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The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 1.1 - A lot in common? for the textbook New Total English Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Rachael Roberts, Antonia Clare and JJ Wilson from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Listen to five dialogues about the hobbies in the photos. Which questions from exercise 2a do the speakers answer?
  2. What were their answers? Write one key word for each speaker.
  3. Listen again and make notes about the different hobbies. Then work in pairs and compare your notes.

Answer

a)

  1. Question 3
  2. Question 9
  3. Question 6
  4. Question 8
  5. Question 4

b)

  1. juggling
  2. astronomy (daughter not speaker)
  3. snowkiting
  4. Chinese
  5. sudoku

c)

  1. Question 3 → juggling → can juggle with five balls; can’t juggle with plates
  2. Question 9 → astronomy → studies stars and planets; has an expensive telescope
  3. Question 6 → snowkiting → kite attached to board; terrifying; does it once a year
  4. Question 8 → Chinese → learning Mandarin and t'ai chi (a kind of martial art)
  5. Question 4 → sudoku → Japanese number puzzle; all lines and boxes must include every number between 1 and 9