Scribd
Upload
477 views

IELTS Reading - Matching Headings - Assessment

This document provides a reading passage and questions about Yoruba towns in Nigeria. The passage describes the different types of Yoruba settlements, including permanent towns ("ilu") and temporary work settlements ("aba"). It also outlines some common features of Yoruba towns, such as fortified walls, central markets near rulers' palaces, divided residential sections, and rectangular mud homes. The questions that follow require matching paragraphs of the passage to headings that describe their topics, such as town facilities, urban divisions, and domestic arrangements.

Uploaded by

Jenn Romero
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
477 views

IELTS Reading - Matching Headings - Assessment

This document provides a reading passage and questions about Yoruba towns in Nigeria. The passage describes the different types of Yoruba settlements, including permanent towns ("ilu") and temporary work settlements ("aba"). It also outlines some common features of Yoruba towns, such as fortified walls, central markets near rulers' palaces, divided residential sections, and rectangular mud homes. The questions that follow require matching paragraphs of the passage to headings that describe their topics, such as town facilities, urban divisions, and domestic arrangements.

Uploaded by

Jenn Romero
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 2

ANGLO AMERICAN SCHOOL

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
TENTH GRADE
IELTS READING II TERM

Name:_________________________________________________________________Date:__________________________10th_____
Achievement: To apply specific strategies to solve an IELTS reading section while demonstrating comprehension of
the text.

Questions 1-6 : The reading passage has six paragraphs, A-G.


Choose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of headings below. Write the correct number, i-x, as
your answer to each question.

List of Paragraph Headings

i. Town facilities vi. Historical foundations

ii. Colonization vii. Domestic arrangements

iii. Urban divisions viii. City defenses

iv. Architectural home styles ix. The residences of the rulers

v. Types of settlements x. Government buildings

Example: Paragraph A Answer: v

Yoruba Town
A. The Yoruba people of Nigeria classify their towns in two ways. Permanent towns with their own governments are
called “ilu”, whereas temporary settlements, set up to support work in the country are “aba”. Although ilu tend to be
larger than aba, the distinction is not one of size, some aba are large, while declining ilu can be small, but of purpose.
There is no “typical” Yoruba town, but some features are common to most towns.

B. In the 19th century most towns were heavily fortified and the foundations of these walls are sometimes visible.
Collecting tolls to enter and exit through the walls was a major source of revenue for the old town rulers, as were
market fees. The markets were generally located centrally and in small towns, while in large towns there were
permanent stands made of corrugated iron or concrete. The market was usually next to the local ruler’s palace.

C. The palaces were often very large. In the 1930’s, the area of Oyo’s palace covered 17 acres, and consisted of a
series of courtyards surrounded by private and public rooms. After colonization, many of the palaces were
completely or partially demolished. Often the rulers built two storey houses for themselves using some of the palace
grounds for government buildings.

D. The town is divided into different sections. In some towns these are regular, extending out from the center of the
town like spokes on a wheel, while in others, where space is limited, they are more random. The different areas are
further divided into compounds called “ile”. These vary in size considerably from single dwellings to up to thirty houses.
They tend to be larger in the North. Large areas are devoted to government administrative buildings. Newer
developments such as industrial or commercial areas or apartment housing for civil servants tends to be build on the
edge of the town.

E. Houses are rectangular and either have a courtyard in the center or the rooms come off a central corridor. Most
social life occurs in the courtyard. They are usually built of hardened mud and have roofs of corrugated iron or, in the
countryside, thatch. Buildings of this material are easy to alter, either by knocking down rooms or adding new ones.
And can be improved by coating the walls with cement. Richer people often build their houses of concrete blocks
and, if they can afford to, build two storey houses. Within compounds there can be quite a mixture of building types.
Younger well-educated people may have well -furnished houses while their older relatives live in mud walled buildings
and sleep on mats on the floor.

F. The builder or the most senior man gets a room either near the entrance or, in a two storied house, next to the
balcony. He usually has more than one room. Junior men get a room each and there are separate rooms for teenage
boys and girls to sleep in. Younger children sleep with their mothers. Any empty room are used as storage, let out or,
if they face the street, used as shops.

G. Amenities vary. In some towns most of the population uses communal water taps and only the rich have piped
water, in others piped water is more normal. Some areas have toilets, but bucket toilets are common with waste
being collected by a “night soil man”. Access to water and electricity are key political issues.

PARAGRAPHS ANSWER
PARAGRAPH B
PARAGRAPH C
PARAGRAPH D
PARAGRAPH E
PARAGRAPH F
PARAGRAPH G

DESIGNED BY REVISED BY APPROVED BY

Jenny Romero Alejandra Leguizamon


ANGLO AMERICAN SCHOOL
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
TENTH GRADE
IELTS READING II TERM

DESIGNED BY REVISED BY APPROVED BY

Jenny Romero Alejandra Leguizamon

You might also like