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Exercise 56Book 2 · Section 13 · 56 / 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 56
MATCHING

Match each sentence beginning with its ending.

BEGINNINGS

A Amanda isn’t going to the seaside this summer; she has

B Sue doesn’t get on

C George never does any exercise; he doesn’t have

D If you want to get to the ancient castle, you can

ENDINGS

1. neither with her parents nor neighbours.

2. neither time nor money.

3. either the health or the energy to do it.

4. either walk or take the bus there.

5. neither by bus nor by car.

6. either with her boss or her colleagues.