Cover of the textbook Performer B2 - Workbook

The key answer of exercise 8

The key to exercise solutions in chapter Unit 8 - Be a sport for the textbook Performer B2 - Workbook with authors Marina Spiazzi, Marina Tavella, Margaret Layton from Zanichelli

Question

Say if the sentences are formal or informal. Then transform the formal sentences into informal ones and vice versa.

Answer

  1. formal → He is the physiotherapist I was referring to. / He is the physiotherapist who I was referring to.
  2. informal → The city centre was quite far from the Olympic village in which the athletes were staying.
  3. informal → Valentino Rossi is the great motorcycle racer about whom I was talking.
  4. formal → The pitch we are standing on is a world famous one. / The pitch which we are standing on is a world famous one.
  5. formal → Is this the field where you trained? / Is this the field you trained on?