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The key answer of exercise 6

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Question

  1. Read the article on page 70 again. What purpose do the underline sentence adverbials serve?
  2. Choose the correct options in rules A and B in the Active grammar box.
  3. Complete the table in the Active grammar box with the underlined sentence adverbials from the article.

Answer

a) Sentence adverbials can be used to make a comment (often an opinion) about the subject.

b)

  1. beginning
  2. comma

c)

  • Unexpected points → surprisingly enough; believe it or not
  • Generalisations → by and large; broadly speaking
  • How something appears → seemingly; apparently
  • Contrast → however; on the other hand
  • Reflection on the past → looking back; with hindsight
  • Partial agreement → to a certain extent; up to a point