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The key answer of exercise 9

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 1.4 - Speaking and writing for the textbook Navigate Pre-Intermediate B1 - Coursebook with authors Caroline Krantz and Julie Norton from Oxford University Press

Question

  1. Read the Language for writing box about linking ideas.
  2. Rewrite the sentences below. Make each neutral (= not formal or informal) pair of sentences into one sentence, using and, but or so. For each informal pair, begin the second sentence with And, But or So.

Answer

a) -

b)

  1. It rains every day but it’s not heavy rain.
  2. The restaurants are great and they’re not too expensive.
  3. It’s a very interesting street. But it can be a bit dangerous at night.
  4. The temperature reaches 40°C so people go to the mountains where it’s cooler.
  5. All the children are on holiday at this time of year. So the beaches get crowded.
  6. There’s an excellent museum and it’s free to enter.

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