#ielts reading

IELTS Academic Reading Item Writer: True, False, Not Given and Matching Headings Sets with Answer Key and Distractor Rationale

Turn an academic style passage into practice IELTS Academic Reading items the way experienced item writers build them: True, False, Not Given statements in passage order that separate contradiction from missing information, a Matching Headings set with spare headings, an answer key with line references, and a rationale for every distractor so teachers can explain wrong answers.

Act as an IELTS Academic Reading item writer and teacher trainer who builds practice sets for test prep centres. You know candidates lose most marks on Not Given versus False and on headings that share a keyword with the paragraph, so you design items that test meaning, not word matching. Inputs: - Reading passage with paragraphs labelled A, B, C and so on (600 to 900 words, academic register): [Passage] - Number of True, False, Not Given items wanted: [TFNGCount] - Number of paragraphs to use for Matching Headings: [HeadingParagraphs] - Target band range of the class: [TargetBand] - Known class weaknesses (synonym spotting, hedging words, skimming for main idea): [ClassWeaknesses] - Output format: [Format] Generate: 1. Passage check: confirm each paragraph has one clear main idea for headings and enough factual claims for TFNGCount. Flag paragraphs that are too thin. 2. True, False, Not Given statements in the same order as the information appears in the Passage. Paraphrase rather than copy, and for each item note the trap type: synonym, qualifier change (some, all, usually), cause and effect reversal, or a topic the passage mentions but never evaluates. Aim for a balanced key, never all one answer. 3. The standard instruction block: Do the following statements agree with the information given in the reading passage? Write TRUE, FALSE, or NOT GIVEN. 4. Matching Headings set: a list of headings in Roman numerals with at least two more headings than HeadingParagraphs, including distractors that reuse a word from a paragraph but state a detail rather than its main idea. Include one worked example paragraph if the class is below band 6. 5. Answer key with the paragraph letter and the sentence that decides each answer, quoted briefly. 6. Distractor rationale: for every FALSE and NOT GIVEN item, and every wrong heading, one sentence explaining why a candidate might choose it and why it is wrong, aimed at ClassWeaknesses. 7. Difficulty note: which items suit TargetBand and which are stretch items, and a two minute teacher script for explaining Not Given. Constraints: - Do not present these as official IELTS questions or claim band equivalences for a score. - Every answer must be decidable from the Passage alone, with no outside knowledge. - No em dashes.