{"id":315,"date":"2016-05-05T08:49:40","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T15:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/?p=315"},"modified":"2019-04-19T22:58:47","modified_gmt":"2019-04-20T05:58:47","slug":"tackle-yesnonot-given-questions-ielts-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/tackle-yesnonot-given-questions-ielts-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Tackle IELTS Reading Questions Yes\/No\/Not Given"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><b><\/b><span class=\"s1\">As posted in our <a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/ielts-reading\/\">Complete Guide to IELTS Reading<\/a>, the IELTS Reading module has 40 questions which you must answer in 60 minutes.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>These questions come in a variety of formats including:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"li3\">identifying writer&#8217;s views (yes\/no\/not given questions)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><span class=\"s1\">multiple choice<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><span class=\"s1\">sentence completion<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><span class=\"s1\">fill gaps in a passage of written text or in a table<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><span class=\"s1\">match headings to written text to diagrams or charts<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><span class=\"s1\">give short answers to open questions<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">As the reading section can include between 1500 to 2500 words, learning techniques on how to answer each of these question types quickly will help ensure that you get top marks in this module.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Today, we are going to look at the identifying the writer&#8217;s views format, specifically the Yes\/No\/Not Given questions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/files\/2016\/05\/ielts-yes-no.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"680\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/files\/2016\/05\/ielts-yes-no.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/files\/2016\/05\/ielts-yes-no-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/files\/2016\/05\/ielts-yes-no-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/files\/2016\/05\/ielts-yes-no-1024x580.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Yes\/No\/Not Given Question Format<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">The screenshot below is an example of a Yes\/No\/Not Given question taken from one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/takeielts.britishcouncil.org\/take-ielts\/prepare\/free-ielts-practice-tests\/reading-academic\/section-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">British Council\u2019s Academic Reading Practice Tests.<\/a> These questions ask you if the given statement agrees or disagrees with what the writer said in the passage or if the statement was not mentioned in the passage.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>These types of questions are used to analyze the claims or opinions of the writer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/files\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-30-at-3.07.26-PM.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-317\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-317 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/files\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-30-at-3.07.26-PM-1024x636.png\" alt=\"British Council Example IELTS Reading Question\" width=\"1024\" height=\"636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/files\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-30-at-3.07.26-PM-1024x636.png 1024w, https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/files\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-30-at-3.07.26-PM-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/files\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-30-at-3.07.26-PM-768x477.png 768w, https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/files\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-30-at-3.07.26-PM-30x19.png 30w, https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/files\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-30-at-3.07.26-PM.png 1298w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">How to Tackle<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">These types of questions can be really difficult to answer.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>First, you must find the correlating information in the question statement to that of the words the reading passage.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Then you must decide if the reading passage text of the writer agrees or disagrees with the question statement or if the information was not given at all.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Even I find these types of questions hard, and I\u2019m a native English speaker that used to score high marks on school exams!<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Hopefully by following these tips you can learn to tackle these types of questions with ease:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"li3\"><span class=\"s1\">Read the all of the question statements so that you know what information that you will need to look for in the reading passage.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Note mentally or on a scrap piece of paper any proper nouns, nouns, or adjectives mentioned.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"li3\"><span class=\"s1\">Skim<i> <\/i>and scan the reading passages to find the words that are or relate to the proper nouns, nouns or adjectives in the question statements.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Tackle the statement questions that have proper nouns in the statements first, as this information is easier to find through scanning. (You can <a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/ielts-reading-rubric\/#techniques\">learn how to skim and scan here.<\/a>) Then move on to the other questions.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"padding-left: 90px\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #3366ff\"> Example: In Question 35 above, you see the proper noun \u2018US Congress\u2019.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>You can quickly scan the text and find the following sentence: \u201cAlthough intended to settle the original cost of the reserve by a <b>U.S. Congress ignorant of its ramifications, <\/b>the result of this fire sale is that global helium prices are so artificially deflated that few can be bothered recycling the substance or using it judiciously.\u201d The bolded text includes both the proper noun US Congress and the information that will help you answer question 35.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>(Answer to Question 35: No. The question statement contradicts the statement of the writer.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"li3\"><span class=\"s1\">Be aware that the words used in the statement questions will often be synonyms or have similar meanings to the relevant words in the reading passage, so don\u2019t always look for the exact word.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"padding-left: 90px\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #3366ff\"> Example: In Question 32 above, you have the statement. \u201cHelium chooses to be on its own.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The Yes\/No\/Not Given answer for this statement can be found in the sentence<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cHelium is even cheerfully derided as a <b>\u201cloner\u201d element <\/b>since it does not adhere to other molecules like its cousin, hydrogen.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>See that Helium is described as a \u2018loner element\u2019, which is another way of saying that Helium likes to be \u2018on its own\u2019. Therefore the answer to Q32 is Yes.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>This statement agrees with the writers.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"li3\"><span class=\"s1\">If you are finding it very difficult to find the information, there is a high probability that the information is not given. If you are pushed for time and need to make a guess then go for Not Given.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>If you have some more time you can again scan the reading passage for the section where the statement might appear and check to see if the statement is given.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"padding-left: 90px\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #3366ff\"> Example: In Question 33 above you have the statement.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u2018Helium is a cold substance.\u2019<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>I skimmed the text for the passage that talked about what helium is.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The only relevant passage was: \u2018 Helium \u2013 an inert, odourless, monatomic element known to lay people as the substance that makes balloons float and voices squeak when inhaled \u2013 could be gone from this planet within a generation.\u2019 I continued to scan for other adjectives that appeared around the noun Helium, but none mentioned anything about it being a cold substance.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Therefore the answer to Q33 is Not Given.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"li3\"><span class=\"s1\">Finally, be careful to fully read the corresponding sentence once you find it, as often the reading passage can be very similar to the statement question so you might think that the answer is Yes, but if you read carefully, you might find that there is one additional word that makes the answer No. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"padding-left: 90px\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><span class=\"s1\"> Example:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>In a different IELTS Reading sample there was the question statement: \u201c<b>Thirty per cent of deaths<\/b> in the United States are caused by smoking-related diseases.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The correlating reading passage was: \u201cSmoking, it is\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">believed, is responsible for <\/span><b style=\"line-height: 1.5\">30 per cent of all deaths from cancer <\/b><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">and clearly\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">represents the most important preventable cause of cancer in countries like the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">United States today.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0 <span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Note the bolded words.<\/span>\u00a0 <span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">If you just scanned the passage you might have quickly answered this question as a Yes.<\/span>\u00a0 <span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">However, the correct answer is \u2018No&#8217;, as only 30 percent of all deaths from <\/span><b style=\"line-height: 1.5\">CANCER (not all types of deaths) <\/b><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\"> are caused by smoking.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"padding-left: 90px\">(A lot of students have asked about this question. See the\u00a0<strong>EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE<\/strong> at the bottom of this post.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Keeping some of these basic tips in mind when you come to the Yes\/No\/Not Given questions in the IELTS Reading module should help you get a few more points.\u00a0Want even more? Check out the Magoosh <a href=\"https:\/\/ielts.magoosh.com\/\">IELTS prep<\/a>!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE:<\/strong> Among IELTS students, there&#8217;s been a lot of debate about the IELTS Reading question immediately above. The official answer is &#8220;NO,&#8221; as seen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ielts.org\/-\/media\/pdfs\/115014_academic_reading_sample_task_-_identifying_writer_s_views__2_.ashx?la=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on page 4 of this PDF from the official IELTS website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, many students feel the answer should actually be &#8220;NOT GIVEN.&#8221; This is because the passage doesn&#8217;t say anything one way or another about the percentage of\u00a0<strong>all<\/strong> deaths caused by cigarettes. Based strictly on what is said in the passage, it is certainly not impossible that cigarettes cause both 30% of all cancer deaths and 30% of\u00a0all deaths as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>In spite of this, &#8220;NO&#8221; is still the best answer. If a piece of information has not been stated, you need to judge whether or not it is\u00a0<strong>likely<\/strong> to be true. To judge whether or not a statement is likely to be true, you can use &#8220;common knowledge&#8221;&#8211; general things we all know about the world. <\/p>\n<p>Think about it this way: If 30% of all deaths are caused by cigarettes, that would mean that about 1\/3 of deaths happen due to cigarette use. If you consider the many ways people can die&#8211; old age, car accidents, war, fever, etc&#8230; it just doesn&#8217;t seem true that 1\/3 of all deaths would be caused by cigarettes. It also would seem like a very strange coincidence if the percentage of cancer deaths caused by cigarettes is the exact same as the percentage of <em>all<\/em> deaths caused by cigarettes. <\/p>\n<p>So while very strict logic within the passage says that it&#8217;s &#8220;not given&#8221; whether or not 30% of all deaths are caused by cigarettes, common sense and common knowledge would say that &#8220;NO,&#8221; it&#8217;s unlikely&#8211; and probably impossible&#8211; that such a figure would be correct. And in yes\/no\/not give questions on the IELTS, you will sometimes be expected to use both the information in the passage and common knowledge.<\/p>\n<h2>Additional Reading<\/h2>\n<p>There is a similar question type to this one: True\/False\/Not Given. To learn about the small but important differences between Yes\/No and True\/False, click here for <a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/answer-true-false-not-given-questions-ielts-reading\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">our guide to T\/F\/NG in IELTS Reading<\/a>. And be sure to check out <a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/ielts-reading-question-types\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">our guide to all of the IELTS Reading question types<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As posted in our Complete Guide to IELTS Reading, the IELTS Reading module has 40 questions which you must answer in 60 minutes.\u00a0 These questions come in a variety of formats including: identifying writer&#8217;s views (yes\/no\/not given questions) multiple choice sentence completion fill gaps in a passage of written text or in a table match [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":170,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3990],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[5086],"class_list":["post-315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reading-section"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.7 (Yoast SEO v21.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to Tackle IELTS Reading Questions Yes\/No\/Not Given - Magoosh Blog \u2014 IELTS\u00ae Exam<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn how to answer IELTS Reading Questions Yes\/No\/Not Given quickly with these expert tips and time saving devices. 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