IELTS Reading Module 3 | Smart Students Hub

Strategy Lesson

What to do

Read the paragraph for its central purpose.
Ignore examples until you understand the main point.
Compare headings by meaning, not vocabulary overlap.
Eliminate headings that are too narrow.

Practice Passage

Urban gardens can improve neighbourhoods in several ways. They provide fresh produce, create social spaces and can even reduce summer temperatures locally. Their value therefore extends beyond food production.

Guided Practice

1. Best heading for the paragraph:

How to sell vegetablesBenefits beyond food productionWhy cities are becoming warmer

2. The paragraph mainly presents:

one farming techniqueseveral wider benefits of urban gardensa history of city planning

Mastery Check

1. A heading should usually represent:

one examplethe paragraph's central ideathe longest sentence

2. Repeated vocabulary alone is:

always decisivenot enough to prove a heading matchesthe only useful clue

3. A heading that covers only one example is often:

too narrowalways correctmore academic