**IELTS Reading TRUE FALSE NOT GIVEN Practice Questions - STEP-BY-STEP Guide โ€” Transcript & Summary | SozAI** Source: https://sozai.app/transcript/ielts-reading-true-false-not-given-guide/ Step-by-step guide to solving IELTS Reading True, False, Not Given questions with detailed explanations and practice examples. ## Key Takeaways - True, False, Not Given questions require careful distinction between what is stated, contradicted, or not mentioned in the passage. - Paraphrasing in the passage can help confirm or refute statements but must be matched precisely to the question's claim. - If the passage does not provide information about a statement, the correct answer is 'Not Given', not 'False'. - Step-by-step analysis and keyword matching are effective strategies for answering these question types. - Consistent practice with guided explanations builds confidence and improves IELTS reading performance. ## What the video covers - The video addresses common difficulties IELTS test takers face with True, False, Not Given questions in the reading section. - It explains the importance of carefully reading instructions and understanding the difference between true, false, and not given. - The instructor solves sample questions step-by-step, demonstrating how to identify keywords and locate relevant information in the passage. - One example clarifies why a statement about an artist being foremost in Italy is 'Not Given' despite related information about Colombia. - Another example confirms a statement about housing prices in China increasing due to national policies as 'True' based on passage evidence. - A third example discusses the Kyoto Protocol and explains why a statement about countries not continuing it is inconclusive based on the passage. - The video encourages viewers to use provided IELTS materials for further practice and preparation. - Viewers are invited to engage by liking the video and commenting on what IELTS topics they want to see next. - The teaching style emphasizes careful reading, paraphrasing recognition, and logical deduction to improve IELTS reading scores. Answers ## Questions about this video What is the best approach to answer True, False, Not Given questions in IELTS Reading? The best approach is to carefully read the instructions, identify keywords in the statement, locate corresponding information in the passage, and determine if the statement is supported (True), contradicted (False), or not mentioned (Not Given). How can I tell the difference between False and Not Given answers? If the passage directly contradicts the statement, the answer is False. If the passage does not provide any information about the statement, the answer is Not Given. It is important not to assume information not stated. Does this video provide practice materials for IELTS Reading? Yes, the video creator offers IELTS materials linked in the description box, which include step-by-step guidance and practice tests to help viewers prepare effectively. ## Full Transcript โ€” Download SRT & Markdown 00:00 Speaker A Many IELTS test takers have problems with true, false, not given questions. Yes, these questions are hard because it's often not clear whether a statement is true, false, or not given. But to get a high IELTS reading score, you must know how to solve them. This is what I'm going to teach you in this video. We solve true, false, not given questions together step by step, and I show you how to figure out the correct answers. By the way, guys, if you are going to take your IELTS soon, check out my IELTS materials. There, I teach you everything you need to score high. I show you step by step how to give high-scoring answers, and of course, we do many practice tests together so you will feel confident for your test. You can find the link to the IELTS materials in the description box. Now, let's get started. We will start with reading the instructions. That's the most important thing in the beginning. You need to read the instructions because the instructions tell you what you have to do. Now, here it says, does the following statement agree with the information given in the reading passage? In the box on your answer sheet, write true if the statement agrees with the information, false if the statement contradicts the information, and not given if there is no information on this. Here you can see the statement. Let's read the statement. What does it say? Pedro Agudelo was one of the foremost mural artists in Italy. Is this statement true, false, or not given? Let's figure this out. Let's have a look at the passage. We start reading from here. Although he was also a talented sculptor, Colombian artist Pedro Nel Gomez Agudelo is best known for his fresco murals. He graduated with a degree in civil engineering before moving to Florence, Italy, to receive classical art training. So we have several keywords in this passage, guys. Here it says Pedro Nel Gomez Agudelo, so this is a name, and we can find this name here. The statement also includes the word Italy, and it says Italy here because he moved to Florence, Italy, to receive classical art training. But these sentences don't say that he was one of the foremost mural artists in Italy. So let's continue reading. Using those techniques, he produced over 2,200 square meters of frescos, establishing himself as one of the most prominent and prolific artists in his country during his lifetime. This is interesting, guys, because here the passage says that he established himself as one of the most prominent and prolific artists in his country during his lifetime. The statement says that he was one of the foremost mural artists in Italy. Now, he obviously was one of the foremost mural artists because here it says "as one of the most prominent and prolific artists." This is paraphrasing, so this means foremost mural artists. But was he one of the foremost mural artists in Italy? The passage says that he was one of the most prominent and prolific artists in his country. And where was he from? He was from Colombia because here it says Colombian artist Pedro Nel Gomez Agudelo. So the passage doesn't say that he was one of the foremost mural artists in Italy. It says that he was one of the foremost mural artists in Colombia. The passage talks about Colombia and not Italy. Many IELTS students think, "Oh, this statement is false because the passage doesn't say that he was one of the foremost mural artists in Italy." Guys, that's wrong. The passage doesn't mention Italy; it only talks about Colombia. It mentions Italy in a different context by saying that he went to Italy to receive classical art training here, but this doesn't refer to him being one of the foremost mural artists in Italy. The passage simply doesn't talk about that. What's the correct answer? If the passage doesn't talk about it, the correct answer is not given. It's not wrong because the passage doesn't say that he was not one of the foremost mural artists in Italy. It doesn't tell us anything about that. We have no idea about his status in Italy. We only know that he was one of the foremost mural artists in Colombia. So the correct answer is not given, and that's what I'm going to write down here. By the way, guys, if this video is helpful to you, hit the like button. Also, comment down below whether you want more IELTS reading practice tests. Write yes if you want more. If you want something else, tell me in the comments so I know what you would like to see on this channel. Now, let's continue solving this test. Let's go on with the next question. Again, as you can see here, this is a true, false, not given question. We have just read the instructions, so let's quickly scan over them to make sure that this is actually a true, false, not given question. And it is. So we go directly to the statement. Now, the statement says housing prices in China greatly increased because of national policies. Let's have a look at this passage here. So where does the passage talk about housing prices? I can see the word housing here, so let's start reading from here. Due to various government initiatives, China experienced a large housing bubble in the first part of the 21st century. This sentence talks about a housing bubble. Let's continue reading. Prices rose over 121% between 2003 and 2008. So prices rose, and while there was a brief decline after that point, prices escalated again around 2015. Now we know that there has been a price increase, but we don't know the reasons yet. So let's continue reading. Sixty-nine out of the seventy largest cities reported increases. In Shanghai, real estate investment became extremely profitable, and many speculators entered the market. In fact, used housing skyrocketed by 8.31% in the single month of October 2015. So let's again have a look at our statement. Housing prices in China greatly increased because of national policies. Where does the passage talk about national policies? Here it says due to various government initiatives. Government initiatives are national policies, right? And it says that China experienced a large housing bubble because of that. So the statement seems to be true, right? That's what the passage says. Then the passage describes that prices rose and goes into detail, gives a few numbers, and here it also says that many speculators entered the market. But the passage doesn't say that that was the reason the prices increased. It only says many speculators entered the market. So the prices increased due to various government initiatives. So our statement is true. That's what the passage says. It agrees with the information given in the passage. Awesome, great job. Let's go on with the next question. Again, it's a true, false, not given question. So let's have a look at our statement here. What does it say? At least three countries decided not to continue following the Kyoto Protocol. So at the moment, we have absolutely no idea what the passage is about. So let's have a closer look at the passage to see whether the statement is true, false, or not given. So we're looking for the Kyoto Protocol, and we need to find out whether at least three countries decided not to continue following it. Here it says the Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement that was passed in 1997 with targets to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. Then the passage goes on saying that 38 developed countries signed that they would commit to specific limits, and other areas that were less developed agreed to reduce as much as possible. The final sentence says by the end of the first goal period in 2012, all the countries with specific commitments had reduced emissions, but a few, including Austria, Norway, and Spain, failed to reach their target. The statement says at least three countries decided not to continue following the Kyoto Protocol. Can we find that in the passage? The passage says that Austria, Norway, and Spain failed to reach their targets, so we obviously have three countries here, right? But the passage doesn't say that they decided not to continue following the Kyoto Protocol. It only says that they failed to reach their targets. So if you get a true, false, not given question, don't imply information into the passage if it's not directly stated. 00:16 Speaker A to solve them and this is what I'm going to teach you in this video we solve true false not given questions together step by step and I show you how to figure out the correct answers by the way guys if 00:30 Speaker A you are going to take your is soon check out my is materials there I teach you everything you need to score high I show you step by step how to give high-scoring answers and of course we do many practice tests together so you will 00:45 Speaker A feel confident for your test you can find the link to the IL materials in the description box and now let's get started we will start with reading the instructions that's the most important thing in the beginning you need to read 00:58 Speaker A the instructions because the instructions tell you what you have to do now here it says does the following statement agree with the information given in the reading passage in the Box on your answer sheet write true if the 01:13 Speaker A statement agrees with the information false if the statement contradicts the information and not given if there is no information on this and here you can see the statement let's read the statement what does it say Pedro agudelo was one 01:30 Speaker A of the foremost mural artists in Italy is this statement true false or not given let's figure this out let's have a look at the passage and we start reading from here although he was also a talented sculptor Colombian artist Pedro 01:48 Speaker A n Gomez aguelo is best known for his Fresco murals he graduated with a degree in civil engineering before moving to Florence Italy to receive a classical art training so we have several keywords In this passage guys here it says Pedro 02:07 Speaker A Nel Gomez aelo so this is a name and we can find this name here the statement also includes the word Italy and it's says Italy here because he moved to Florence Italy to receive a classical art training but 02:25 Speaker A these sentences don't say that he was one of the foremost mural artists in Italy so let's continue reading using those techniques he produced over 2,200 square meters of frescos establishing himself as one of the most prominent and prolific artists in his country during 02:44 Speaker A his lifetime this is interesting guys because here the passage says that he established himself as one of the most prominent and prolific artists in his country during his lifetime and the state says that he was one of the 03:02 Speaker A foremost mural artists in Italy now he obviously was one of the foremost mural artists because here it says as one of the most prominent and prolific artists this is paraphrasing so this means foremost mural artists but was he one of the foremost mural artists 03:22 Speaker A in Italy the passage says that he was one of the most prominent and prolific artists in his country and where was he from he was from Colombia because here it says coloman artist ped Gomez aelo so the passage doesn't say that he was one 03:44 Speaker A of the foremost mural artists in Italy it says that he was one of the foremost mural aits in Colombia the passage talks about Colombia and not Italy and many Isle students think oh this statement is false FS because the passage doesn't say 04:04 Speaker A that he was one of the former mural artists in Italy guys that's wrong the passage doesn't mention Italy it only talks about Colombia it mentions Italy in a different context by saying that he went to Italy to receive a classical art 04:23 Speaker A training here but this doesn't refer to him being one of the former mural artists in Italy the passage simply doesn't talk about that and what's the correct answer if the passage doesn't talk about it the correct answer is not 04:37 Speaker A given it's not wrong because the passage doesn't say that he was not one of the foremost mural artists in Italy it doesn't tell us anything about that we have no idea about his status in Italy we only know that he was one of the 04:53 Speaker A former mural artists in Colombia so the correct answer is not given and that's what I'm going to write down here by the way guys if this video is helpful to you hit the like button also comment down below whether you want more 05:10 Speaker A I reading practice tests write yes if you want more if you want something else tell me in the comments so I know what you would like to see on this channel now let's continue solving this test let's go on with the next question again 05:26 Speaker A as you can see here this is a true false not given question we have just read the instructions so let's quickly scan over them to make sure that this is actually a true false not given question and it 05:39 Speaker A is so we go directly to the statement now the statement says housing prices in China greatly increased because of national policies let's have a look at this passage here so where does the passage talk about housing prices I can 05:57 Speaker A see the word housing here so let let's start reading from here due to various government initiatives China experienced a large housing bubble in the first part of the 21st century this sentence talks about a housing pubble let's continue 06:15 Speaker A reading Prices rose over 121% between 2003 and 2008 so Prices rose and while there was a brief decline after that point prices escalated again around 2015 now we know that there has been a price increase but we don't know the 06:36 Speaker A reasons yet so let's continue reading 69 out of the 70 largest cities reported increases in Shanghai real estate investment became extremely profitable and many speculators enter the market in fact used housing skyrocketed by 8.31% in the single month of October 06:58 Speaker A 2015 so let's again have a look at our statement housing prices in China greatly increased because of national policies where does the passage talk about National policies here it says due to various government initiatives government initiatives are National 07:17 Speaker A policies right and it says that China experienced a large housing bubble because of that so the statement seems to be true right that's what the passage says then the passage describes that Prices rose and goes into detail gives a 07:35 Speaker A few numbers and here it also says that many speculators entered the market but the passage doesn't say that that was the reason the prices increased it only says many speculators entered the market so the prices increased due to various 07:56 Speaker A government initiatives so our statement is true that that's what the passage says it agrees with the information given in the passage awesome great job let's go on with the next question again it's a true false not given question so let's have a look at our 08:20 Speaker A statement here what does it say at least three countries decided not to continue following the Kyoto Protocol so at the moment we have absolutely no idea what the passage is about so let's have a closer look at the passage to see 08:36 Speaker A whether the statement is true false or not given so we're looking for the Kyoto Protocol and we need to find out whether at least three countries decided not to continue following it here it says the Kyoto Protocol is an international 08:53 Speaker A agreement that was passed in 1997 with targets to reduce Global greenhouse gas emissions then the passage goes on saying that 38 developed countries signed that they would commit to specific limits and other areas that were less developed agreed to reduce as much as possible the 09:16 Speaker A final sentence says by the end of the first goal period in 2012 all the countries with specific commitments had reduced emissions but a few including Austria Norway and Spain failed to reach their target the statement says at least three 09:33 Speaker A countries decided not to continue following the Kyoto Protocol can we find that in the passage the passage says that Austria Norway and Spain failed to reach their targets so we obviously have three countries here right but the passage doesn't say that they decided 09:56 Speaker A not to continue following the Kyoto Protocol it only says that they fail to reach their targets so if you get a true false not given question don't imply information into the passage if it's not directly stated only because the passage 10:12 Speaker A says that they fail to reach their targets doesn't mean that they decided not to continue following the Kyoto Protocol so there is nothing about that in the passage and that's why the correct answer is not given and actually guys here it also says that 10:35 Speaker A all the countries with specific commitments had reduced emissions here but a few had failed to reach their targets so they had reduced emissions which suggests that they decided to continue following the Kyoto Protocol so that's it we are done with these three 10:55 Speaker A true false not given questions so what do you do if you get a true false not given question in I reading the first thing you do is you read the instructions very carefully second read the statement very carefully and look 11:09 Speaker A for keywords or look for words that may be paraphrased in the passage go to the passage and scan for the relevant information and then read the passage very carefully don't imply any information if it's stated in the passage it's stated if it's not stated 11:26 Speaker A in the passage it's not stated don't make the mistake of implying information where there is no information given and then figure out whether the correct answer is true false or not given this is how true false not-given questions 11:40 Speaker A work I hope you guys like this video don't forget to like subscribe and hit the Bell icon so you're notified when the next video comes out also share this video with your friends so they can improve their is reading 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