#RA-3186Read AloudCore & AcademicMedium

Mark

Official Question Material
Prep: 30-40 Seconds

A guy called Mark used to perform interesting social experiments. One of them involved unethically taking umbrellas from restaurants. Usually, on any rainy day, he walks into the restaurant and says that he had been forgetting his umbrella the previous day. Without any further due, the staff takes him to the collection of forgotten umbrellas. He happily picks one and leaves.

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Pearson Official Scoring Guide for Read Aloud

Scored Enabling Skills

  • Reading (Content)
  • Speaking (Oral Fluency & Pronunciation)

Timing Standard

Response Window: 35-40 Seconds

💡 Examiner Strategy & Pro Tip:Keep a continuous rhythm. Never stop to correct mistakes or repeat words; pausing hurts fluency more than minor mispronunciations.