True, False, Not Given questions

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Answering True, False, Not Given questions

Let’s check the meaning of False below.

Dictionary definition of False -  |fôls| adjective -

1 not according with truth or fact; incorrect: the test can produce false results | the allegations were false.

2 deliberately made or meant to deceive: check to see if the trunk has a false bottom | a false passport.

• artificial: false eyelashes.

3 illusory; not actually so: sunscreens give users a false sense of security.

In True/False questions – False actually covers answers that are both False and also Not Given. In order to differentiate, focus on the definition of False and think carefully about the statement.

If a statement is not true according to the text, it is classed as False.

The statement in the question can be False because :

·      it contradicts the information in the text in some way, or

·      there’s no information about the statement in the passage.

A False statement contradicts the information in a passage or text because :

·      it’s the direct opposite of the original text e.g the text says ‘white’, but the statement says ‘black’,

·      it has the negative meaning of the meaning in the original text e.g. ‘light - dark’, ‘north -south’,

·      it’s neither of these, but it’s not the same meaning as the information in the text .