D A Y 1: I E L T S R E A D I N G P R E P A R A T I O N

TR U E , FA LS E , N O T G IV E N
YES , N O, N OT GIVEN

Yulinar Amalia
IELTS R EA D IN G :
TR UE, FA LS E, N OT G IV EN

What are this question?

To check the factual information based on the passage. (T/F/NG)
To check the writer’s opinion written on the passage. (Y/N/NG)

Skills:
Identifying specific information in the passage
Scanning and understanding information. (T/F/NG Questions)
Understanding the opinions of the writer. (Y/N/NG Questions)
W H A T A R E W E G OIN G TO LEA R N ?

True: You can find this information in the p a s s a ge and it agrees with the

statement.
False: The p a s s a ge and statement have different information. The p a s s a ge shows

that the statement is wrong - it contains a mistake which you know because the

p a s s a ge shows us what it should be.

Not Given: This means you can't find all the information in the p a s s a ge or that the

p a s s a ge does not contain enough information to know if it is true or false

TR UE / FA LS E / N OT G IV EN

On passage:
Noodles originate in S outh China and have been consumed for at least 9,500
years.

Questions:
1.Noodles come from S outh China.
2.People began eating Noodles in the last few centuries.
3.South Chinese were the first people to start eating Noodles.
TR UE / FA LS E / N OT G IV EN

On passage:
Noodles originate in S outh China and have been consumed for at least 9,500
years.

Questions:
1. Noodles come from S outh China. True
2. People began eating Noodles in the last few centuries. False
3 . S outh Chinese were the first people to start eating Noodles. N ot Given
 •If the fact you are given is clearly in the reading it is TRUE.
•If the text confirms or agrees with the information in the
statement, the answer then TRUE.
•TRUE means the same. If the statement is just similar or nearly
the same, it is FALSE. It is all about factual information.
•Sometimes you may find the paraphrase of question is beyond
our expectation, so please focus on the meaning and get
familiarized with them.

TR UE
•If the text contradicts the statement or states the opposite, the
answer is FALSE.
•Remember that all questions are using paraphrase, so never
imagine that the exact words used the same as on the passage.
•Notice that All, Most, Only, Several, Few, and all determiners
have their own meaning. So you have to know the differences
among them.

FA LS E
• If there is no information or it is impossible to know, the answer is NOT
GIVEN.
• If it is not true or false, it is NOT GIVEN.
• NOT GIVEN does not mean there are no keywords in the statement that
match those in the text.
• Exact matches between keywords in the statement and the text often
point to NOT GIVEN and don’t supply enough information for the
question.
• If you can not find the information you are looking for,
probably the answer is NOT GIVEN.

N OT GIVEN
TR UE / FA LS E / N OT G IV EN

On passage:
The majority of people who graduated from university found it difficult to
get a job

Questions:
After finishing their tertiary education, all people had difficulties to find
employment.
TR UE / FA LS E / N OT G IV EN

On passage:
The majority of people who graduated from university found it difficult to
get a job

Questions:
After finishing their tertiary education, all people had difficulties to find
employment. (False)
TR UE / FA LS E / N OT G IV EN

On passage:
The charity raises money to pay for education and the daily needs of poor
people.

Questions:
The charity spends more of the money raised on schooling for poor people
than on their daily requirements.
TR UE / FA LS E / N OT G IV EN

On passage:
The charity raises money to pay for education and the daily needs of poor
people.

Questions:
The charity spends more of the money raised on schooling for poor people
than on their daily requirements. (Not Given)
TR UE / FA LS E / N OT G IV EN

On passage:
Just over 400 million acres of land is being used for agriculture in America.
Questions:
At present, in America, about 400 million acres of land is allocated for
agriculture.
TR UE / FA LS E / N OT G IV EN

On passage:
Just over 400 million acres of land is being used for agriculture in America.
Questions:
At present, in America, about 400 million acres of land is allocated for
agriculture. (True)
WHAT M AKES Yes/N o/N ot Given
The text will contain the opinions, views or
TH IS TYPE beliefs of the writer or other people who are

DIFFEREN T mentioned

FROM YES , True/False/N ot Given

NO, NOT The text will contain factual information

about a topic.
GIVEN
•Basically we can apply the same technique of True, False, Not
G iven when we ans wer Yes , N o, N ot G iven.
•You have to mas ter bas ic reading techniques like S C A N N IN G ,
S K IM IN G , IN FEREN C E,S EA RC HIN G – S ELEC TIN G , and

SUMMARIZING.
S TR A TE G Y FO R T/F/N G A N D Y /N /N G

1. Spend time reading and analyzing the question statement.

2. You are not only trying to match the key words. You must match the meaning.
3. Paraphrases.
4. Look out for more common traps.
D IC TA TO R S IN T/F/N G A N D Y /N /N G

1. QUANTIFYERS: some, a few, less, more, most, solely, only,merely, each,

every, all, the whole, entire.
2.Adverbs: often, occasionally, rarely, scarcely, once, before, after.
3.Relative pronoun: In which (where), By which (how), that, to which.

Example:
All grade A learners often have physical exercises after school.
Q: The entire grade A pupils occasionally have physical drill after school hours.
TR UE or FA LS E?
D IC TA TOR S IN
T/F/N G A N D
Y /N /N G

Reporting verbs
We should be aware that
different reporting verb may alter
the meaning of s tatement.
Example
•H e claimed that profits

had gone up by 10%.

•H e s peculates to earn 10% profit.
L E T' S P R A C TI C E (TR U E / F A L S E / N O T G I V E N )
The ancestor of the Inuit people of Greenland are thought to have lived in Siberia
— the vas t eas tern reg ion of modern Rus s ia until 7,000 or 8 ,000 years ag o.There is an
evidence that they then travelled by boat into A las ka, s ettling in the northerly part on
North America. From there some migrated to Greenland around 5,000 years ago, and
evidence has been found of their existence around the northern tip of the island.

1.The Inuit people are believed descended from inhabitant of Siberia.

2.The Inuit people’s ancestor migrated to North America about 5 0 0 0 years ago.
3.The north Greenland was the most attractive area of the island for the earliest
people.
L E T' S P R A C TI C E (TR U E / F A L S E / N O T G I V E N )
The ancestor of the Inuit people of Greenland are thought to have lived in Siberia
— the vas t eas tern reg ion of modern Rus s ia until 7,000 or 8 ,000 years ag o.There is an
evidence that they then travelled by boat into A las ka, s ettling in the northerly part on
North America. From there some migrated to Greenland around 5,000 years ago, and
evidence has been found of their existence around the northern tip of the island.

1.The Inuit people are believed descended from inhabitant of Siberia. TRUE
2.The Inuit people’s ancestor migrated to North America about 5 0 0 0 years ago. FALSE
3.The north Greenland was the most attractive area of the island for the earliest
people. NOT GIVEN
L E T' S P R A C TI C E (Y E S / N O / N O T G I V E N )
At first glance, Cornelia Parker’s 1991 installation Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View would
seem to be the outcome of adestructive drive in the artist’s personality. On the contrary, she is
fascinated by the way that change, even change of a violent nature, is a new beginning, an
opportunity for something very different to emerge. Cold Dark Matter consists of a garden
shed which Parker filled with objects, then asked the army to blow up. She suspended the
resulting fragments in a room and lit them with a single bulb, throwing sinister shadows on
the walls. The title is central to understanding the work, alluding to the cold dark matter,which
in one version of the ‘big bang’ theory, led to the creationof the universe.

1.The impulse for the work is the artist’s physiological need to destroy.
2.The way in which the shade was destroyed adds to the meaning of the work.
L E T' S P R A C TI C E (Y E S / N O / N O T G I V E N )
At first glance, Cornelia Parker’s 1991 installation Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View would
seem to be the outcome of adestructive drive in the artist’s personality. On the contrary, she is
fascinated by the way that change, even change of a violent nature,is a new beginning, an
opportunity forsomething very different to emerge. Cold Dark Matter consists of a garden
shed which Parker filled with objects, then asked the army to blow up. She suspended the
resulting fragments in a room and lit them with a single bulb, throwing sinister shadows on the
walls. The title iscentral to understanding the work, alluding to the cold dark matter,which in
one version of the ‘big bang’ theory, led to the creationof the universe.

1.The impulse for the work is the artist’s physiological need to destroy. No
2.The way in which the shade was destroyed adds to the meaning of the work. Not Given
Pyramid Building

The most famous pyramid is the Great Pyramid of Giza which is actually only one of over a hundred surviving pyramids.
There is a long-standing question about how the pyramids were built given the lack of technology over 4,000 years ago
but scientists are piecing together the puzzle. The blocks which make up the pyramids were hewn from quarries and
then transported to the pyramids for construction. This was an incredible feat considering the distance that the raw
materials had to travel and their enormous weight. The transportation of the materials was either by river using a boat
or by land using a wooden sledge. Given the softness of the ground, the wheel would have been of little use had it been
invented at that time. It is believed that the sand in front of the sledge was wet with water in order to facilitate the
movement of the sledge and reduce friction. These sledges were pulled manually or sometimes by using beasts of
burden depending on the ease at which the sledges could move over the ground. Interestingly, two thousand years
after the pyramid building era of the Ancient Egyptians, the Romans moved stones using similar techniques at
Baalbek. Once the blocks arrived at the pyramid construction site, it is thought they were moved into place using a
ramp and pulley system.

1.The controversy over the method used in the construction of the pyramids has been solved by scientists.
2.It is possible that Ancient Egyptians could have lubricated paths to aid transportation by sledge.
3.Sleds were dragged by animals not humans.
4.The Romans learned the techniques of moving huge stones from the Ancient Egyptians.
Pyramid Building

The most famous pyramid is the Great Pyramid of Giza which is actually only one of over a hundred surviving pyramids.
There is a long-standing question about how the pyramids were built given the lack of technology over 4,000 years ago
but scientists are piecing together the puzzle. The blocks which make up the pyramids were hewn from quarries and
then transported to the pyramids for construction. This was an incredible feat considering the distance that the raw
materials had to travel and their enormous weight. The transportation of the materials was either by river using a boat
or by land using a wooden sledge. Given the softness of the ground, the wheel would have been of little use had it been
invented at that time. It is believed that the sand in front of the sledge was wet with water in order to facilitate the
movement of the sledge and reduce friction. These sledges were pulled manually or sometimes by using beasts of
burden depending on the ease at which the sledges could move over the ground. Interestingly, two thousand years
after the pyramid building era of the Ancient Egyptians, the Romans moved stones using similar techniques at
Baalbek. Once the blocks arrived at the pyramid construction site, it is thought they were moved into place using a
ramp and pulley system.

1.The controversy over the method used in the construction of the pyramids has been solved by scientists. (FALSE)
2.It is possible that Ancient Egyptians could have lubricated paths to aid transportation by sledge. (TRUE)
3.Sleds were dragged by animals not humans. (FALSE)
4.The Romans learned the techniques of moving huge stones from the Ancient Egyptians. (NOT GIVEN)
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