Question types

Five reading question types exist in Bandzen. They are the unit the whole system works in: your accuracy is tracked per type, your weakest type decides what your plan asks for next, and lessons are indexed against them.

True / False / Not Given

Does the passage state this, contradict it, or neither?

The whole difficulty is the third option. Not Given means the passage does not say — not that it seems unlikely, and not that you know it to be untrue from elsewhere. Most errors here are a candidate reasoning from outside the text.

Yes / No / Not Given

The same three-way choice, applied to the writer's opinion or claim rather than to a fact.

The distinction from True/False/Not Given is what is being tested: whether the writer thinks it, rather than whether it is so.

Multiple choice

One option from a list. The distractors are usually built from things the passage does say, somewhere other than where the answer is — which is why locating the right part of the passage matters more than reading all four options carefully.

Matching headings

Choose the heading that matches each paragraph, from a shared list.

Two rules make it work like the real exam: the list holds more headings than paragraphs, and each heading is used at most once. The surplus headings are distractors, and without them the last answer would come free.

Sentence completion

Fill a gap from the passage, usually within a word limit.

The answer is a form of words the passage uses. Both the grammar of the sentence and the wording of the passage constrain it, which is what makes it a test of scanning as much as understanding.

How accuracy is used

Bandzen tracks how you do on each type across every attempt. A type needs a handful of questions behind it before it counts — see Progress — and once it does, your weakest type is what smart practice offers you and what your plan drills.