Finding the Lost Freedom – IELTS Reading Answers

Kasturika Samanta

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Updated On Jul 16, 2024

Finding the Lost Freedom
Answers of Finding the Lost Freedom Reading Answers with Location and Explanations
Tips to Solve the Question Types in Finding the Lost Freedom IELTS Reading Answers
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Finding the Lost Freedom is a real reading test passage that appeared in IELTS Academic Reading. So, if you practice this passage along with other IELTS Reading recent actual tests, the Reading Module can be the top-scoring category for you. All you need to do to score well is to understand how to approach and answer the different question types.

There are 14 questions along with the passage, Finding the Lost Freedom. The question types found are:

True/False/Not Given IELTS Reading (Q. 1-5)
IELTS Reading Matching Features (Q. 6-9)
IELTS Reading Matching Sentence Endings (Q. 10-14)

Not sure how to answer IELTS Reading True/False/Not Given questions? Check out the guide below to learn now!

For more True/False/Not Given Questions practice, take a look at IELTS Reading – True, False, Not Given – Example 1!

Finding the Lost Freedom

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-14, which are based on the Reading Passage below. Find the practice test with the Finding the Lost Freedom PDF here.

Answers of Finding the Lost Freedom Reading Answers with Location and Explanations

You will find the answer key with the keywords and their location for each question of Finding the Lost Freedom given below. Make sure to tally your answers and understand how to improve your reading skills for a better IELTS band score.

Question Number	Answers	Keywords	Location of Keywords
1.	False	Progressively eroded children’s independent mobility, lost much of their freedom to explore their own	Paragraph 1, Lines 5-8
2.	False	They had more freedom to explore their own environment.	Paragraph 1, Last line
3.	Not Given	Not Given	Not Given
4.	False	More parents drive their children to more places	Paragraph 5, Lines 3-4
5.	False	Significant time and money costs, transporting their children to school,	Paragraph 3, First 2 Lines
6.	B	Fewer children and adults use the streets, become less sociable places.	Paragraph 4, First 4 lines
7.	F	As fewer children, use the streets as pedestrians, less sociable places.	Paragraph 4, First 4 lines
8.	G	By driving their children to sport, school or recreation, contributing to a more dangerous environment for children generally.	Paragraph 6, First 4 lines
9.	D	Increased traffic congestion, pollution and accident risk. As our roads become more dangerous	Paragraph 5, First 4 lines
10.	vii	Back yards and playgrounds are for children, strongly held belief	Paragraph 6, Last 4 lines
11.	iii	Residential streets, cars must give way to pedestrians	Paragraph 7, First 3 lines
12.	vi	Streets, for social interaction	Paragraph 7, Lines 5-6
13.	ix	“traffic calming”, aimed at reducing the volume and speed of traffic.	Paragraph 7, Lines 8-9
14.	ii	Modifying cities, enhance children’s freedom, more environmentally sustainable	Paragraph 8, First 3 lines

Tips to Solve the Question Types in Finding the Lost Freedom IELTS Reading Answers

Since you have calculated your score from the Finding the Lost Freedom answer keys, let us look at some quick IELTS exam preparation tips for each question type to boost your IELTS preparation.

True/False/Not Given

In IELTS Reading, ‘True, False, Not Given’ questions are based on facts. Several factual statements will be provided to you, and it is up to you to determine whether or not they are accurate by reading the text. To answer this type of question, you can follow the steps give below:

Before reading the passage, have a look at your list of True, False, and Not Given questions.
Once you have highlighted the keywords in the question statements, swiftly read the text to look for paraphrases or synonyms in the passage.
Once you find both sets of keywords, cross-check them to find the answer.
If the facts match, the answer is TRUE, and in case it doesn’t match, it is FALSE. If you are unable to find the answer or unsure of it, mark it NOT GIVEN.

Matching Features:

In this type of question, you will have to match a list of options with the relevant set of statements. Some tips to answer matching features questions and obtain a high IELTS Reading band score:

Read questions and underline or circle keywords. This will help you find out where you would have to read and find later. Also, focus on how often every detail or name is appearing in the passage.
Scan the passage and look for information given in the features and questions.
Skim through the areas that are surrounded by keywords and features in the passage.
Don’t get confused in case the text has synonyms of the information that is originally present in the question.
Keep in mind that answers will not be in an order as questions.

Matching Sentence Endings:

Matching sentence ending questions come with two lists – a list of incomplete sentences and another one of possible sentence endings. You will have to match them on the basis of the information provided in the passage. Some tips to answer the questions and obtain a high band in IELTS Academic Reading are given below:

The answers will be in the same order as the list of incomplete sentences.
Use the elimination process to get the correct answer.
Don’t read the complete text until you have studied the incomplete sentences and the endings.
Only read the relevant sentences.
You will have to match meanings and not the exact words. Thus, look for paraphrasing and words.
You must ensure that the grammatical structure of two halves of the sentence is matching correctly.

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