Learn one thing, then check it

Separate contradiction from missing facts

Adding an unstated comparison

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Band 5–7 · About 10 minutes

The band range helps you choose a practice focus. It is not a level assessment. Use paper or speak aloud; nothing is saved here.

01

Diagnose

Answer on paper or aloud before opening the check.

“The café opens at nine.” Does this tell you whether it opens earlier than the bakery?

Compare my starting answer

No. The bakery time is missing.

02

Understand

FALSE needs evidence that contradicts a claim. NOT GIVEN means the text cannot settle it. Familiar knowledge cannot fill the missing detail.

03

Solve

  1. Split the claim into small facts.
  2. Locate the relevant sentence.
  3. Check every comparison and limit.
  4. Choose TRUE, FALSE or NOT GIVEN from that evidence.

04

Practice

The canal library lends seed packets during spring. Members may take three packets each month. Returned seeds are welcome but are not required. The library began this service in April. Its notice does not compare demand with other branches.

  1. Members may take three packets each month.
  2. Members must return seeds.
  3. This branch lends more seeds than the hill branch.
Check my answers
  1. TRUE — The monthly allowance is stated directly.
  2. FALSE — Not required contradicts must.
  3. NOT GIVEN — No comparison with the hill branch is supplied.

05

Verify

Underline evidence for TRUE and FALSE. Name the missing fact for NOT GIVEN. Tomorrow, test a new passage with a different comparison.

Practice material, not an IELTS score. No band prediction.

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