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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 37
MATCHING

Match each sentence beginning with its ending.

BEGINNINGS

A The once traditional British family has undergone

B By the year 2020, it is estimated that there will be

C Today, people’s views on marriage are changing

D Today women prefer to concentrate on their jobs

ENDINGS

1. and many couples live together without getting married.

2. this would have been socially unacceptable in Britain.

3. and put off having a baby until their late thirties.

4. great changes during the last decades.

5. divorce was very difficult and expensive

6. more single people than married ones.