IDENTIFYING

• information (true, false, not given)

• writer’s views/ claims (yes, no, not given)

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What’s the difference?

TRUE if the statement AGREES with the information

Identifying INFORMATION FALSE if the statement CONTRADICTS the information
NOT GIVEN if there is NO information on this

facts or details about somebody/something

(oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com)

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opinion; a personal opinion about something; an attitude towards something
(oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com)

YES if the statement AGREES with the views of the writer

Identifying VIEWS or CLAIMS OF THE
NO if the statement CONTRADICTS the views of the writer
WRITER NOT GIVEN if it is IMPOSSIBLE to say what the writer thinks about this
 FALSE

NOT GIVEN

FALSE

TRUE
NOT GIVEN

TRUE
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 STATEMENT
TRUE NOT TRUE

• All keywords connected

• Information confirmed

FALSE NOT GIVEN

• All keywords connected All keywords not
• Information contradicted confirmed

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 Approaching TRUE – FALSE – NOT GIVEN

Be careful when comparing the statement to the reference

skim
keywords scan confirm
understand
in the questions the passage the reference the information!

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Pay attention to:

Instruction Keywords and Specific information (specific

connecting them words)

Adverbs: often, always, almost, nearly, soon, etc.

Especially for paper- Subject, predicate, Preposition: in, at, on, throughout, by, to, with, etc.
based test, some object, specific words Proportion: all, majority, few, a number of, etc.
people ignore the Comparison: rather, than, prefer, bigger, smaller,
instruction and Synonyms, antonyms, more, less, most least, etc.
answer incorrectly paraphrases, idioms, Negative form: no, not, unlikely, unexpected, unusual,
specific → general, without, unable, etc.
expression, etc. Linking words: and, or, because, therefore, etc.
Etc.
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Any question?