Answer for exercise 5
The solution for exercise 5 in chapter 10 - Truth and lies of Cutting Edge Advanced - Workbook by Sarah Cunningham, Peter Moor and Damian Williams
Question
Cross out the unnecessary words in the conversation. The number of words to be crossed out is shown at the end of each line. Hyphenated or contracted forms count as two words. In some cases, you may need to add a word.
Answer
- A: Be careful! You nearly knocked over that poor cyclist.
- B:
I'msorry. It's not easy to look at the road and the map at the same time. - A: Well, I did offer to map-read, but you wouldn't let me
map read. - B: Because you always get us lost. Or you did
get us lostlast time, anyway. - A: No, I didn't
get us lost! You wouldn't listen to me! - B: Never mind. Are there any more sweets? Can I have one
a sweet? - A: No, you can't
have a sweet. You ate the last onesweetan hour ago. - B:
It's apity we didn't get some moresweetswhen we stopped for petrol. - A: Just a minute. Did that sign say Crawley ten miles?
- B: I think so
it saidCrawley ten miles. Why? - A: Because it means we're going in the wrong direction!