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

The key answer of exercise Practice 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 11 - 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 five people. Which sentences below are they completing? What ideas and wishes do they express?

Answer

  • Speaker 1: Sentence 10 - He would like to be able to speak Chinese, which is an important language, but it is so difficult he thinks his best chance of learning it is by magic.
  • Speaker 2: Sentence 3 - She would like to have naturally black hair instead of mousy brown.
  • Speaker 3: Sentence 8 - He would never emigrate and live abroad. He likes going to other countries on holiday, but would always want to come back to his home and family.
  • Speaker 4: Sentence 6 - She wishes she was better with technology. instead of always having to ask her daughter or her husband for help.
  • Speaker 5: Sentence 1 - She would choose to be a cat, because they are independent creatures, who come and go as they like, but get totally looked after and sleep all day.