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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 24
MATCHING

Match each sentence beginning with its ending.

BEGINNINGS

A For centuries, it was believed that the Earth was the center of universe

B Copernicus suggested that the sun was the center of the universe,

C Through his use of telescope, Galileo realized

D Today, we know that the Earth is one of the nine planets

ENDINGS

1. and have made tremendous advances in our knowledge of the universe.

2. that orbit the sun.

3. and that every object in the sky revolved around it.

4. over two hundred billion stars like our sun.

5. but few people believed him.

6. that the Earth was one of several planets that revolved around the sun.