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The key answer of exercise 6

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 6.4 - Speaking and writing for the textbook Navigate Elementary A2 - Coursebook with authors Jake Hughes and Katie Wood from Oxford University Press

Question

Work with a partner. Take turns to tell each other some news and respond to it. Student A, turn to page 129. Student B, turn to page 134

Answer

Student A:

  1. We moved house three times last year. ; That’s terrible!/Poor you!/What a nightmare!/Oh no!/ That’s awful! It is really stressful, isn’t it?
  2. Someone shouted at me in the street yesterday. ; That’s terrible!/Poor you!/What a nightmare!/Oh no!/ That’s awful! What did you do?
  3. I’ve got a new job! ; Really?/That’s brilliant/great! Congratulations!
  4. I walked ten miles on Sunday. ; Really?/That’s brilliant/great! You are really fit!
  5. I’ve got too much work at the moment. ; That’s terrible!/Poor you!/What a nightmare!/Oh no!/ That’s awful! Try to get an early night.

Student B:

  1. I booked a holiday to Australia. ; Really?/That’s brilliant/great! When do you go?
  2. I couldn’t sleep last night. ; That’s terrible!/Poor you!/What a nightmare!/Oh no!/ That’s awful! Did you sleep at all?
  3. I was on TV when I was a child. ; Really?/That’s interesting! What were you in?
  4. I’ve got a cold. ; That’s terrible!/Poor you!/What a nightmare!/Oh no!/ That’s awful! Take an aspirin.
  5. I watched a great film on TV last night. ; Really? What was it called?

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