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The key answer of exercise 12

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 03 - Across the globe for the textbook Cutting Edge Intermediate - Workbook with authors Jane Comyns, Frances Eales and Damian Williams from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Read the postcard from New York and add the words in the box in the correct place. What types of words are usually left out?
  2. Read the postcard from Pisa and and circle the words which can be left out.

Answer

a)

We usually leave out:

  • pronouns (we, you, etc.)
  • definite articles (the)
  • the verb to be

We sometimes leave out possessive adjectives (my, your, etc.)

b)