Matching Headings

IELTS academic reading matching headings is a question type that comes with a passage and a list of
headings. You must read the paragraphs and choose the correct heading for each paragraph.

Solving the matching headings question type is easy if you can understand the main idea, supporting
ideas and how they vary from each other.

Tips for answering matching heading questions

 Read each heading carefully

Exercise 1 for matching headings

Dance Forms

A. The word dance comes from the old German word “danson”, which means “to stretch”. All dance
forms are built upon stretching and relaxing. Dance makes the whole body vibrant. Dance is broken
down into five elements: Body, Action, Space, Time and Energy. These five elements work together in
dance to bring life to the dance. Dance not only changes the dancer’s mood, also viewer psychology
will as a result of connecting with a dancer, with its being. Even, there are different sorts of dance
forms such as jazz, folk dance, ballet, Irish dance etc., related to different forms of mood and life.

B. Dance can be even therapeutic, if we dance without caring about the way we dance, it releases the
stress and anxiety embedded in the unconscious mind. We can also consciously construct the dance
movements to tap the specific mood in the viewers. Indian classical dance is such. It is stated that
there are two basic aspects of Indian classical dance - Tandava and Lasya. Tandava denotes
movements and rhythm and Lasya denotes grace and bhava. It is further broken down into three
components which are Natya, Nritta and Nritya. One of the great books about Indian dance is Natya
Shastra written by Bharat Muni.

C. There are instances, where dance forms of minorities became popular in the world. For example,
Jazz. Jazz has its roots in Africa. America bought several african as a slave. Those African slaves are
performed their traditional dances such as Cakewalk during plantation. This progressively moved in the
 position of Jazz. Jazz dance became a popular feature in ballroom in the 1940s and 1950s. Jack Cole
and Gus Giordano are some of the popular jazz dancers.

D. One can even use the dance as a resistance against domination. Dance symbolizing the resistance as
such it connects the other people. Michael Jackson is one who uses his art for rebellion and protest. He
is a big proponent of freedom. He claimed that one of his popular songs, “They Don’t Care About Us”,
is a call for protest against oppressive forces. He even introduced and popularized some of the famous
dance movements such as “Moonwalk”.

Questions 1 - 4
The reading passage has four paragraphs, A-D.

Choose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of headings below.

Write the correct number, i-vii, as your answer to each question.

List of Headings

 i Indian Classical Dance

1. Paragraph A
2. Paragraph B
3. Paragraph C
4. Paragraph D
Exercise 2 for matching headings

Soccer Violence
1. Fiorentina's exclusion from the UEFA Cup after a match official was injured by a firecracker
thrown during their second-round match with Grasshopper Zurich in Salerno brought hooliganism
back in the media.

2. The Florence club are appealing against the decision, arguing that the object was thrown by
rival Salernitana fans and the ban would set a dangerous precedent. But UEFA will have borne in
mind that Fiorentina were playing so far away from home only because they had been banned
from their own ground for crowd trouble in Europe last season.

3. Whether Fiorentina have been hard done by or not, fan violence is a major problem in the
Italian game. Fighting before Sunday's 1-1 draw between Bologna and Roma left eight people in
hospital, two with stab wounds. After the game a Roma supporters' bus was stoned and set on
fire.

4. But Italy is not the only country suffering from what used to be called "the English disease". At
the weekend police in Bucharest fired tear-gas and made 20 arrests after a pitch invasion at the
Steaua-Dinamo derby, reflecting a marked growth in hooliganism in Romania. The Greek first
division match between PAOK Thessaloniki and Olympiakos Piraeus last week was abandoned
after one of the linesmen was left concussed by home fans furious at a disallowed goal, a decision
which brought 10,000 people on to the streets of Salonika in protest. In neighbouring Albania,
Skenderbeu Korce were fined and docked three points last month after a brawl involving players,
fans and the referee.

5. Hooliganism is taking its toll on the South American game too. An Argentinian judge suspended
all second division matches this month in an effort to combat rising violence. The same judge
halted the first division for two weeks in May for the same reason.

6. Football violence has claimed 37 lives in Argentina in the Nineties and leading clubs routinely
have to dole out free tickets and cash to their gangsterish fans, known as barras bravas, whose
activities include extortion. This is leading to a frightening atmosphere. A recent survey in Brazil
found that 61 per cent of fans said they stayed away from matches because they were too scared
to attend..

7. FIFA is considering the postponement of the Confederations Cup, scheduled for January, which
may persuade the world champions France to take part, a FIFA spokesman said yesterday.
 List of Headings
i. A climate of fear

ii. Fan violence returns

iii. FIFA's response

iv. Cancelling the cup

v. Legal action is taken

vi. Not just the fans

vii. Violence at the core of Italian football

viii. Not to blame

ix. Violence in the news again

x. A widespread problem

Match the heading with the paragraph

Paragraph 1

Paragraph 2

Paragraph 3

Paragraph 4

Paragraph 5

Paragraph 6

Paragraph 7