Choosing a title for IELTS reading. This is another question type that appears in the IELTS Reading test which many people overlook because it isn’t a common one. However, it does appear and each answer you get write is a valuable point so it is worth preparing and training for this type of question.
Choosing a Title Tips
- This is about choosing a title, not matching information
- This reading exercise has only one question – to choose a title. However, normally this question would be given as the final question of the reading passage. This means you would already have answers over 10 questions on the passage before you come to this one.
- The best title is the one that matching the whole aim of the passage.
IELTS Reading Choosing a Title Practice Lesson
Reading Passage:
Coffee is one of the most popular hot drinks in the world. Almost a third of the world’s population drinks coffee. People often meet at cafes or coffee shops for a coffee break during the middle of the morning or stop work in the afternoon to drink coffee.
About 7 million tons of coffee is produced every year. Brazil is, by far, the world’s largest coffee producer. About a third of the world’s production comes from this South American country. Other coffee producing countries include Vietnam, Indonesia and Colombia.
The United States is the biggest coffee consumer in the world. About 1.2 billion kilograms of coffee are consumed there every year. Drinking coffee is extremely popular in European countries, like Italy, France and Germany, as well as in Brazil.
Question: Which is the best title for the passage above?
Choose the correct letter A – C
A. Coffee – a popular hot drink
B. Coffee – the main consumers
C. Coffee – the main producers
ANSWER
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ANSWERThe correct answer is A
Explanation:
The opening paragraph and closing line both stress the same point which is about the popularity of coffee. While the first line alone or the last line alone might not themselves indicate aim, to have them both stressing the same point with so much detail in the first paragraph is something you can’t ignore.
There are no fixed rules about choosing a title. But you must remember that information for all options will be given in the passage. So, your aim is not to match information, but to decide what the whole aim of the passage is. You need to ask yourself – Why did this author write the passage? What was the aim of writing the passage? What was the key message that the author wanted to deliver?
So in this lesson, information about the producers and consumers was just extra information given in the passage for interest. But the main aim was to explain the popularity.
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Hi Liz,
Do you recommend us to the read the entire passage or just the first and last line, for this type of question?
Thanks
These types of questions (choosing a title) are always given as the last question for that passage. This means you will already have answered between 13 or 14 questions about the passage already. You will already have a lot of understanding of the passage.
This question asks what is the best title for the whole passage. Look at only two sentences out of an entire passage doesn’t tell you anything about the aims including paragraphs. So, it does require you to understand what the whole passage is aiming at. But obviously as you already have knowledge of the passage from previous questions, it will be easier to answer. You won’t have time to re-read the entire passage just to win one point (each correct answer is worth only one point). So, if you need to skim read it again, that’s fine. But skim read only – not in-depth, detailed reading. No more than 1 min. But hopefully, you’ll know the correct answer from your understanding of the passage at that point.
I got it A is the correct answer. Thank you Mummy.
Thank you so much liz, because of your videoes and practice tests i was able to score 8.5 in listening , 7.5 in reading and a 7 in writing with a total band of 7.5. Thank you so much for making such amazing content for us, sending you love 🙂
That’s really great to hear!! Very well done 🙂
Answer is A
Hi Liz,
I think you should start putting in full- fledged papers with answers so people can start practicing on timely basis
You should be using authentic test materials if you wish to practice full tests. You can purchase the IELTS Cambridge test books which are real tests published by IELTS. MY lessons are for building awareness, developing skills and gaining confidence.
U r so good….m speechless abt ur way of gloing us…..bcoz of u even in lcdwn worst situarion v r able to do prep for ielts….thnx alot dear liz…
Alizabeith
Hope you are keeping safe and staying positive 🙂
Hi Liz,
I was doing reading Listening task practice from one of the Cambridge books and the answer for 1 particular question was cafe.
Is it correct if I write cafe or should it be café?
The answer at the end of the book was, café. I am a bit confused.
My exam is on this Saturday, please reply as early as possible.
Thanks
It would probably be fine without the accent above the “e”. But you should learn to transfer answers from the passage to your answer sheet exactly as they are written.
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Useful tips. Thanks
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The best answer that comes to mind is A.
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I think the answer is A because of the first and second and last statement is talking about the popular drink
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My answer is – A
Because the passage has begun with the title saying coffee is a hot drink. So in my opinion answer is A because thesis statement always with the title of the passage.
Dear Liz,
Please correct me if i am wrong. awaiting to your reply.
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Definitely OPTION A is correct
I think the best title for this passage is A. I hope my choose is correct.
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Here the passage is about A popularity of a dri nk ,so option would be A
I think the answer is A.
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Option A , trying to stick to basics as mentioned by mom 😃, focussing on opening sentence of passage and concluding line of passage.
A is the most suitable title.
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It’s c,
Since it the keyword from passages is produce
The Answer is B
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My answer is A
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A is the answer for the title of the statement.
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B is the answer for this passage i think
I’m gonna go with A , too
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Thanks Liz for your kindness, you are not only a teacher but a really mother.
May God bless you.
Thanks 🙂 In that case I have a lot of children hehe 🙂
I’ll post the answer tomorrow.
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My answer to this question is option A.
Looking forward to your answer with explanation.
Thank you.
A from the tips given ‘ always look at the introduction and the concluding part to see if there’s always a similarity’. So I go for the option A
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Because the second, second to the last and the last sentence talks more about consumption.
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Please when you reply tomorrow please explain
Thanks
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A is the answer.
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The option A is the answer as complete passage focuses (conveys a central idea) on “Coffee” by mentioning it’s popularity, consumers, and producers
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C is the answer, according to me.The emphasis of the article is about Coffee DRINKING,and not about producing.So B can not be the answer.Also the words “HOT DRINKS”usually used for Liquor.So C is the logical right answer.
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The correct ans is A, because the first sentence of the passage tells about the popularity of coffee. As well as the last sentence tell about the popularity of the coffee.
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A – A popular hot drink. This title addresses both the main consumer and the main producer
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Hi Liz,
Thank you for your website and ofcourse the advance lessons.
I get the score that I have needed for uni.
GBD.
BINI.
Great news – well done 🙂 I’m really pleased my Advanced Lessons were helpful 🙂
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A. I just think I read this passage before making it familiar.
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A: The passage begins with the popularity of coffee, it then goes on to talk about its consumption locations/venues, where it’s produced ( Brazil, Venezuela etc) and finally its largest consumers.
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The right answers is the “A”
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in my opinion it is A.
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Reading is the main concern. Am facing problem in headings match.
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The answer is A- coffee is a popular hot drink
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Such a simplified approach, you really a life saver for ielts aspirants
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I will choose option A
Thank you for all your help you’re a perfect teacher
Could you plz unswer the question with explanation
Thank you and have a nice day
Sure. I’ll post the answer tomorrow 🙂
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