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Exercise 28Book 1 · Section 13 · 28 / 80
How to solve: MatchingMatch sentence beginnings with endings; one ending is extra.

What it tests

Sentence logic and grammar across the join: tense, subject–verb link, linking words and meaning.

In the exam: part XIII, 4 tasks.

Step by step

  1. Read each beginning and predict how it could continue.
  2. Look at the last word of the beginning: a comma, but, because, a preposition — each needs a certain kind of ending.
  3. Check grammar across the join: tense, subject, pronouns.
  4. Check the meaning of the full sentence.
  5. Leave the extra ending unused.

Watch out for

  • An ending that is grammatically possible but illogical.
  • Pronouns that don't match (he after a plural subject).
  • Endings that repeat the beginning's information.

Example

The writer Kazuo Ishiguro was born in Japan, … — 1) after they finish high school. 2) but his family emigrated to Britain when he was five.

2) — but contrasts Japan with Britain, and his refers to the writer.

Exercise 28
MATCHING

Match each sentence beginning with its ending.

BEGINNINGS

A After the interruption, the speaker went on talking

B Millions of people around the world continue to smoke

C In summer a lot of tourists usually walk round the town

D I didn’t realize what he was saying because

ENDINGS

1. without sightseeing and photographs.

2. looking at the sights and taking photographs.

3. in spite of the fact that it causes cancer.

4. as if nothing had happened.

5. so they don’t work here any more.

6. my mind was on something else.