(2) TOEFL iBT Reading - Negative Factual Questions 2025.

(2) TOEFL iBT Reading - Negative
Factual Questions 2025



Negative ,factual ,questions ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-These ,questions ,ask ,you ,to
,determine ,which ,of ,the ,four ,choices ,of ,the ,answer ,wasn't ,mentioned ,in ,the ,passage.
,They ,contain ,words ,like: ,not, ,except ,or ,least, ,and ,these ,words ,appear ,in ,uppercase
,(EXCEPT).


Phrasing

- ,According ,the ,passage, ,all ,the ,following ,are ,correct ,EXCEPT..,
- ,Which ,of ,the ,following ,is ,NOT ,mentioned ,in ,the ,passage..
- ,Which ,of ,the ,following ,types ,of ,..... ,is ,the ,LEAST ,common?

Negative ,factual ,questions ,are ,quite ,frequent ,in ,the ,reading ,test. ,You ,can ,find ,them ,2
,to ,4 ,times ,per ,test. ,One ,question ,= ,1 ,point.


*Important ,Note! ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-- ,As ,this ,question ,asks ,to ,find ,the ,sentence
,that ,is ,NOT ,mentioned ,in ,the ,passage, ,which ,means ,that ,3 ,answer ,choices ,answers
,are ,mentioned ,in ,the ,passage.


- ,Sometimes, ,these ,3 ,answer ,choices ,are ,clustered ,in ,one ,or ,two ,sentences ,and
,other ,times, ,they're ,scattered ,all ,around ,the ,passage.


- ,Negative ,factual ,questions ,usually ,take ,more ,time ,to ,answer ,than ,most ,other
,questions. ,


,- ,You ,may ,think ,about ,skipping ,this ,question ,for ,now, ,not ,to ,consume ,the ,time ,that
,should ,be ,dedicated ,to ,other ,questions, ,then ,come ,back ,to ,it ,later.


How ,to ,answer ,the ,Negative ,Factual ,questions ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-This ,is ,one
,question ,that ,requires ,going ,through ,the ,whole ,passage, ,so ,here ,are ,the ,steps ,to ,do
,it ,properly:


1- ,Scan/read ,the ,first ,paragraph ,of ,the ,passage. ,Pay ,attention ,to ,the ,general ,idea
,and ,the ,most ,commonly ,used ,keywords ,in ,it. ,


2- ,Go ,back ,to ,the ,answers ,and ,check ,if ,any ,of ,them ,is ,mentioned ,in ,this ,paragraph.
,If ,so, ,eliminate ,it.