IELTS Reading tips: True, False, Not Given
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Every IELTS Reading test, no matter Academic or General has tasks of this kind. Lots of students tell me (and I agree) that this is a very confusing task.
For those who have no idea what I am talking about, I’ll explain – this task has a statement, and your job is to say whether or not it is True, False or Not Given according to the reading passage.
How do you “attack” this question type? First learn the rule:
For example:
“Smoking is dangerous and can lead to cancer” – T, F, NG
1) If the text clearly says that “smoking is dangerous and leads to cancer” then the answer is T.
2) If the text says that “No research showed evidence that smoking is dangerous and leads to cancer” then the answer is F.
3) If the text says “The research included smokers of both genders of ages 30 to 45″ and nothing else about smoking – your answer is NG.
Don’t make these mistakes:
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Let me give you an example:
The original text is something like this: “Everyone should make a business plan during startup of a business. Business nature changes from time to time. One should update the business plan based on changes”.
The Question is: ‘A business plan needs to be created only for new businesses’.
How would you mark this? T, F or, NG ?
Comment by mchisty — September 5, 2007 @ 1:06 am
This looks like a False to me. Why: trap word “only” – the text says that EVERY new business needs a plan, not ONLY new business needs a plan.
Comment by admin — September 6, 2007 @ 4:27 am
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