A student called Shakhzod asked about the following question from test 2, passage 1 in Cambridge IELTS 11. The passage is about a ship called the 'Mary Rose' that sank in the 16th century and has recently been recovered.
Question 3 (true, false or not given):
Most of one side of the Mary Rose lay undamaged under the sea.
Relevant part of the passage:
Because of the way the ship sank, nearly all of the starboard half survived intact.
Task:
Do you think the answer is true, false or not given? Which keywords gave you the answer?
true = most of one side lay undamaged (question)
nearly all the starboard half
survived intact (passage)
Posted by: NickV | August 22, 2016 at 09:57
TRUE is correct
Posted by: hosein | August 22, 2016 at 10:27
true
Posted by: lana | August 22, 2016 at 10:45
TRUE
Keywords:
most of one side = nearly all of the starboard half
undamaged = intact
Posted by: Joy | August 22, 2016 at 10:53
what is the meaning of "half" here?
Posted by: H. A. Kader | August 22, 2016 at 11:02
True.
My approach is :
Keyword in question keyword in passage
Most nearly all
one side half
undamaged intact
Posted by: pachu | August 22, 2016 at 12:15
Most of one side lay undamaged
nearly all of the starboard half survived intact.
TRUE
Posted by: aesky | August 22, 2016 at 12:33
"Because of the way the ship sank" is clearly not given! Is it chose to confuse the students?
But I will go for TRUE.
Most of one side Undamaged = Half Survived intact.
Posted by: Hero7 | August 22, 2016 at 12:37
Most of one side = nearly all of the starboard
undamaged = intact
I'm confusing with "HALF SURVIVED". What does it mean?
Posted by: H. A. Kader | August 22, 2016 at 14:27
True
Posted by: bahar | August 22, 2016 at 14:52
TRUE
Most of one side = nearly all of the starboard half
Undamaged = survived intact
Posted by: Bogdan | August 22, 2016 at 15:36
true
Posted by: Vanessa | August 22, 2016 at 16:35
True
Posted by: Tinh | August 22, 2016 at 16:50
"Most of" is the same as "almost all","nearly all" so it looks true to me, the starboard half refers to that side or that half of the ship.
lay undamaged= survived intact.
Posted by: Dildora | August 22, 2016 at 17:27
True.
Posted by: Sami. | August 22, 2016 at 19:11
I'm sorry, this question will be not related to Mr. Simon's question.
"Wildfires are becoming an increasing menace in the western United States, with Southern California being the hardest hit area."
-----Cambridge IELTS10 test4
I don't understand the part "Caifornia being..." Why don't they like "California is being....or California has being "? I can't figure out by myself. Please tell me if you know the rule.
Posted by: AH | August 22, 2016 at 21:26
AH,
My understanding is:
after 'with', you cannot use verb. If you need a verb, it has to be a verb + ing.
Posted by: Lucy | August 22, 2016 at 22:41
@AH,
It is a prepositional clause. We have gerund clause and many other types and they are all ways to connect to sentences but changes must be carried out to the forms of verbs. They originally were two sentences
Wildfires are becoming an increasing menace in the western United States
Southern California is the hardest hit area
When we connect these two sentences there is more than one way to do that. One of the is the one you wrote.
If you read through Simon's essays(especially task 1) you will find examples of using that type.
Posted by: lana | August 22, 2016 at 23:50
True
Posted by: Shahny | August 22, 2016 at 23:53
Thank you for your help, Lucy and Lana! I'll review that part. (^^)/
Posted by: AH | August 23, 2016 at 02:56
My answer is NOT GIVEN.
1> "the starboard half survived intact" at THAT time when the sank happened in the 16th century. It does not necessarily mean that "It lay undamaged under the sea" till recently at the time of recovering.
Because the ship might be damaged by undersea water current, by salt which possibly erodes iron component of the ship or even by shanks.
2> Moreover, the question 3 uses the verb "lay" in present tense which means that the ship have laid undamaged under the sea all over that period of time. This clue strengthens the explaination in 1>.
Posted by: Viker | August 23, 2016 at 03:04
True
Posted by: tian | August 23, 2016 at 03:31
Key words:
Most of = nearly all of
one side of Mary Rose = the starboard
lay undamaged = half survived intact
Answer: True
Posted by: Bình | August 23, 2016 at 03:43
Hi Simon,
I wondered if I could describe a person or a family in TV series? Like John Snow and STARK family?(Game of the Throne). Will that be ok? Thank you!
Posted by: Nicole | August 23, 2016 at 04:03
TRUE
Posted by: Masoud | August 23, 2016 at 06:50
NOT GIVEN
Posted by: thanhdanh | August 23, 2016 at 08:12
True
Posted by: poonam | August 23, 2016 at 09:40
True
Posted by: Yousef | August 23, 2016 at 11:32
Viker
'Lay' is the past tense of 'lies'.
Posted by: sjm | August 23, 2016 at 11:43
CORRECT ANSWER FROM SIMON:
TRUE
most of = nearly all
one side = the starboard half
undamaged = survived intact
Please ignore the part that says "Because of the way the ship sank" - this was mentioned earlier in the passage.
Posted by: Simon | August 23, 2016 at 13:09
Ha Ha Ha.
Posted by: H. A. Kader | August 23, 2016 at 14:07
Thank you, Simon. I was confused about "half survived". Now it is clear that this is "starboard half" instead of "half survived".
I also got a reference of STARBOARD HALF.
E.g. The starboard half of the wreck is better preserved than the port side, likely due to the starboard side's proximity to the shoreline and exposure of the port side to prevailing long-shore currents in the bay (Out of Many, One People: The Historical Archaeology of Colonial Jamaica,By James A. Delle, Mark W. Hauser, Douglas V. Armstrong).
Posted by: H. A. Kader | August 23, 2016 at 14:34
I find the answer is TRUE. Most of= Nearly all; undamaged = intact ; ship sank = under the sea; half = one side.
Posted by: ding | August 23, 2016 at 16:14
True,keyword is intact
Posted by: hasan | August 23, 2016 at 21:09
True
Posted by: Ramandeep | September 05, 2016 at 07:34
Im doing Cam Ielts 5, Reading test 1 Johnson's Dictionaries.
The answer to the question 1-3 is D, E, G. Can anyone know where the clue/evidence for D (answer) is?
I cannot find it
Tks
Posted by: Hoai | September 27, 2016 at 10:09
True
survive intact= undamaged
nearly all= most of
Posted by: NIKI | May 18, 2017 at 20:51
true
keywords :
intact = undamaged
most of one side : nearly of the starbord
Posted by: zanakooo | August 15, 2018 at 14:55