Question 7
The text boxes in the panel have been placed in a random order. Restore the original order by dragging the text boxes.
- Over the years, institutions have made massive investments in adding technologies to support lecturing.
- Powerpoint presentations, multiple projectors and screens, clickers for recording student responses, even ‘back-chat’ channels on Twitter, enabling students to comment on a lecture – or more often, the lecturer – in real time, have all been tried.
- Students have been asked to bring tablets or lap-tops to class, and universities in particular have invested millions of dollars in state of the art lecture theatres.
- Nevertheless, all this is just lipstick on a pig.
- The essence of a lecture remains the transmission of information, all of which is now readily and, in most cases, freely available in other media and in more learner-friendly formats.
CorrectThe first paragraph is:
Over the years, institutions have made massive investments in adding technologies to support lecturing.
This paragraph introduces the them – investments in technologies to support lecturing.
The second paragraph then gives some examples of these technologies.
The third paragraph further talks about some of the technologies that have been tried.
The fourth paragraph is about the result of these initiatives i.e. despite all these initiatives, there hasn’t been much change.
The final paragraph then just states how the things have remained, in the absence of change.
Thing to remember – the paragraphs will have some relation between them, either through words such as pronouns or some logical relationship in the way the information flows from paragraph to another.
IncorrectThe first paragraph is:
Over the years, institutions have made massive investments in adding technologies to support lecturing.
This paragraph introduces the them – investments in technologies to support lecturing.
The second paragraph then gives some examples of these technologies.
The third paragraph further talks about some of the technologies that have been tried.
The fourth paragraph is about the result of these initiatives i.e. despite all these initiatives, there hasn’t been much change.
The final paragraph then just states how the things have remained, in the absence of change.
Thing to remember – the paragraphs will have some relation between them, either through words such as pronouns or some logical relationship in the way the information flows from paragraph to another.
- Question 8 of 10
Question 8
The text boxes in the panel have been placed in a random order. Restore the original order by dragging the text boxes.
- Sharing economy is an umbrella term with a range of meanings, often used to describe economic activity involving online transactions.
- Originally growing out of the open-source community to refer to peer-to-peer based sharing of access to goods and services, the term is now sometimes used in a broader sense to describe any sales transactions that are done via online market places.
- These include even ones that are business to business, rather than peer-to-peer.
- For this reason, the term sharing economy has been criticized as misleading, some arguing that even services that enable peer-to-peer exchange can be primarily profit-driven.
- However, many commentators assert that the term is still valid as a mean of describing a generally more democratized marketplace, even when it's applied to a broader spectrum of services.
CorrectThe first paragraph is:
Sharing economy is an umbrella term with a range of meanings, often used to describe economic activity involving online transactions.
This introduces the topic – sharing economy.
The second paragraph talks about “the term”, which refers to the term introduced in the previous paragraph – sharing economy.
The third paragraph has “these” which refers to the sales transactions mentioned in the second.
The fourth paragraph explains the effect of these definitions, as it begins with “For this reason”.
The final paragraph begins with “However” and takes the other side of what is explained in the fourth paragraph.
IncorrectThe first paragraph is:
Sharing economy is an umbrella term with a range of meanings, often used to describe economic activity involving online transactions.
This introduces the topic – sharing economy.
The second paragraph talks about “the term”, which refers to the term introduced in the previous paragraph – sharing economy.
The third paragraph has “these” which refers to the sales transactions mentioned in the second.
The fourth paragraph explains the effect of these definitions, as it begins with “For this reason”.
The final paragraph begins with “However” and takes the other side of what is explained in the fourth paragraph.
- Question 9 of 10
Question 9
The text boxes in the panel have been placed in a random order. Restore the original order by dragging the text boxes.
- A ceramic material is an inorganic, non-metallic, often crystalline oxide, nitride or carbide material.
- Some elements, such as carbon or silicon, may be considered ceramics.
- Ceramic materials are brittle, hard, strong in compression, weak in shearing and tension.
- They withstand chemical erosion that occurs in other materials subjected to acidic or caustic environments.
- Ceramics generally can withstand very high temperatures, such as temperatures that range from 1,000 °C to 1,600 °C.
CorrectThe first paragraph is:
A ceramic material is an inorganic, non-metallic, often crystalline oxide, nitride or carbide material.
This introduces the topic – ceramic materials.
The next paragraph gives us some examples of ceramic materials.
The next three paragraphs them describe the properties of ceramic materials.
They key concept to keep in mind in such questions is – paragraphs with similar information come together. Sometimes you have paragraphs containing similar information. In such cases you should put them in various orders and see which seems most natural.
IncorrectThe first paragraph is:
A ceramic material is an inorganic, non-metallic, often crystalline oxide, nitride or carbide material.
This introduces the topic – ceramic materials.
The next paragraph gives us some examples of ceramic materials.
The next three paragraphs them describe the properties of ceramic materials.
They key concept to keep in mind in such questions is – paragraphs with similar information come together. Sometimes you have paragraphs containing similar information. In such cases you should put them in various orders and see which seems most natural.
- Question 10 of 10
Question 10
The text boxes in the panel have been placed in a random order. Restore the original order by dragging the text boxes.
- Modern-day statistics show the oceanic whitetip shark as seldom being involved in unprovoked attacks.
- However, there have been a number of attacks involving this species, particularly during World War I and World War II.
- The oceanic whitetip lives in the open sea and rarely shows up near coasts, where most recorded incidents occur.
- During the world wars, many ship and aircraft disasters happened in the open ocean, and because of its former abundance, the oceanic whitetip was often the first species on site when such a disaster happened.
CorrectThe first paragraph is:
Modern-day statistics show the oceanic whitetip shark as seldom being involved in unprovoked attacks.
This introduces the theme – attacks involving oceanic whitetip sharks
The second paragraph begins with “However” and is an exception to the statement made in the first paragraph.
The third paragraph is about “recorded incidents” which refers to “number of attacks” mentioned in second paragraph.
The final paragraph gives an explanation for the presence of these sharks at the accident sites.
IncorrectThe first paragraph is:
Modern-day statistics show the oceanic whitetip shark as seldom being involved in unprovoked attacks.
This introduces the theme – attacks involving oceanic whitetip sharks
The second paragraph begins with “However” and is an exception to the statement made in the first paragraph.
The third paragraph is about “recorded incidents” which refers to “number of attacks” mentioned in second paragraph.
The final paragraph gives an explanation for the presence of these sharks at the accident sites.
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