How tennis rackets have changed — reading answers
The full answer key for Cambridge IELTS 19 Test 1 Passage 1, with the question type for each block and notes on why the answers fall where they do.
Questions 1-13 · 13 marks · 2 question blocks
Questions 1-7
Five of the seven are FALSE or NOT GIVEN, which is the usual trap: candidates who half-recognise a name or a date mark TRUE. Treat NOT GIVEN as the default until you can point at the sentence that settles the claim, and remember that a statement contradicted only in degree (most versus some) is still FALSE.
| Question | Answer | Also accepted |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FALSE | — |
| 2 | FALSE | — |
| 3 | NOT GIVEN | — |
| 4 | FALSE | — |
| 5 | NOT GIVEN | — |
| 6 | TRUE | — |
| 7 | TRUE | — |
Questions 8-13
Every answer is a single common noun lifted straight from the passage, so no paraphrasing is allowed. Question 11 is the only one with two accepted forms, which means if your word is a synonym of anything else in this block it is wrong by definition. Check the spelling too: a correct idea spelled wrong scores zero.
| Question | Answer | Also accepted |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | paint | — |
| 9 | topspin | — |
| 10 | training | — |
| 11 | intestines | gut |
| 12 | weights | — |
| 13 | grips | — |
What your score on this passage actually tells you
One passage is 13 of the 40 marks in the paper, so it is a sample, not a band score. What it is good for is diagnosis: look at which of the question types above you lost marks in and whether the same type has hurt you before.
If your errors cluster in one question type, that is a technique problem and it is fixable in a week. If they are spread evenly, it is usually speed — you are running out of time and guessing the last few, which shows up as scattered wrong answers rather than a bad block.
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