- Task type and format: Test takers will be given a number of statements and asked: ‘Do the following statements agree with the views/claims of the writer?’ They are required to write ‘YES’, ‘NO’ or ‘NOT GIVEN’ in the boxes on their answer sheet.

- It is important to understand the difference between 'NO' and 'NOT GIVEN'. 'NO' means that the views or claims of the writer explicitly disagree with the statement, i.e. the writer somewhere expresses the view or makes a claim which is opposite to the one given in the question; 'NOT GIVEN' means that the view or claim is neither confirmed nor contradicted.

- Students need to understand that any knowledge they bring with them from outside the passage should not play a part when deciding on their answers.

- Task focus: This type of task assesses the test takers’ ability to recognise opinions or ideas, and so it is often used with discursive or argumentative texts.