Follow-up Compare your heading for each paragraph with the headings that other students
in your class have written.
Discuss the main ideas in each paragraph and decide if some headings are better
than others.
Were any of the paragraphs more difficult to write headings for? Why?
Look back at your headings. Where you didn't use your own words, try doing so now.
For further practice,
do Exercise A in the Supplementary activities on page 112.
The IELTS Reading component often tests candidates on their ability to select a
heading for each paragraph in a text, from a list of headings.
IELTS Reading How to approach the task
Take 10 minutes to read the passage on the following pages, underlining what
you think are the
main ideas and
key vocabulary in each paragraph.
Read through the list of headings to familiarise yourself with them.
Look carefully at the example - in this case, paragraph A.
Re-read paragraph В and select the heading that best fits this paragraph.
Continue this procedure with paragraphs C-H. Take about 15 minutes to do this.
Questions 1-7 The Reading Passage on the following pages has eight paragraphs (A-H). Choose the most suitable heading for each paragraph from the list of headings below. Write the appropriate numbers (i-x) in boxes 1-7 on your answer sheet. There are more headings than paragraphs so you will not use all of them. You may use any heading more than once. List of Headings i Benefiting from an earlier model
ii Important operative conditions
iii Examining the public confusion
iv Where to go from here?
v How it's all linked up
vi Finding a suitable location
vii Comparing wind speeds in Australian cities
viii Matching operational requirements with considerations of appearance
ix What makes Esperance different?
x What is a wind farm?
Reading UNIT 4
Example Paragraph A
1 Paragraph В
2 Paragraph С
3 Paragraph D
Answer x
4 Paragraph E
5 Paragraph F
6 Paragraph G
7 Paragraph H
