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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 8
MATCHING

Match each sentence beginning with its ending.

BEGINNINGS

A The crew faced a horrifying reality – their plane might

B After three days in space the three Apollo astronauts

C The film describes a 21st century where nuclear war has

D In the film we see him as a hopeful nine-year-old boy,

ENDINGS

1. nearly reached the Moon.

2. showed its power on humanity.

3. never return to earth.

4. to live on other planets.

5. made the earth an unsafe place to live.

6. dreaming of a bright future.