Cover of the textbook New Total English Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 11

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 1.1 - First impressions for the textbook New Total English Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Araminta Crace and Richard Acklam from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Listen to the conversation and answer the questions.
  2. Listen again. Add one more phrase to each section of the How to ... box.

Answer

a)

  1. waiting for a Spanish lesson to start
  2. yes, because they agree to go home together afterwards
  3. hobbies (learning Spanish); work; travel; where you live; how you feel

b)

Greet someone

  • Pleased to meet you.
  • A pleasure to meet you too.

Try to find out what you have in common

  • Did you come by bus?
  • What's your job?
  • What do you do?
  • What about you?

Sound interested in the other person

  • That sounds fun!

Finish the conversation politely

  • It's been really nice talking to you.