The Importance of Children’s Play – IELTS Reading Answers

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Questions	Answers	Explanation
1	creativity	According to the question, we can locate the answer at the end of the paragraph 1, where it is mentioned that “Although she isn’t aware of it, this fantasy is helping her take her first steps towards her capacity for creativity and so it will have important repercussions in her adult life.” Here, “take her first steps towards her capacity” means to develop, and the sentence is followed by the word ‘creativity’, so the answer is creativity.
2	rules	At the end of paragraph 2, the writer narrates that “later on, when they tire of this and settle down with board game, she’s learning about the need to follow rules and take turns with a partner”. Here, the board game is which is played where she needs to follow rules and take turns with a partner means turn-taking. So, the information matches with the question, and the answer is rules.
3	cities	We can track the answer the in paragraph 5, where it is mentioned, “But we live in a changing times and whitebread is mindful of a worldwide decline in play, pointing out that over half the people in the world now live in cities”. We understand from these lines that the population in cities is growing constantly. As a result, there’s a decrease in children’s play. Thus, the answer is cities.

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4	traffic	In paragraph 5, the writer narrates that outdoor play is curtailed by perceptions of risk to do with traffic, as well as parents’ increased wish to protect their children from being the victims of crime, and by the emphasis on ‘earlier is better’ which is leading to greater competition in academic learning and schools”. So, according to the question, “perception of risk” means “fear of”. Thus, the answer is traffic.
5	crime	We can find reference to the question in paragraph 5, it is mentioned that outdoor play is curtailed by perceptions of risk to do with traffic, as well as parents’ increased wish to protect their children from being the victims of crime, and by the emphasis on ‘earlier is better’ which is leading to competition in academic learning and schools”. Here, we understand that the writer explains about the risks/fears of traffic and crime. So, the answer is crime.
6	competition	We can locate the answer in paragraph 5, where the writer mentions that outdoor play is curtailed by perceptions of risk to do with traffic, as well as parents’ increased wish to protect their children from being the victims of crime, and by the emphasis on ‘earlier is better’ which is leading to greater competition in academic learning and schools”. Here, “leading to greater” refers to increased. So, according to the question, the answer is competition.
7	evidence	The answer for the question can be found in paragraph 6, where the writer talks about the international bodies who often lack the evidence to base policies on. Here, we understand that “what they often lack” means it is difficult to find. So, the answer is evidence.
8	life	We can find the answer for the question in paragraph 8, where it is mentioned that “Dr Jenny Gibson agrees, pointing out that although some of the steps in the puzzle of how and why play is important to have been looked at, there is very little data on the impact it has on the child’s later life.” Here, we understand that the writer talks about the need for research to study the impact. “Child’s later life” means the rest of the child’s life and according to the question, the answer is life.
9	TRUE	We can locate the answer for the question in paragraph 11, it is mentioned that In a study carried out by Baker with toddlers and young pre-schoolers, she found that children with greater self-control solved problems more quickly when exploring an unfamiliar set-up requiring scientific reasoning. ‘This sort of evidence makes us think that giving children the chance to play will make them more successful problem solvers in the long run.’ We understand that the entire paragraph describes how children with self-control do well in the long run. As the information agrees with the statement, the answer is TRUE.
10	TRUE	We can find reference for the answer in paragraph 13, where it is mentioned that “Dr. Gibson says ‘Playful behaviour is also an important indicator of healthy social and emotional development. In the same paragraph, Gibson also gave his research views after investigating that how observing children at play can give us important clues about their well-being and can even be useful in the diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disorders like autism.’ we understand that we can identify medical problems by seeing how the child plays. As the information agrees with the statement, the answer is TRUE.
11	NOT GIVEN	We can track the answer for the question related to playing with dolls in paragraph 14, where it is mentioned that children wrote longer and better-structured stories when they first played with dolls representing characters in the story. We understand from the lines above that the writer has talked about playing with dolls, but has not mentioned any comparisons between girls’ writing and boys’ writing. So, the answer is NOT GIVEN.
12	FALSE	The answer can be located in Paragraph 14, where it is described that Children wrote longer and better-structured stories when they first played with dolls representing characters in the story. In the latest study, children first created their story with Lego, with similar results. Many teachers commented that they had previously had children saying that they didn’t know what to write about. With the lego building, however, not a single child said this through the whole year of the project. We can understand that the children wrote better-structured stories when they played with dolls as well as lego; thus producing the same results. So, the answer is FALSE.
13	TRUE	In paragraph 16, the writer mentions that somehow the importance of play has been lost in the recent decades. It’s regarded as something trivial, or even as something negative that contrasts with work. Here, according to the question, nowadays means “in recent decades”, “importance of play has been lost” refers to children’s play being regarded as less significant. Thus, the answer is TRUE.

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