alleryStart learning →In IELTS Reading, a wrong-answer option is most likely to be:
AAlways grammatically incorrect
BAlways shorter than the right answer
CToo broad, too narrow, or off-topic
DAlways paraphrased from the wrong passage
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Too broad, too narrow, or off-topic
IELTS distractor patterns: too broad (generalises beyond passage), too narrow (one detail mistaken for main idea), off-topic (introduces a fact the passage never mentions).
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