Yes / No / Not Given

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The Secret to Yes / No / Not Given

This is one of the most feared question types in IELTS Reading—but it becomes much easier when you know what the examiner is testing.

Your job is simple: act like a detective. Check whether the statement matches the writer’s exact view.

✅ Choose YES if the writer agrees with the statement.
❌ Choose NO if the writer says the opposite.
❓ Choose NOT GIVEN if the writer does not clearly give that exact idea.

The Golden Rule: Use only the passage. Do not use your own knowledge, opinion, or logic.

Let’s break down the deadliest traps:

📕 Evidence Gap Trap
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📕 YES vs NO Direction Trap
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📕 Modifier Trap
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📕 Half-Right Trap
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📕 Outside Knowledge Trap
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📕 Keyword Illusion Trap
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📕 Absolute Word Trap
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📕 Stolen Perspective Trap
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📕 Context Zone Trap
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📕 No Proof = NOT GIVEN
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📘 āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻžā§Ÿ āĻĒ⧜⧁āύ

Yes / No / Not Given āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāύ āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§āϰ

āĻāϟāĻŋ IELTS Reading-āĻāϰ āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ­ā§€āϤāĻŋāĻ•āϰ question typeāϗ⧁āϞ⧋āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ—āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ examiner āϕ⧀ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇ āϤāĻž āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ, āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āϏāĻšāϜ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āϝāĻžā§ŸāĨ¤

āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āϏāĻšāϜ: āĻāĻ•āϜāύ detective-āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύāĨ¤ Statement-āϟāĻŋ āϞ⧇āĻ–āϕ⧇āϰ exact view-āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻŽā§‡āϞ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋ āύāĻž āϤāĻž āϝāĻžāϚāĻžāχ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύāĨ¤

✅ āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻ• statement-āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻāĻ•āĻŽāϤ āĻšāϞ⧇ YESāĨ¤
❌ āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻ• statement-āĻāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāϞ⧇ NOāĨ¤
❓ āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻ• statement-āĻāϰ exact idea āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āύāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇ NOT GIVENāĨ¤

Golden Rule: āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ passage āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύāĨ¤ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰ knowledge, opinion āĻŦāĻž logic āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύ āύāĻžāĨ¤

āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻœā§āϜāύāĻ• trapsāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻšāϞ⧋:

📕 Evidence Gap Trap
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📕 YES vs NO Direction Trap
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📕 Modifier Trap
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📕 Half-Right Trap
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📕 Outside Knowledge Trap
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📕 Keyword Illusion Trap
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📕 Absolute Word Trap
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📕 Stolen Perspective Trap
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📕 Context Zone Trap
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📕 No Proof = NOT GIVEN
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True / False / Not Given

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The Secret to True / False / Not Given

This is not an opinion question. It is a fact-checking task.

Your job is simple: act like an auditor. Check whether the statement matches the exact facts in the passage.

✅ Choose TRUE if the passage clearly confirms the statement.
❌ Choose FALSE if the passage clearly contradicts the statement.
❓ Choose NOT GIVEN if the passage does not give enough information to confirm or deny it.

The Golden Rule: Use only the passage. Do not use your own knowledge, assumptions, or what seems logically true.

Let’s break down the deadliest traps:

📕 Fact Match Trap
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📕 Direct Contradiction Trap
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📕 Evidence Gap Trap
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📕 Half-Right Trap
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📕 Modifier Trap
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📕 Comparison Trap
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📕 Time Shift Trap
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📕 Cause and Effect Trap
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📕 Keyword Illusion Trap
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📕 No Proof = NOT GIVEN
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📘 āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻžā§Ÿ āĻĒ⧜⧁āύ

True / False / Not Given āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāύ āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§āϰ

āĻāϟāĻŋ opinion question āύ⧟āĨ¤ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ fact-checking taskāĨ¤

āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āϏāĻšāϜ: āĻāĻ•āϜāύ auditor-āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύāĨ¤ Statement-āϟāĻŋ passage-āĻāϰ exact facts-āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻŽā§‡āϞ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋ āύāĻž āϤāĻž āϝāĻžāϚāĻžāχ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύāĨ¤

✅ Passage statement-āϟāĻŋ clearly confirm āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇ TRUEāĨ¤
❌ Passage statement-āϟāĻŋāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇ FALSEāĨ¤
❓ Passage confirm āĻŦāĻž deny āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ enough information āύāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇ NOT GIVENāĨ¤

Golden Rule: āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ passage āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύāĨ¤ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰ knowledge, assumption, āĻŦāĻž āϝāĻž logically true āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšā§Ÿâ€”āĻāϏāĻŦ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύ āύāĻžāĨ¤

āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻœā§āϜāύāĻ• trapsāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻšāϞ⧋:

📕 Fact Match Trap
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📕 Direct Contradiction Trap
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📕 Evidence Gap Trap
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📕 Half-Right Trap
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📕 Modifier Trap
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📕 Comparison Trap
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📕 Time Shift Trap
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📕 Cause and Effect Trap
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📕 Keyword Illusion Trap
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📕 No Proof = NOT GIVEN
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Multiple Choice

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The Secret to Multiple Choice

Multiple Choice is not just about finding the right answer.

It is about finding the one answer that is 100% supported by the passage — and eliminating the three traps.

Your job is simple: read the question carefully, understand what the passage says, predict the answer, then choose the option that matches the meaning.

✅ The correct option is fully supported by the passage.
❌ Wrong options may be true, but irrelevant.
❌ Wrong options may use exact words from the passage, but change the meaning.
❌ Wrong options may be 90% correct, but contain one fatal error.

The Golden Rule: Do not let the options control your thinking. Let the passage decide the answer.

Let’s break down the deadliest traps:

📕 Stem First Trap
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📕 Option Pollution Trap
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📕 Prediction Before Options
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📕 Exact Word Trap
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📕 True but Irrelevant Trap
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📕 Half-True Option Trap
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📕 Opposite Meaning Trap
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📕 Modifier Trap
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📕 Comparison Trap
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📕 Elimination Trap
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📘 āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻžā§Ÿ āĻĒ⧜⧁āύ

Multiple Choice āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāύ āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§āϰ

Multiple Choice āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ right answer āĻ–ā§‹āρāϜāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āύ⧟āĨ¤

āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻšāϞ⧋ passage āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž 100% supported āĻāĻ•āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ answer āϖ⧁āρāĻœā§‡ āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž — āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•āĻŋ āϤāĻŋāύāϟāĻŋ trap eliminate āĻ•āϰāĻžāĨ¤

āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āϏāĻšāϜ: question carefully āĻĒ⧜⧁āύ, passage āϕ⧀ āĻŦāϞāϛ⧇ āĻŦ⧁āĻā§āύ, āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻŽāύ⧇ answer predict āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ, āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ meaning-āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻŽā§‡āϞ⧇ āĻāĻŽāύ option choose āĻ•āϰ⧁āύāĨ¤

✅ Correct option passage āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž fully supported āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤
❌ Wrong options true āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ irrelevant āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
❌ Wrong options passage-āĻāϰ exact words āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ meaning āĻŦāĻĻāϞ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
❌ Wrong options 90% correct āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ fatal error āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤

Golden Rule: Options āϝ⧇āύ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ thinking control āύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤ Passage-āϕ⧇ answer decide āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāύāĨ¤

āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻœā§āϜāύāĻ• trapsāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻšāϞ⧋:

📕 Stem First Trap
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📕 Option Pollution Trap
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📕 Prediction Before Options
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📕 Exact Word Trap
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📕 True but Irrelevant Trap
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📕 Half-True Option Trap
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📕 Opposite Meaning Trap
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📕 Modifier Trap
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📕 Comparison Trap
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📕 Elimination Trap
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Matching Headings

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The Secret to Matching Headings

Matching Headings is not a detail-finding task.

It is a summarising task.

Your job is simple: read one paragraph, understand its main idea, then choose the heading that works like an umbrella over the whole paragraph.

✅ The correct heading summarises the whole paragraph.
❌ Wrong headings may match one sentence only.
❌ Wrong headings may focus on an example, name, date, or number.
❌ Wrong headings may use exact words from the paragraph but miss the real message.

The Golden Rule: Do not choose a heading because of one attractive detail. Choose the heading that captures the paragraph’s full purpose.

Let’s break down the deadliest traps:

📕 Main Idea Trap
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📕 Detail Trap
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📕 Example Trap
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📕 Topic Sentence Trap
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📕 Contrast Shift Trap
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📕 Too General Trap
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📕 Similar Headings Trap
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📕 Exact Word Trap
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📕 First Sentence Trap
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📕 Best Umbrella Rule
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📘 āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻžā§Ÿ āĻĒ⧜⧁āύ

Matching Headings āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāύ āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§āϰ

Matching Headings āϕ⧋āύ⧋ detail āĻ–ā§‹āρāϜāĻžāϰ task āύ⧟āĨ¤

āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ summarising taskāĨ¤

āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āϏāĻšāϜ: āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ paragraph āĻĒ⧜⧁āύ, āĻāϰ main idea āĻŦ⧁āĻā§āύ, āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ āĻāĻŽāύ heading choose āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ āϝ⧇āϟāĻŋ āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧋ paragraph-āĻāϰ āĻ“āĻĒāϰ umbrella-āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤

✅ Correct heading āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧋ paragraph summarise āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
❌ Wrong heading āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ sentence match āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
❌ Wrong heading example, name, date, āĻŦāĻž number-āĻāϰ āĻ“āĻĒāϰ focus āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
❌ Wrong heading paragraph-āĻāϰ exact words āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ real message miss āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤

Golden Rule: āϕ⧋āύ⧋ attractive detail āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ heading choose āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāύ heading choose āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ āϝ⧇āϟāĻŋ paragraph-āĻāϰ full purpose capture āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤

āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻœā§āϜāύāĻ• trapsāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻšāϞ⧋:

📕 Main Idea Trap
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📕 Detail Trap
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📕 Example Trap
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📕 Topic Sentence Trap
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📕 Contrast Shift Trap
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📕 Too General Trap
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📕 Similar Headings Trap
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📕 Exact Word Trap
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📕 First Sentence Trap
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📕 Best Umbrella Rule
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Matching Information

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Matching Features

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Matching Sentence Endings

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Sentence Completion

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Summary Completion

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Note / Table / Flow-chart Completion

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Diagram Label Completion

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Short Answer Questions

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