Daydreaming IELTS Reading Answers

1 Answer: FALSE

Question Type: True/False and Not Given Question

Answer location: Paragraph A, line 1

Answer explanation: The opening line of paragraph A suggests that “everyone daydreams sometimes. We sit or lie down, close our eyes, and use our imagination to think about something that might happen in the future or could have happened in the past. Most daydreaming is pleasant.“ According to the author people usually daydream while sitting and lying down. Walking is not mentioned. Since there is no reference found in the passage that people can daydream while walking, the answer is FALSE.

2 Answer: FALSE

Question Type: True/False and Not Given Question

Answer location: Paragraph B, line 1

Answer explanation: In the said paragraph, you can find out that “daydreams are not dreams, because we can only daydream if we are awake.” The author states that daydreams can occur only when people are awake. This information is contradictory to the information shared in the question statement.

3 Answer: TRUE

Question Type: True/False and Not Given Question

Answer location: Paragraph B, last line

Answer explanation: If you read thoroughly, a line in the said paragraph discusses that “with these, our daydreams often help us to work out what we want to do, or how to do it to get the best results. So, these daydreams are helpful. We use our imagination to help us understand the world and other people.” This information confirms that some daydreams do help us to be more successful in our lives by helping us to work out what we want to do, or how to do it to get the best results.

4 Answer: TRUE

Question Type: True/False and Not Given Question

Answer location: Paragraph D, line 2

Answer explanation: A line in the said paragraph states that “it also showed that over 75% of workers in so-called ‘boring jobs’, such as lorry drivers and security guards, spend a lot of time daydreaming in order to make their time at work more interesting.” It is true that 75% of the workers including lorry drivers think that their job is boring and would like to make their work more interesting by daydreaming.

5 Answer: NOT GIVEN

Question Type: True/False and Not Given Question

Answer location: N/A

Answer explanation: None of the paragraphs confirms or denies that factory workers daydream more than lorry drivers.

6 Answer: TRUE

Question Type: True/False and Not Given Question

Answer location: Paragraph C, line 1

Answer explanation: The answer is clearly mentioned in the said paragraph and line. In the passage, the author states that “daydreams can help people to be creative.“

7 Answer: NOT GIVEN

Question Type: True/False and Not Given Question

Answer location: N/A

Answer explanation: None of the paragraphs confirms or denies that old people daydream more than young people

8 Answer: FALSE

Question Type: True/False and Not Given Question

Answer location: Paragraph F, line 2

Answer explanation:  A line in the said paragraph indicates “escapist people spend a lot of time living in a dream world in which they are successful and popular, instead of trying to deal with the problems they face in the real world. Such people often seem to be unhappy and are unable or unwilling to improve their daily lives.” As the author mentions that escapist people often seem to be unhappy, we can deduce that this information is contradictory to the information given in the question.

9 Answer: develop new ideas

Question Type: Sentence Completion

Answer location: Paragraph C, line 2

Answer explanation: If you read thoroughly, there’s a line that claims “people in creative or artistic careers, such as composers, novelists, and filmmakers, develop new ideas through daydreaming.” From this information, we can confirm that writers, artists, and other creative people (people in creative or artistic careers) use daydreaming to develop new ideas.

10 Answer: problem-solving

Question Type: Sentence Completion

Answer location: Paragraph D, line 4

Answer explanation: In the said paragraph, you can point out that “experiments with MRI brain scans show that the parts of the brain linked with complex problem-solving are more active during daydreaming.” According to MRI the brain part which is linked (used) actively during daydreaming is associated with complex (complicated) problem-solving skills.

11 Answer: C

Question Type: Multiple Choice Question

Answer location: Paragraph A, line 2

Answer explanation: If you read thoroughly, a line in the passage specifies that “we sit or lie down, close our eyes and use our imagination to think about something that might happen in the future or could have happened in the past. Most daydreaming is pleasant.” Here, the author suggests that most daydreaming is pleasant and often about things that might happen in the future or could have happened in the past. Hence, we can state that it is about things that daydreamers would like to happen.

12 Answer: B

Question Type: Multiple Choice Question

Answer location: Paragraph D, line 2; Paragraph E, line 3

Answer explanation: If you observe, in the said paragraph to the fact that “research in the 1980s showed that most daydreams are about ordinary, everyday events. It also showed that over 75% of workers in so-called ‘boring jobs’, such as lorry drivers and security guards, spend a lot of time daydreaming in order to make their time at work more interesting.”  Also, “in the 19th century, for example, people who daydreamed a lot were judged to be lazy.” Here, the 1980s has been paraphrased to the 20th century. So, we can deduce that people who daydreamed a lot in the 20th century were considered lazy which means you are not working when you are daydreaming.

13 Answer: D

Question Type: Multiple Choice Question

Answer location: Paragraph F, last line

Answer explanation: In the said paragraph, refer that, “indeed, recent studies show that people who often daydream have fewer close friends than other people. In fact, they often do not have any close friends at all.” Here, the term “does not have as many friends as other people” have been paraphrased to “people who often daydream have fewer close friends than other people”.