‘The importance of Children’s play’ – Reading Answer Explanation – CAM – 14
Here are explanations of the Questions of passage named ‘The importance of Children’s play’ which is from the Cambridge 14 book. The Questions that have been asked are ‘Blanks’ and ‘True/False/Not Given. You will find the locations of the Reading Answers, Keywords(highlighted and underlined) and justifications.
READING PASSAGE 1: The importance of children’s play
| Question | Answer |
| 1 | CREATIVITY |
| 2 | RULES |
| 3 | CITIES |
| 4 | TRAFFIC (IN EITHER ORDER) |
| 5 | CRIME (IN EITHER ORDER) |
| 6 | COMPETITION |
| 7 | EVIDENCE |
| 8 | LIFE |
| 9 | TRUE |
| 10 | TRUE |
| 11 | NOT GIVEN |
| 12 | FALSE |
| 13 | TRUE |
Questions 1-8
Complete the notes below.
Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer.
Write your answers in boxes 1-8 on your answer sheet.
Children’s play
Uses of children’s play
- building a ‘magical kingdom’ may help
develop 1…………………………………
Location: 1st paragraph
Explanation: The main keyword ‘magical kingdom’ has been written as ‘fantasy’ in the last line of the paragraph. ‘This fantasy is helping her take her… for creativity…’.This statement makes an answer very clear. Thus, the answer is ‘Creativity’
Answer: Creativity
‘The importance of Children’s play’ – Reading Answer Explanation – CAM – 14
- board games involve 2 ……………………………. and turn-taking
Location: 2nd paragraph
Explanation: The answer to this question is in the last line of the paragraph. ‘ Board game, she’s learning about the need to follow rules and take turns…’Here, ‘involve’ and ‘follow’ are synonyms. Moreover, ‘turn-taking’ and ‘take turns’ means the same. Thus, the answer is ‘rules’.
Answer: Rules
Recent changes affecting children’s play
- population of 3 ………………………… have grown
Location: 5th paragraph
Explanation: The answer to this question is in the first line of the paragraph. ‘Pointing out that over half the people in the world…now live in cities…’.Here, people… live in cities’ means ‘population have grown in cities…’.Thus, the answer is ‘cities’.
Answer: Cities
‘The importance of Children’s play’ – Reading Answer Explanation – CAM – 14
- opportunities for free play are limited due to
– fear of 4 ………………………………
Location: 4th paragraph
Explanation: The main keyword ‘free play’ is there in the second line of the paragraph. ‘The opportunities for free play…increasingly scarce…risks to do with traffic’. Here, ‘scarce’ and ‘limited’ are synonyms. Furthermore, ‘risks’ means ‘fear’. Thus, the answer is traffic.
Answer: Traffic
‘The importance of Children’s play’ – Reading Answer Explanation – CAM – 14
– fear of 5 ………………………………
Location: 5th paragraph
Explanation: The location of the answer is again in the second line of the paragraph. ‘Wish to protect the children from being the victims of crime…’.Here, ‘from being the victims of…’ means ‘fear of…’ Thus, this makes an answer very clear.
Answer: Crime
– increased 6 …………………………… in schools
Location: 5th paragraph
Explanation: The main keyword ‘schools’ help to locate the answer in the last line of the paragraph. ‘‘Earlier is better’ which is leading to greater competition in academic learning and schools…’Here, ‘increased’ and ‘greater’ are synonyms. Thus, the answer is ‘Competition’.
Answer: Competition
‘The importance of Children’s play’ – Reading Answer Explanation – CAM – 14
International policies on children’s play
- it is difficult to find 7 …………………………… to support new policies
Location: 6th paragraph
Explanation: The main keyword ‘international policies’ is there in the first line of the paragraph. ‘But what they often lack is the evidence to base policies on’. ‘Difficult to find’ is paraphrased as ‘What they often lack’ in the passage. Hence, the answer is ‘Evidence’
Answer: Evidence
‘The importance of Children’s play’ – Reading Answer Explanation – CAM – 14
- research needs to study the impact of play on the rest of the
child’s 8 ……………………………..
Location: 8th paragraph
Explanation: The answer to this question is in the first line of the paragraph. ‘Dr Jenny Gibson agrees… there is very little data on the impact it has on the child’s later life. Here, ‘rest of the child’s =child’s life.
Answer: Life
Questions 9-13
Do the following statements agree with the information given in
Reading Passage 1
In boxes 9-13 on your answer sheet write
TRUE if the statement agrees with the information
FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this
9 Children with good self-control are known to be likely to do well at school later on.
Location: 11th paragraph
Explanation: The main keyword ‘self-control’ is there in the first line of the paragraph. The writer says, ‘she found that children with greater self-control solved…successful problem-solvers in the long run.’ Here, ‘in a long run’ and ‘later on’ are synonyms. Moreover, ‘greater self-control’ is visible as ‘good self-control’ in the question.
Answer: True
‘The importance of Children’s play’ – Reading Answer Explanation – CAM – 14
10 The way a child plays may provide information about possible medical problems.
Location: 13th paragraph
Explanation: The answer to this question is in the second line of the paragraph. Children at play…useful in the diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disorders like autism.’ Here, ‘autism’ is a medical problem. Moreover, ‘useful in the diagnosis’ means it may provide information.
Answer: True
11 Playing with dolls was found to benefit girls’ writing more than boys’ writing.
Location: 14th paragraph
Explanation: Though the main keywords are there in the third line of the paragraph. ‘Children wrote longer and better-structured stories when they first played with dolls representing characters in the story’. ‘But there is no comparison between girls and boys writing.
Answer: Not Given
‘The importance of Children’s play’ – Reading Answer Explanation – CAM – 14
12 Children had problems thinking up ideas when they first created the story with Lego.
Location: 15th paragraph
Explanation: The main keyword ‘Lego’ helps to locate the answer in the third line of the paragraph. ‘Children wrote longer and better-structured stories… first played with dolls… created story with lego…’ Here, the question statement contradicts with the passage statement. Children did not had problems.
Answer: False
13 People nowadays regard children’s play as less significant than they did in the past.
Location: Last paragraph
Explanation: The first line suggest that ‘Somehow the importance of play has been lost in recent decades. It’s regarded as something trivial…’Here ‘lost in recent decades’ means ‘less significant nowadays…’Hence, the answer is true.
Answer: True
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