Matching headings

A reliable method for heading questions: find each paragraph’s main idea, see through the five classic traps, and practise on an original five-paragraph passage.

55 мин

Модуль 6 · урок 4 из 7

В этом уроке

  1. Tell a paragraph’s main idea apart from its details, including when the main idea comes last
  2. Read every heading for its topic and its angle, so headings that look alike stop looking the same
  3. Recognise the five traps that wrong headings are built from: the echo, the detail, the umbrella, the twist and the neighbour
  4. Follow a step-by-step method that matches headings quickly and checks them before you move on

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В этом уроке

  1. What the question looks like
  2. Main idea or detail?
  3. Five traps that wrong headings are built from
  4. Read the headings for topic and angle
  5. The method, step by step
  6. Worked example: thinking it through
  7. Practise: a five-paragraph passage
  8. Harder cases
  9. Timing and the exam routine
  10. A drill to train your eye