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The Hero Teacher
This is a great question!
The most basic approach is that when you see the information in the passage, it's False, while if you see nothing about the statement in the passage, it is Not Given.
Most falses are the opposite of the statemens:
The statement: The lesson starts at 8:00 in the morning.
The passage: The lesson starts at 8:30 in the morning.
As you can see, the information is in the passage but given in a false way.
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amberquill
@The Hero Teacher, if the passage only says 'in the morning' and the statement says 8am, is that Not Given? The lesson is mentioned but not the time. thats the bit Im unsure about
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The Hero Teacher
It would be NOT GIVEN since 8 am is exact time which is not mentioned in the passage. However, if the statement is 8 am, but the passage says "in the morning" that would be TRUE.
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brightfern
@The Hero Teacher, did you mean passage says 8am, statement says 'in the morning'? The other way round, we still wouldn't know the time, right?
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The Hero Teacher
Please watch our second webinar. You will see a full explanation about how to tell a difference between the two.
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coralnotes
Yes, with just those sentences: passage '8 am' → statement 'in the morning' is True. Reverse them and it's Not Given.
False needs a contradiction, not just missing detail. That's in the IELTS Reading guide.
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cobaltcloud
Would the full question change this? Like if it says 'when does the lesson start', and the passage only says morning. that still feels not given to me
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coralnotes
For a statement naming 8am, 'in the morning' alone doesn't give an exact time. A question such as 'When does the lesson start?' uses short-answer instructions, not True/False/Not Given labels.
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