The answers to the reading lesson about “News we can trust”. If you haven’t completed this lesson yet, please do so before you look at the answers. To complete the lesson, click here: Reading Lesson
Below are the questions, answers and vocabulary focus for the lesson.
Questions 1 – 7: Complete the sentences using no more than three words from the passage above.
1. Trustworthy news is more important than ever because the world is going through a period of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and unpredictability.
2. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ are the main source of news for most web users.
3. People often tend to choose the version that most agrees with _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ when they are offered differing accounts of an event.
4. Sharing unverified news stories with social media friends contributes to
the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of false information.
5. Objective investigative journalism can _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the spread of fake news.
6. Investigative reporters try to bring to light the relationship between
apparently _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ events.
7. Through their work, investigative reporters try to make it easier for us
to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the world in which we live.
Answers:
- UPHEAVALS
- the answer does not require the word “global” because this is already indicated in the sentence by the word “world”. Therefore the answer is just one word.
- SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS (SOCIAL MEDIA)
- Both answers are possible.
- Note that brackets indicate other words or answers that are possible. Books often show answers in this way. However, you cannot use brackets for your listening answers. You must choose your answer and be specific.
- Note, one answer option has an “s” and the other does not.
- THEIR OWN VIEWS (THEIR VIEWS)
- Both answers are possible.
- The word “views” must be plural.
- You cannot paraphrase the answer. “Their thoughts” is wrong.
- DISSEMINATION
- The spelling must be correct.
- COUNTERACT
- UNCONNECTED
- MAKE SENSE OF
- You must have the preposition “of”- “to make sense of something”
- The meaning is “understand”.
- “analyse and present” is not a possible answer. The sentence cannot be “for us to analyse and present”. The words in the passage (analyse and present) refer to what investigative journalists do, not what we do.
Vocabulary Focus
The following adjectives are positive in meaning and are used to talk about news or news sources that you can trust:
- trustworthy / reliable / dependable / verified / credible / real
The following adjectives are negative in meaning. They are used to talk about news or news sources that you cannot trust:
- untrustworthy / unreliable / undependable / unverified / dubious / fake
These words can be used in both your speaking and writing tests. They are all topic relevant words when talking about news and media.
I hope you found this lesson useful.
All the best
Liz
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Yes I find it very useful and I got all answers correctly.
Thank you. 😁
Thank you so much!
This lesson was really very useful .
I’m glad it was useful 🙂
I got all correct, only that I wrote UPHEAVAL instead of UPHEAVALS.
Thanks Liz.
Thank you so much Liz. I owe my gratitude to you and God who made it possible to pass my ukvi ielts in one sitting. I took all the test (L,R,W and S) on Saturday 12th September 2020 and the results came out today
Listening:-9.0
Reading:-7.5
Writing:-7.0
Speaking:-7.0
Overall:-7.5
I am so grateful as your teachings especially in the writing and speaking part made me feel confident when taking the tests. May the Almight God bless and continue to enrich you abundantly as I couldn’t have done it without you😘😘
It’s lovely to see your results. Well done – great listening score 🙂
Congratulations dear
Thanks ma
Thanks Liz
Thanks you so much
You are the best teacher!
Wonderful exercise!
Dear Liz,
Thank you for sharing the answers. But I have a doubt .
Can we write ‘sense’ also as the answer for quest 7?
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Regards,
Susan
No, that’s isn’t a possible option. Reporters who write news articles help us understand, not to feel through our senses.
Thanks a bunch Liz you’re great! What you’ve shared is really of great help to me as a first time teacher of IELTS to Vietnamese student. God bless you and stay safe always!
Glad the lesson was useful 🙂
I wrote upheaval instead of upheavals 🙁
Should plurals always be maintained when transferring words from the passage to the answer?
Yes, you must be careful to keep a plural answer as plural.
Thank you so much!
Thank you very much ,Liz.
I got all the answers.
Thanks, Lis. All my answers are correct.
Great! I got all answers correct.
Thanks Liz.
Thank you so much!
I did pretty well and these gapped exercises are really good to help recall new words.
I wonder if IELTS test centers are still holding tests during this pandemic. I was planning to take IELTS may be in Octber but I could not reach out the center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Please Liz, give me some concrete information.
Each country and each test centre is different. They follow national guidelines for safety which means closing centres when necessary. Follow this page: https://www.ielts.org/news/2020/covid19-information-for-our-global-test-taker-community. You will need to check if regularly because things change frequently. If your test centre is currently closed, it may open in the coming weeks depending on your local situation.
very useful lessons. God bless you
You’re welcome 🙂