Reading Strategy LabYes / 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 Readingâbut 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 writerâs exact view.
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Choose YES if the writer agrees with the statement.
â Choose NO if the writer says the opposite.
â 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.
Letâs break down the deadliest traps:
đ Evidence Gap Trap
đ YES vs NO Direction Trap
đ Modifier Trap
đ Half-Right Trap
đ Outside Knowledge Trap
đ Keyword Illusion Trap
đ Absolute Word Trap
đ Stolen Perspective Trap
đ Context Zone Trap
đ No Proof = NOT GIVEN
đ āĻŦāĻžāĻāϞāĻžā§ āĻĒā§ā§āύ
Yes / No / Not Given āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻā§āĻĒāύ āϏā§āϤā§āϰ
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āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāĻ āϏāĻšāĻ: āĻāĻāĻāύ detective-āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰā§āύāĨ¤ Statement-āĻāĻŋ āϞā§āĻāĻā§āϰ exact view-āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻŽā§āϞ⧠āĻāĻŋ āύāĻž āϤāĻž āϝāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰā§āύāĨ¤
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āϞā§āĻāĻ statement-āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻāĻŽāϤ āĻšāϞ⧠YESāĨ¤
â āϞā§āĻāĻ statement-āĻāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰā§āϤ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāϞ⧠NOāĨ¤
â āϞā§āĻāĻ statement-āĻāϰ exact idea āϏā§āĻĒāώā§āĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āύāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧠NOT GIVENāĨ¤
Golden Rule: āĻļā§āϧ⧠passage āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰā§āύāĨ¤ āύāĻŋāĻā§āϰ knowledge, opinion āĻŦāĻž logic āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻŦā§āύ āύāĻžāĨ¤
āϏāĻŦāĻā§ā§ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻā§āĻāύāĻ trapsāĻā§āϞ⧠āύāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻž āĻšāϞā§:
đ Evidence Gap Trap
đ YES vs NO Direction Trap
đ Modifier Trap
đ Half-Right Trap
đ Outside Knowledge Trap
đ Keyword Illusion Trap
đ Absolute Word Trap
đ Stolen Perspective Trap
đ Context Zone Trap
đ No Proof = NOT GIVEN
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. â
Choose TRUE if the passage clearly confirms the statement. The Golden Rule: Use only the passage. Do not use your own knowledge, assumptions, or what seems logically true. Letâs break down the deadliest traps: āĻāĻāĻŋ opinion question āύā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ fact-checking taskāĨ¤ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāĻ āϏāĻšāĻ: āĻāĻāĻāύ auditor-āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰā§āύāĨ¤ Statement-āĻāĻŋ passage-āĻāϰ exact facts-āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻŽā§āϞ⧠āĻāĻŋ āύāĻž āϤāĻž āϝāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰā§āύāĨ¤ â
Passage statement-āĻāĻŋ clearly confirm āĻāϰāϞ⧠TRUEāĨ¤ Golden Rule: āĻļā§āϧ⧠passage āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰā§āύāĨ¤ āύāĻŋāĻā§āϰ knowledge, assumption, āĻŦāĻž āϝāĻž logically true āĻŽāύ⧠āĻšā§âāĻāϏāĻŦ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻŦā§āύ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āϏāĻŦāĻā§ā§ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻā§āĻāύāĻ trapsāĻā§āϞ⧠āύāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻž āĻšāϞā§:đ Read in English
The Secret to True / False / Not Given
â Choose FALSE if the passage clearly contradicts the statement.
â Choose NOT GIVEN if the passage does not give enough information to confirm or deny it.
đ Fact Match Trap
đ Direct Contradiction Trap
đ Evidence Gap Trap
đ Half-Right Trap
đ Modifier Trap
đ Comparison Trap
đ Time Shift Trap
đ Cause and Effect Trap
đ Keyword Illusion Trap
đ No Proof = NOT GIVEN
đ āĻŦāĻžāĻāϞāĻžā§ āĻĒā§ā§āύ
True / False / Not Given āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻā§āĻĒāύ āϏā§āϤā§āϰ
â Passage statement-āĻāĻŋāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰā§āϤ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧠FALSEāĨ¤
â Passage confirm āĻŦāĻž deny āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧠enough information āύāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧠NOT GIVENāĨ¤
đ Fact Match Trap
đ Direct Contradiction Trap
đ Evidence Gap Trap
đ Half-Right Trap
đ Modifier Trap
đ Comparison Trap
đ Time Shift Trap
đ Cause and Effect Trap
đ Keyword Illusion Trap
đ No Proof = NOT GIVEN
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 â 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.
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The correct option is fully supported by the passage.
â Wrong options may be true, but irrelevant.
â Wrong options may use exact words from the passage, but change the meaning.
â 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.
Letâs break down the deadliest traps:
đ Stem First Trap
đ Option Pollution Trap
đ Prediction Before Options
đ Exact Word Trap
đ True but Irrelevant Trap
đ Half-True Option Trap
đ Opposite Meaning Trap
đ Modifier Trap
đ Comparison Trap
đ Elimination Trap
đ āĻŦāĻžāĻāϞāĻžā§ āĻĒā§ā§āύ
Multiple Choice āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻā§āĻĒāύ āϏā§āϤā§āϰ
Multiple Choice āĻļā§āϧ⧠right answer āĻā§āĻāĻāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāĻ āύā§āĨ¤
āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻšāϞ⧠passage āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž 100% supported āĻāĻāĻŽāĻžāϤā§āϰ answer āĻā§āĻāĻā§ āĻŦā§āϰ āĻāϰāĻž â āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻŋ āϤāĻŋāύāĻāĻŋ trap eliminate āĻāϰāĻžāĨ¤
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāĻ āϏāĻšāĻ: question carefully āĻĒā§ā§āύ, passage āĻā§ āĻŦāϞāĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻā§āύ, āύāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻŽāύ⧠answer predict āĻāϰā§āύ, āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ meaning-āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻŽā§āϞ⧠āĻāĻŽāύ option choose āĻāϰā§āύāĨ¤
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Correct option passage āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž fully supported āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
â Wrong options true āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠irrelevant āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
â Wrong options passage-āĻāϰ exact words āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠meaning āĻŦāĻĻāϞ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
â Wrong options 90% correct āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ fatal error āĻĨāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
Golden Rule: Options āϝā§āύ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ thinking control āύāĻž āĻāϰā§āĨ¤ Passage-āĻā§ answer decide āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāύāĨ¤
āϏāĻŦāĻā§ā§ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻā§āĻāύāĻ trapsāĻā§āϞ⧠āύāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻž āĻšāϞā§:
đ Stem First Trap
đ Option Pollution Trap
đ Prediction Before Options
đ Exact Word Trap
đ True but Irrelevant Trap
đ Half-True Option Trap
đ Opposite Meaning Trap
đ Modifier Trap
đ Comparison Trap
đ Elimination Trap
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.
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The correct heading summarises the whole paragraph.
â Wrong headings may match one sentence only.
â Wrong headings may focus on an example, name, date, or number.
â 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 paragraphâs full purpose.
Letâs break down the deadliest traps:
đ Main Idea Trap
đ Detail Trap
đ Example Trap
đ Topic Sentence Trap
đ Contrast Shift Trap
đ Too General Trap
đ Similar Headings Trap
đ Exact Word Trap
đ First Sentence Trap
đ Best Umbrella Rule
đ āĻŦāĻžāĻāϞāĻžā§ āĻĒā§ā§āύ
Matching Headings āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻā§āĻĒāύ āϏā§āϤā§āϰ
Matching Headings āĻā§āύ⧠detail āĻā§āĻāĻāĻžāϰ task āύā§āĨ¤
āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ summarising taskāĨ¤
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāĻ āϏāĻšāĻ: āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ paragraph āĻĒā§ā§āύ, āĻāϰ main idea āĻŦā§āĻā§āύ, āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ āĻāĻŽāύ heading choose āĻāϰā§āύ āϝā§āĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰ⧠paragraph-āĻāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ umbrella-āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
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Correct heading āĻĒā§āϰ⧠paragraph summarise āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
â Wrong heading āĻļā§āϧ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ sentence match āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
â Wrong heading example, name, date, āĻŦāĻž number-āĻāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ focus āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
â Wrong heading paragraph-āĻāϰ exact words āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠real message miss āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
Golden Rule: āĻā§āύ⧠attractive detail āĻĻā§āĻā§ heading choose āĻāϰāĻŦā§āύ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāύ heading choose āĻāϰā§āύ āϝā§āĻāĻŋ paragraph-āĻāϰ full purpose capture āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
āϏāĻŦāĻā§ā§ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻā§āĻāύāĻ trapsāĻā§āϞ⧠āύāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻž āĻšāϞā§:
đ Main Idea Trap
đ Detail Trap
đ Example Trap
đ Topic Sentence Trap
đ Contrast Shift Trap
đ Too General Trap
đ Similar Headings Trap
đ Exact Word Trap
đ First Sentence Trap
đ Best Umbrella Rule
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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