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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 78
MATCHING

Match each sentence beginning with its ending.

BEGINNINGS

A H. Quimby was the first woman

B When he left home, he told his wife that he was

C Guess where I am writing from–

D In 1960, F. Chichester won the first transatlantic race

ENDINGS

1. on the plane this time tomorrow.

2. by sailing from Plymouth to New York City in 40 days.

3. an Internet cafe in Barcelona.

4. win an award in a race in Alaska.

5. to get a pilot’s license in the USA.

6. going on a skiing holiday.