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SECTION 13 · Match sentence parts

Matching

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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 2
MATCHING

Match each sentence beginning with its ending.

BEGINNINGS

A Thomas Edison made many useful inventions,

B While working on improvements to the telegraph and the telephone,

C “Mary had a little lamb” were the first words that Edison recorded

D Many of the uses Edison suggested for the phonograph have become a reality,

ENDINGS

1. but his favorite was the phonograph.

2. but there were others he hadn’t imagined.

3. and he was amazed to hear the machine play them back.

4. he figured out a way to record sound.

5. a machine with two needles: one for recording and one for playback.

6. this is one of the uses that became a reality.