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: I was about to say that studies showed no connection. Sentence 2: I was about to speak.

SOLUTION: slate

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: When you work with people who are as dedicated as my colleagues, it's contagious. Sentence 2: It's contagious when you work with people, who are as dedicated as my colleagues.

SOLUTION: government

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: The walls are covered with porcelain figures telling exotic a Japanese samurai, Chinese mandarins, monkeys, and birds. Sentence 2: The figures were all imported from China in the 17th century.

SOLUTION:
travel