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Unit 03
Reading: Matching Headings & Information
headings, matching information and sentence completion
Matching Headings: The Method
- A heading describes the main idea of the whole paragraph, not a detail in one sentence.
- Read the first two sentences and the last sentence of the paragraph — the main idea is usually there.
- Summarise the paragraph in a few words of your own, then look for the heading with the same meaning.
- Beware of headings that repeat a word from the paragraph: they are often traps.
- There are always more headings than paragraphs; cross out each heading after you use it.
Matching Information and Sentence Completion
- Matching information asks which paragraph contains a specific detail (an example, a reason, a date). The answers do not follow the order of the text, and a paragraph may be used more than once.
- Sentence completion has a word limit such as NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS. Copy the words exactly from the text; writing three words is wrong even if the meaning is correct.