True/False: choose the true statements
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What is a true/false + justify question?
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A Reading statement you mark True or False AND justify with words from the text (both needed for 1 mark). In Listening there is no justification: you just tick True or False.
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In T/F + justify, what do you score for a correct True/False with no justification?
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In Reading, nothing — True/False alone earns no marks. In Listening there is no justification: you just tick True or False.
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What does 'to justify' mean in this question type?
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In Reading, to prove your True/False choice with the relevant words from the text. In Listening there is no justification: you just tick True or False.
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What does 'with words from the text' mean?
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In Reading, your justification must use the text's own words, not your own ideas. In Listening there is no justification: you just tick True or False.
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What is 'the justification'?
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The exact proving words you quote from the text to support your True/False in Reading. In Listening there is no justification: you just tick True or False.
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What is a 'quote' in this context?
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The exact words from the recording used as proof.
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What is the 'relevant detail' in a justification?
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The exact part of the text that proves your True/False in Reading — not the whole sentence and not an unrelated line. In Listening there is no justification: you just tick True or False.
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How many parts must be correct to score a T/F + justify mark?
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Both — the True/False AND the justification, for 1 mark (Reading). In Listening there is no justification: you just tick True or False.
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What is the 'past-tense trap'?
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A 'used to' detail can be true once but false now — the tense flips whether the statement is True or False.
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What is the five-step method for T/F + justify?
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Read the statement → Locate the part it refers to → Decide T or F → Find the exact justifying words → Write BOTH the T/F and the justification. (Reading only: in Listening you just tick True or False.)
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Why is a bare True/False worth nothing?
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In Reading, the mark is for the True/False PLUS the justifying words from the text; without the justification it scores 0. In Listening there is no justification: you just tick True or False.
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Why quote the relevant words rather than the whole sentence?
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In Reading, copying the whole sentence buries the proof; the mark needs the exact words that decide True or False. In Listening there is no justification: you just tick True or False.
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Why watch verb tenses in T/F + justify?
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A past detail ('used to…') can be true once but false now — the tense can flip whether the statement is True or False.
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Why is an irrelevant justification not enough?
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It doesn't prove your True/False; in Reading only the relevant detail that actually supports the answer earns the 1 mark (decision and justification together). In Listening there is no justification: you just tick True or False.
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