Spot the different ways a question rephrases the words in the passage.
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Explain paraphrase concepts.
If you are stuck at Band 5.5 or 6.0, you might be falling for the Exact Match Trap. You read a word in the question, scan the passage for that exact word, and choose the first answer you find. IELTS knows students do this, so they use exact matches as traps.
Gallery of phrase transformations.
Notice how the core evidence remains identical even when the grammar and vocabulary shift completely.
Faded skill example for paraphrase detection.
Let's analyze three different paraphrase links commonly found in IELTS Reading to understand how test writers hide answers. In Chain 1, the Question says: 'The study was conducted annually,' while the Passage says: 'The research was carried out every year.' The link here is a , which is a paraphrase because 'every year' means the exact same thing as 'annually.' In Chain 2, the Question says: 'They needed to memorize the data,' and the Passage says: 'The memorization of the data was required.' The link is a shift, which is valid because the verb 'memorize' has been changed into its noun form without altering the core meaning. In Chain 3, the Question says: 'A quarter of the participants agreed,' while the Passage says: '25% of the subjects gave their consent.' The link is a change, which works because the fraction has been converted into a representing the exact same value.
Match question phrases to passage phrases.
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Choose the correct paraphrase among distractors.
Passage text: 'Nearly a third of the respondents agreed with the new policy.' Which of the following questions correctly paraphrases this sentence?
Self-explanation of paraphrase type.