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The key answer of exercise 10

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 10.1 - Head games for the textbook New Total English Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Araminta Crace and Richard Acklam from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Listen again and complete the verb phrases in the How to... box.
  2. Work in pairs and answer the questions about the meaning of the verb phrases from exercise 10a.

Answer

a)

  • I reckon he's probably ...
  • I'm in favour of ...
  • I've always believed that ...
  • I have my doubts ...
  • I'm sceptical that ...
  • I'm against people paying ...
  • I doubt anything he does is real.
  • I'm convinced that he ...
  • I suspect that a lot of ...

b)

  1. l've always believed that / I'm convinced that
  2. I have my doubts about / l'm sceptical that / I doubt
  3. I reckon / I suspect
  4. I'm in favour of
  5. I'm against