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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 9
MATCHING

Match each sentence beginning with its ending.

BEGINNINGS

A Jerry’s father had spent most

B The burglars had managed to get

C We decided to install

D Simon was not guilty

ENDINGS

1. into the house through the back door.

2. a burglar alarm in the house after the robbery took place.

3. of the crime committed years ago.

4. because of lack of evidence.

5. of his fortune on travelling around the world.

6. to reach a verdict.