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The key answer of exercise 10

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 6.2 - Lasting memories for the textbook New Total English Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Araminta Crace and Richard Acklam from Pearson Education

Question

When we are reminiscing about the past, or expressing wishes and regrets, we can sound nostalgic by using particular information. Listen to the sentences (1-6) from the extracts and decide.

Answer

Generally the sentences are spoken with a higher intonation and slower with pauses between groups of words.

  1. It makes me feel really nostalgic about my childhood.
  2. Oh, I would’ve liked to live there all the time.
  3. Those were the days!
  4. I wish I hadn’t lost touch with so many of them.
  5. It reminds me of one of the best times of my life.
  6. I regret leaving that place in a way.