Cover of the textbook Cutting Edge Intermediate - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 2

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 08 - Vocabulary - Talking about norms and customs for the textbook Cutting Edge Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Sarah Cunningham, Peter Moor and Jonathan Bygrave from Pearson Education

Question

Write the phrases in bold from exercise 1 in the correct category below.

Answer

Phrases for making generalisations

  • It isn't usual to ...
  • tend to / don't tend to ...
  • It's perfectly normal to ...

Phrases for saying what is good manners / acceptable

  • It's good manners to ...
  • It's OK to ...
  • It's important to ...
  • It's perfectly normal to ...

Phrases for saying what is bad manners / unacceptable

  • It's considered rude to ...
  • It's unacceptable to ...