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The key answer of exercise 4

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 11A - A new life in the USA for the textbook English File Beginner - Student's Book with authors Christina Latham-Koenig, Clive Oxenden and Jerry Lambert from Oxford University Press

Question

  1. Read and listen to part of Dominic's blog about their life in the USA. What did they like about the USA? What was a problem for them?
  2. Listen to the rest of the blog. Complete the title in a with the UK or the USA.
  3. Listen again and correct the information.

Answer

a)

  •  They liked their house and Sacha liked his school.
  • They missed their friends and family; they didn’t like the food; they needed to rent a car.

b)

the USA

c)

  1. Miriam was very happy at work.
  2. Dominic worked from home.
  3. Life in the USA was (quite) cheap.
  4. The children learned to swim.
  5. The people in Durham were very friendly.
  6. The National Parks were very different.
  7. At the blueberry farm they listened to country music.
  8. They stayed in Durham for one year.
  9. They returned to England because Miriam’s job finished.