"Number one matches h" or "Number one matches to h"?

[Mori]

I give my students a matching exercise and after a few minutes ask a volunteer to answer. For example:



I wonder how the student should answer, "Number one matches h" or "Number one matches to h". I'm not sure, but I guess the second one is correct.

 

[Tarheel]

1. h
2. b
3. d
4. g
5. a
6. f
7. c
8. e

Like that!

A mistake can cause a mishap, but that doesn't mean it is one.

 

[Mori]

1. h
2. b
3. d
4. g
5. a
6. f
7. c
8. e

Like that!

A mistake can cause a mishap, but that doesn't mean it is one.

Thanks for the answer, but my question is how we should use the word "match" in that context.

 

[emsr2d2]

We wouldn't naturally use the word "match" in the response. Just because it's used in the instruction, that doesn't mean it has to be used in responses.
I'd expect either what Tarheel said, or "One - coincidence means h - a situation when two similar things happen at the same time for no reason".

If I said to you "Add two and three", your answer wouldn't include the word "add". It would just be "Five".

 

[Tarheel]

It was fun, but that's not mobile friendly.

 

[jutfrank]

Match the words in column A with the definitions in column B.

Number one matches with A.

 

[Mori]

Number one matches with A.

How about "to"? Isn't it used in the same sense?

 

[jutfrank]

How about "to"? Isn't it used in the same sense?

Yes, to also works well in this context. But remember that different prepositions give different meanings.

With 'to' you get a sense of correspondence rather a sense of pairing as you get with 'with'. In this particular context, both prepositions amount to the same meaning. That is, the instruction is the same in both cases.