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

The key answer of exercise 4

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 01 - Speaking for the textbook Cutting Edge Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Sarah Cunningham, Peter Moor and Jonathan Bygrave from Pearson Education

Question

Are any of the phrases in the box in exercise 3 inappropriate for any of the situations? Give one or two examples, and explain why.

Answer

  • 1 It would be rude to say How annoying! to a visitor who had spilled his or her drink.
  • 6 It would be unfeeling to say Don’t worry, it doesn’t matter. to a friend who is worried because his or her mother is going into hospital.