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The key answer of exercise 4

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 3A - Britain: the good and the bad for the textbook English File Elementary - Student's Book with authors Christina Latham-Koenig, Clive Oxenden and Jerry Lambert from Oxford University Press

Question

  1. Read the article on the right. Write ✓ is the person is positive about the UK, ✗ if he or she is negative, and ✓✗ if he or she is positive and negative. Give reasons for your answers.
  2. Read the article again. Complete the sentences with a name.
  3. Look at two words from the article. Match them to their meanings. What do you think everywhere means?

Answer

a)

  • Erdal ✗ British people don’t work like that. They only want to finish work and go home.
  • Khalal ✗ I don’t like the weather. And I don’t like the food.
  • Camille ✓ The British are friendly.
  • Shurooq ✓ In the UK women have a lot of freedom. I like the weather here. I love days when it rains, or it’s cold. The people are also nice and friendly.
  • Michelle ✓ My favourite thing about Britain is the Scotch eggs. Everybody says that British food is awful, but I love it ... The shops are great too ...
  • Lian Tang ✓ Because I like the culture, the art, the history. I also love the beautiful scenery ... ✗ I don’t like...the weather and the food.

b)

  1. Shurooq
  2. Khalal; Lian Tang
  3. Michelle
  4. Khalal; Lian Tang
  5. Camille; Shurooq
  6. Shurooq
  7. Erdal

c)

  1. everything
  2. everybody

everywhere means ‘all places’