Look at the text below. You have 30–40 seconds to prepare, then read it aloud as naturally and clearly as you can after the tone.
Engineers deliberately curve the entry path of modern roundabouts to force drivers to decelerate. Because incoming vehicles must navigate this initial geometric deflection, collision severity declines dramatically. This physical constraint reduces kinetic energy, ensuring that any unavoidable impacts occur at gentle angles rather than perpendicular collisions.
Your recording stays in this browser: it is not uploaded or stored.
Look at the text below. You have 30–40 seconds to prepare, then read it aloud as naturally and clearly as you can after the tone.
Read them here; log in to answer and check them.
Early twentieth-century circular junctions frequently gridlocked because entering traffic maintained legal priority over circulating vehicles. Once highway authorities mandated the offside priority rule, circulating traffic held the right of way. This fundamental legislative adjustment prevented circulatory locking, ultimately transforming chaotic gyratories into predictable transport systems.
Landscape architects deliberately elevate the central island to obscure views directly across the intersection. When drivers cannot see straight through the junction, they naturally moderate their approach speed. This visual interruption compels motorists to concentrate exclusively on circulating traffic approaching from their immediate right.
To eliminate dangerous lane changes within high-capacity intersections, designers developed spiral configurations called turbo roundabouts. Physical raised dividers separate traffic streams before entry, guiding vehicles along predetermined trajectories. Consequently, drivers must select their destination prior to entering, virtually eliminating side-swipe collisions.
Want to answer the other 3?
Log in to practise Read Aloud in the BandLadder app: the full question bank, with an AI score from BandLadder AI for content, pronunciation and oral fluency on a free account.
Ready for the whole test?
Take a full PTE mock with every question type, the real timings and a score on Pearson's 10–90 scale the moment you finish.
Try a free PTE mock →Keep practising
Practise every PTE question type
Free account · no card
© 2026 BandLadder. Written and checked by the BandLadder team. You may quote or cite this page with credit to BandLadder and a link to it; republishing it in full needs our written permission. Content use policy