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

The key answer of exercise 1

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 03 - Language focus 1 for the textbook Cutting Edge Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Sarah Cunningham, Peter Moor and Jonathan Bygrave from Pearson Education

Question

Listen to Claire, Luke and Rachel talking about mishaps. Answer the questions.

Answer

1

  • Clare: While out on a date, she put sugar on her burger. She was too embarrassed to say anything and ate it all, pretending to enjoy it.
  • Luke: While he was standing in as a waiter at a smart dinner event, he tripped and fell and dropped mashed potato on the shoulder of one of the women at the table.
  • Rachel: Her great aunt and uncle were travelling on the train from Wales to London. When the train stopped at a station, her great aunt got off the train to buy cups of tea from the buffet, came back out through the wrong door onto the opposite platform and boarded a train back to Wales.

2

  • Clare: sugar, a first date
  • Luke: a formal dinner, a spoonful of mashed potato, people wearing evening dress
  • Rachel: a station buffet, a great aunt and uncle, a remote part of Wales