TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you're given a pair of sentences, sentence 1 and sentence 2. Your job is to write a single word that describes the genre that the two sentences belong to, such as face-to-face, government, letters, 9/11, slate, telephone, travel, verbatim, oup, fiction.
PROBLEM: Sentence 1: The taking of the first-class ticket to Bournemouth had left him with only a few shillings in his pocket. Sentence 2: A few shillings were all the man needed to transfer the ticket to a different day.

SOLUTION: fiction

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: Many of these goals have been met and others continue as work in progress. Sentence 2: Ten of the fifteen goals have been completed thus far.

SOLUTION: government

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: Do you remember, mademoiselle, that I once asked you to help me? Sentence 2: I asked you to take me to the ball, but you refused me.

SOLUTION:
fiction