Yes / No / Not Given
Match claims to writer's views.
Reading
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What you see on screen
Each statement offers YES, NO, or NOT GIVEN buttons. You match claims against the writer's opinions in the passage, not against outside facts.
How it is marked
One mark per statement, following passage order, with no deduction for errors. YES means the writer's stated view agrees, however odd the claim sounds.
Strategy
- Hunt stance verbs — argues, maintains, concedes, disputes, dismisses — and hedges such as 'may well' or 'arguably'. They mark where the writer takes a side.
- If the writer reports a topic without evaluating it, choose NOT GIVEN, however relevant the statement feels.
- Separate NO from NOT GIVEN the same way as FALSE: NO needs a line where the writer states the opposite, not an absence.
- Track whose view is being reported. A view attributed to critics, researchers or 'some observers' is not the writer's own unless the writer endorses it.
Traps that cost marks
Answering from your own opinion on the issue instead of the writer's stated position.
Crediting the writer with a view they only quoted from someone else.
Now try it under exam conditions.
Practise Yes / No / Not Given