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SECTION 13 · Match sentence parts

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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 58
MATCHING

Match each sentence beginning with its ending.

BEGINNINGS

A For many people, playing card games

B Even if you don’t win, you can take comfort in sayings,

C Some people find card games fascinating,

D For some people card games have

ENDINGS

1. are quite common on certain occasions.

2. become an addiction that they cannot control.

3. is one of the most enjoyable ways of spending their leisure time.

4. such as “unlucky at cards, lucky in love”.

5. but they enjoy it a great deal.

6. while others find them incredibly boring.