English Practice

Lesson 2 of 6 · Beginner · Reading · 15 min · +40 XP

Ace True/False/Not Given with evidence

Read for the main idea and distinguish a contradiction from missing information.

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Your exam technique

Locate the claim → look for agreement or contradiction → choose Not Given only when unresolved.

Read with two purposes

First skim a passage to understand its subject. Then scan for a detail named in a question. Read the sentence around that detail carefully. Similar meanings may use different words: free can mean costs nothing, and residents can mean people who live nearby.

True, False, or Not Given

True agrees with the passage. False contradicts it. Not Given means the passage does not settle the statement. Use the text as evidence, even if you know something else about the subject. A missing opening date does not prove that a proposed date is wrong.

Avoid this common mistake

An unmentioned fact is not automatically false. Find a sentence that directly contradicts the statement before choosing False, and do not import facts from outside the passage.

See it in practice

Starting point

Passage: The café opens at eight. Statement: It opens at nine. → Not Given

Using this skill

Passage: The café opens at eight. Statement: It opens at nine. → False

An explicit different time is a contradiction. Not Given is used when there is not enough information.

Reading practice

The neighbourhood garden

A neighbourhood garden opens to visitors every Saturday morning. Local volunteers grow vegetables there and teach visitors how to look after small plants. Entry costs nothing, but visitors must bring their own containers if they want to take a plant home. A nearby school sends a group of pupils once a month. The volunteers hope to add a sheltered seating area next year. They have not yet decided how to pay for it.

01 / Check your understanding

Try the skill

Choose an answer for each question. You can try again after reading the feedback.

1. Visitors must pay to enter the garden.
2. The garden first opened in 2019.

02 / Put it into words

Make it your own

Summarise who uses the garden and what visitors can do there. Explain why one statement in the quiz is False and the other is Not Given.

Write at least 40 words. Use the checklist and example to review your work; this exercise does not give an automatic IELTS score.

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Before you finish

  • My summary uses only information in the passage.
  • I have evidence for the contradiction.
  • I have not invented an opening date.
Read one possible response

Compare the choices this writer made with your own. Many different responses can work.

Local volunteers, visitors, and pupils use the garden. People can learn to look after plants without paying an entry fee. The payment statement is false because entry costs nothing. The date statement is not given because the passage never says when the garden opened.

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