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Exercise 45Book 2 · Section 13 · 45 / 60
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 45
MATCHING

Match each sentence beginning with its ending.

BEGINNINGS

A A BBC series about cars organized a race across London,

B Four possible forms of transport were chosen:

C The road was confusing, and Jeremy realized

D When the traffic lights turned red he thought of driving through them,

ENDINGS

1. a bike, a car, a motorboat, and public transport.

2. but he was afraid of the traffic police.

3. check the camera in the back of the car.

4. an overground train which connects east and west London.

5. to find the quickest way to cross a busy city.

6. that he was going in the wrong direction.