‫And this lesson will be focusing on strategies to answer truthfully, not given questions, so let's
‫take a look at the basics of this question type.
‫I can say with 99 percent certainty that you will see this question in your ELT's reading test, so
‫it's very important that you have a full understanding of this question type.
‫And take a look at a few examples before we do a practice test.
‫Many students find this question confusing or difficult.
‫It's mainly due to understanding the meaning of the terms, true or false, not given.
‫And in this lesson, I'm going to thoroughly explain each of these terms and show you some examples
‫of this question type.
‫As with some other questions, that answers will be found in order of the given passage in your test.
‫So let's move on to a fuller explanation of three.
‫Here is a reading passage that we saw in an earlier video, and I'm going to make a true statement about
‫the information in the passage.
‫Now, it's really important that we only consider the information in the text and the passage, not
‫from your experience.
‫So here is a true statement that I can see is given to me in the passage.
‫PPY is located in Thailand.
‫The answer to this would be true.
‫It is because in the first sentence we can see the island resort is located in Play Island in Thailand.
‫Even though I know from experience this is true, I can only answer with the information in the alts
‫reading passage.
‫So once again, this statement is true, not because I know it from experience, but because it is given
‫to me in the passage.
‫Let's take a look at false and here is a statement that is false.
‫PPY consists of four islands.
‫Try and find in the passage where you can see that this information is false and incorrect.
‫Yes, that's correct, PPY consists of six small islands.
‫This statement is false, as the passage clearly says that PPY has six islands.
‫Again, fact checked the passage.
‫So you want to check the facts between the statement and the text in the passage.
‫Let's have a look at not given.
‫So here, this statement will want to say something that is completely undiscussed in the passage the
‫island is developing rapidly.
‫Now, this might be true.
‫And in actual fact, having visited this island, I know that it is developing rapidly.
‫However, the text in the passage does not give this information to us.
‫Therefore, the answer is not given.
‫The not given answer is really a test of your full understanding of the key points in the passage.
‫So let's take a look at a full strategy for answering this question tonight with a different reading
‫passage site.
‫Here is a new reading passage.
‫You can pause the video and read it through, and I'll give you a little bit of time now.
‫It's also worth saying that in your Eilts reading test, the reading passage you get will be much longer
‫than what you can see here.
‫This is an example of a smaller selection of it.
‫So take some time now to read through this passage and then I'll give you some tips on strategies for
‫answering upcoming questions.
‫OK, if you need any more time, then please do pause the video.
‫Let's take a look at a strategy for answering true false, not given questions.
‫So first you will want to read the statements carefully, then skim and scan over the text for related
‫keywords and information.
‫Your understanding of synonyms, again, will be very useful to you.
‫Compare the information in the statements to that in the passage and answer true, false or not given
‫so we can read the statements carefully, underlining key information if you need, then skim and scan
‫through the text again, underlining key words.
‫Return to the statements and see if you can answer with a true false or not given.
‫So here are some questions that I would like you to have a go at for this reading passage questions
‫one to four.
‫Do the following statements agree with the information given in the text in boxes one to four on your
‫answer sheet.
‫Right.
‫True.
‫False not given.
‫And here are your four statements.
‫Due to lack of money, William had to leave school.
‫William found an old science book at high school.
‫From a young age, William could speak more than four languages, and he studied physics mostly from
‫photos and diagrams.
‫Now, I would like you to pause the video and reasonably quickly try and answer truthfully, not given
‫for these four statements, please pause the video now and then I will go through the answers with you.
‫OK, let's take a look at the first statement now, as I said before, is very important to underline
‫key information in this statement and passage.
‫Say for number one, I've underlined money and leave school.
‫I could have also underlined William, but the name is repeated often throughout the text.
‫So let's take a look for the first mention of school.
‫And I've highlighted it in blue in the first statement.
‫I've also highlighted fees, which is a synonym for money or a related piece of language.
‫So I know that in this first sentence I will find my answer and the answer is true as his father could
‫not afford to send him to school.
‫So here are the rest of the answers with highlighted or underlined key words in information.
‫Take some time to look through what the key words are that I highlighted and take some more time to
‫read through the passage and check your answers against mine.
‫So the strategy is read the statements, skim and scan the passage and return to the statements for
‫answers.
‫If you've got any questions, please do drop me a message and I will see you in the next ELT's.
‫Reading questions.
‫Strategy lesson.