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Yes/No/Not Given questions

Yes/No/Not Given questions are similar to True/False/Not Given questions because you need to decide if the statement is:

• correct according to what is written in the passage
• incorrect according to what is written in the passage
• not mentioned in the passage.

However, Yes/No/Not Given questions usually refer to the writer’s opinion on topics, while True/False/Not given questions refer to facts in the passage. Look at the instructions for Yes/No/Not Given questions below.

Example

Do the following statements agree with the views of the writer? Write: YES if the statement agrees with the views of the writer NO if the statement contradicts the views of the writer NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this 35 It is easy to describe what libraries are. 36 It is difficult to determine the future of libraries. 37 Libraries have become much more technologically advanced.

You can see that the instructions ask you to decide if the statements agree with the views of the writer.

The other key words you should notice in these instructions are:

YES	agrees with =	the statement gives the same opinion as that of the writer
NO	contradicts contradicts = disagrees with =	the statement gives a different or opposite opinion from that of the writer
NOT GIVEN	impossible to say =	the statement is not related to the writer’s views or is not mentioned in the passage

Now let's practise answering these Yes/No/Not Given questions.