Cover of the textbook New Total English Advanced - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 7

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 7.2 - Going to extremes for the textbook New Total English Advanced - Students' Book with authors JJ Wilson with Antonia Clare from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Look at audioscripts 2.9 and 2.10 on page 173. What things / people do the words from the box describe?
  2. Work in pairs. Try to define the words from exercise 7a. Check with your teacher or a dictionary.

Answer

a)

  • zig-zag → describes how the flies in the office fly
  • crumble → describes ruined buildings made of salt blocks
  • warped → the air
  • vibrant → colours of the salt statues
  • hunched → volcano

b)

  • zig-zag → with abrupt alternate right and left turns
  • crumble → break and fall into small pieces
  • warped → bent or twisted and changed from its usual shape
  • vibrant → full of life
  • hunched → bent and arched