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❓ True/False/Not Given

Chapter: Reading · Level ★★★ · Time: 20 min
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Apply the TFN processAvoid the NOT GIVEN/FALSE mix-upIgnore background knowledgeSpot common traps
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🎯 What you'll practice: The TRUE/FALSE/NOT GIVEN process and the traps that cause the most errors.

🧠 Section A · Concept Check ● BEGINNER 4 × 1 = 4

1NOT GIVEN means the passage:
2A partly true, partly false statement is marked:
3Your own background knowledge should be:
4The first step of the process is:

🧮 Section B · Problem Solving ● INTERMEDIATE 2 + 3×3 = 11

5NOT GIVEN is never the same as .
6If logic suggests something is true but the text doesn't say so, mark it .
7List the four steps of the TFN process in order.
8Give an example of "related information but not specific" leading to NOT GIVEN.
9Why is TFN considered the hardest IELTS Reading question type?

🚀 Section C · Challenge ● CHALLENGE 5

10A passage says "Several European cities studied this issue." A question states: "Every city in Europe has studied this issue." Explain why this is NOT GIVEN rather than FALSE.
💭 Reflection — the most useful thing I learned:
A ___/4   B ___/11   C ___/5   Total ___/20 Teacher's Signature Parent's Signature
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1-B   2-B   3-B   4-B  |  5 = FALSE   6 = NOT GIVEN   7 = read the statement, scan for key words, read that section carefully, compare meaning   8 = e.g. passage mentions "some studies show a decline" but the question claims a specific percentage — the number isn't given   9 = because it requires a strict distinction between "contradicted" and "simply absent," and test-takers naturally want to use logic or outside knowledge to fill gaps the text leaves open, which is exactly the wrong instinct here  |  10 = "Several" only confirms that more than one city studied the issue — it makes no claim about ALL cities, so the statement "every city" goes beyond what the passage actually says; this is a case of an unsupported generalisation, not a direct contradiction, which is precisely why it's NOT GIVEN rather than FALSE — FALSE would require the passage to actively state that not every city studied it.

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