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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

Read each beginning and predict how it could continue.
Look at the last word of the beginning: a comma, but, because, a preposition — each needs a certain kind of ending.
Check grammar across the join: tense, subject, pronouns.
Check the meaning of the full sentence.
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 19

MATCHING

Match each sentence beginning with its ending.

BEGINNINGS

A Some people like classical music,

B One of the countries I would like to visit is Spain,

C The stone houses on

D Only two students failed the exam;

ENDINGS

1. other parts of the city are quite rare.

2. another is Mexico.

3. others prefer rock music.

4. for many others the style didn’t matter at all.

5. the others did quite well in it.

6. the other side of the river looked very old.

A · Some people like classical music,B · One of the countries I would like to visit is Spain,C · The stone houses onD · Only two students failed the exam;