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

The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 8a - Reading for the textbook On Screen B1+ - Student's Book with authors Virginia Evans and Jenny Dooley from Express Publishing

Question

  1. Read questions 1-6 and underline the key words. Think of synonymous words. Which person.
  2. Now read texts A-D. Which text best matches each question (1-6)? Give reasons.

Answer

  1. 1) very tired (exhausted); 2) far away from villages and towns (off the beaten track, remote); 3) take all the time (not be in a hurry, leisurely, at your own pace); 4) visiting for work (business trip); 5) changed their mind (had a change of heart); 6) took something home (took back, souvenir, buy souvenirs to take watch you)
  2. 1) D (exhausted by night-time); 2) B (off the beaten track); 3) C (take things at my own pace); 4) A (business meeting); 5) C (I've never been passionate about gardens, but ... took my breath away); 6) B (no way I was going back without something to remind me)