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True or False or Not Given
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Paragraph 1
Known to biologists as the mycorrhizal network, this underground framework was once viewed as little more than a botanical curiosity.
Does the statement agree with the information in the passage?
Mycorrhizal networks were taken seriously by biologists as soon as they were first discovered.
How to approach True or False or Not Given
True False Not Given checks whether a statement agrees with the information in the passage. TRUE means the text confirms the statement. FALSE means the text states the opposite. NOT GIVEN means the text neither confirms nor contradicts it. The whole skill is staying inside the passage and never using your own knowledge.
1
Read the statement first
Understand exactly what it claims before you touch the passage. Underline the key idea, not every word.
2
Find the matching line
Questions follow the passage order, so scan forward from your last answer for the synonym of the keyword, not the exact word.
3
Compare meaning, not vocabulary
The passage paraphrases the statement. Ask whether the meaning matches, contradicts, or is simply absent.
4
Apply the False versus Not Given test
If the text actively says the opposite, it is FALSE. If the text is silent on that exact point, it is NOT GIVEN. Doubt usually means NOT GIVEN.
5
Never bring outside knowledge
A statement can be true in real life and still be NOT GIVEN if the passage does not state it.
Common mistakes to avoid
✗Marking a statement FALSE because it feels wrong or is silent in the text.
✓FALSE needs an active contradiction in the passage. Silence is NOT GIVEN.
✗Using general knowledge to decide the answer.
✓Judge only what the passage states, even if you know better in real life.
✗Matching on a single repeated word and stopping there.
✓Read the whole sentence around the keyword, since the meaning often turns on one qualifier.
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