Cover of the textbook On Screen B1+/B2 - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 2

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 5d - Listening skills for the textbook On Screen B1+/B2 - Student's Book with authors Virginia Evans and Jenny Dooley from Express Publishing

Question

  1. Listen to a telephone conversation. Which of the expressions (1-8) do you hear? What emergency is the caller reporting?
  2. Is the dialogue formal or informal? Give reasons.

Answer

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The caller is reporting a fire.

b)

  • The dialogue is formal.
  • It has impersonal objective tone, longer complex sentences.
  • Use of passive voice.