How did Writing Begin Reading Answers

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Updated On Sep 14, 2023

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How did Writing Begin? is a real Reading test passage that appeared in the IELTS.

With diligent practice, the Reading Module can be the top-scoring category for IELTS Aspirants. To score well, you must understand how to approach and answer the different question types in the Reading Module.

By solving and reviewing Sample Reading Questions from past IELTS papers, you can ensure that your Reading skills are up to the mark. Take the How did Writing Begin? practice test below and try more IELTS reading practice tests from IELTSMaterial.com.

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How did Writing Begin

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27-40, which are based on the Reading Passage below.

Find the practice test with the How did Writing Begin PDF here.

Answers

The answers to questions 27-40 are given below along with their explanations.

Question Number	Answer	Keywords	Locations of Keywords
27	A	Writing, began, separate, communication, later merged, spoken language.	Para 1, last 2 lines
28	D	Sumerians, Mesopotamia, now southern Iraq, understand writing’s transforming function	Para 2, first 2 lines
29	C	scholars acknowledged, no, answers, how, why writing developed	Para 3, first 2 lines
30	B	Schmandt-Besserat, defended, pictures, beginning of writing	Para 8, first 2 lines
31	C	designs, pottery, beginning, writing, show, single sign of writing, trace, pot, doesn’t exist	Para 8, lines 3-4
32	B	development, writing, attains, considerable, independence, flexibility, adapt, characteristics, sounds, language, represented	Para 5, lines 3-5
33	D	but, became, new instrument, power	Para 9, line 4
34	B	structures, earliest writing did not, match, structure, spoken language	Para 5, lines 7-8
35	A	Dr Pittman, argument, evidence, link between tokens, signs	Para 7, line 4
36	C	accountants, clay tokens, oil,er of grain, particular, livestock, eventually, token, replaced, inscribed signs, writing, invented.	Para 6, line 2-7
37	H(Mesopotamia)	The Sumerians, ancient people, Middle East, story explaining, invention, writing, 5,000 years, lived in Mesopotamia	Para 1, line 1; Para 2, line 1
38	L(clay tablets)	cuneiform, script written by, sharpened stick, wet clay	Para 4, lines 5-6
39	A(cuneiform)	cuneiform, script written by, sharpened stick, wet clay	Para 4, lines 5-6
40	I(abstract)	Sumerian script, evolved, pictorial, abstract	Para 4, last 2 lines

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