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The key answer of exercise 6

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 8 - Relative clauses and participles for the textbook New Headway Advanced - Workbook with authors Liz Soars, John Soars and Paul Hancock from Oxford University Press

Question

He / she, him / her are pronouns which signal gender. Read the article about attempts to 'neutralize' them and complete it with the phrases in the boxes.

Answer

  1. currently working
  2. that surprised her
  3. While dropping off
  4. being asked
  5. to be addressed
  6. totally unfazed
  7. before pinning on
  8. labelled
  9. where other options
  10. the extend to which
  11. when describing
  12. having been replaced
  13. well-respected
  14. which of these new pronouns
  15. a passing fad