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The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 07 - Preparation for the textbook Cutting Edge Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Sarah Cunningham, Peter Moor and Jonathan Bygrave from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Listen to four people talking about something they've seen.Which questions does each speaker answer and what do they say?
  2. Listen again and tick the phases you hear in the Useful language box.

Answer

a)

Speaker 1

  1. the film Lord of the Rings
  2. doesn't say
  3. She loved it.
  4. She liked the cinematography, the performances and casting, and the fact that it was filmed in New Zealand.

Speaker 2

  1. the TV show (drama) Modern Family
  2. All we know is that it's a show he's watching at the moment.
  3. He really likes it.
  4. He thinks the show is funny and likes the fad that the characters say and do things you would like to do but can't in real life.

Speaker 3

  1. the TV show The X Factor
  2. She saw it last Saturday night.
  3. She disliked it.
  4. She didn't like the fact that people were being judged on their appearance and image rather than for their singing.

Speaker 4

  1. the ballet Alice in Wonderland
  2. She saw it at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, on her friend's birthday.
  3. She adored it.
  4. She liked the set/the design of the stage, the Queen of Hearts character and the fact that it was a comedy as well as a ballet.

b)

Speaker 1

  • It's based on ...
  • The performances were (great / terrible).
  • I loved the fact that ...
  • I've never seen a better (movie).

Speaker 2

  • A (TV show) that I really like at the moment is ...
  • It's about ...

Speaker 4

  • I want to tell you about (the first time I went to a ballet).
  • It's based on ...
  • I thought it was (really amazing / disappointing).
  • I'd recommend it to anybody!

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