e· ExamHubENGLISH WORKBOOK TRAINER
All books› Book 3› Section 13
SECTION 13 · Match sentence parts

Matching

Choose a separate exercise.

60 exercises
Exercise 27Book 3 · Section 13 · 27 / 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 27
MATCHING

Match each sentence beginning with its ending.

BEGINNINGS

A After World War II, Britain was a country with lots of children,

B When they were offered the chance to come to Britain and work,

C While a few came from Africa,

D In many cases, black workers took the jobs that

ENDINGS

1. there were millions of young men, just looking for work.

2. but not enough men to work in the mines, and factories.

3. thousands agreed to come.

4. the largest number of immigrants came from the West Indies.

5. white workers did not want – jobs that were not too well paid.

6. so there was money, and there were schools for the children.