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The key answer of exercise 4

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 1.1 - Do you live in the past, present or future? for the textbook Navigate Pre-Intermediate B1 - Coursebook with authors Caroline Krantz and Julie Norton from Oxford University Press

Question

The article and questionnaire are from a psychology magazine website. Read the article and find one positive and one negative thing about each type of person - past, present and future.

Answer

  • Past: Positive – enjoy remembering the past, spend time with family; negative – worry about making changes and trying new things
  • Present: Positive – do fun things; negative – don’t have a healthy lifestyle
  • Future: Positive – eat well, exercise regularly, don’t mind waiting for the good things in life, successful in work and study; negative – don’t enjoy free time

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