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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 36
MATCHING

Match each sentence beginning with its ending.

BEGINNINGS

A In 1851 the first World fair opened in London

B The International Exhibition was such a great success

C At such exhibitions visitors from around the world can learn

D The aim of the fair is to celebrate the successes of individual countries

ENDINGS

1. and visitors came from all over the world to see it.

2. in science, sport and art.

3. that since then many countries have had similar fairs.

4. an opportunity to display national customs and traditional dress.

5. to see the latest designs, inventions and architecture.

6. about life in different countries.