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SECTION 13 · Match sentence parts

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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 31
MATCHING

Match each sentence beginning with its ending.

BEGINNINGS

A Dora wants to lose weight

B I am saving some money

C Bob was in such a hurry

D Sue left for Berlin

ENDINGS

1. buying expensive kitchen appliances.

2. and he caught the 5 o’clock train to Birmingham.

3. that he left the documents at home.

4. where she was employed by a computer company.

5. because I want to travel around the world.

6. so she is going to cut down on bread.