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

The key answer of exercise 2

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 6f - Writing for the textbook On Screen B2+ - Student's Book with authors Virginia Evans and Jenny Dooley from Express Publishing

Question

  1. Read the model. Choose the appropriate linkers from the words in bold. Is the essay written in appropriate style?
  2. Which paragraph?
  3. Find and replace the topic sentences in the main body paragraphs with other appropriate ones.
  4. What techniques has the writer used to start the essay? Suggest another beginning to the essay.

Answer

a)

  1. Without a doubt
  2. firstly
  3. Moreover
  4. As a result
  5. On the other hand
  6. To begin with
  7. Secondly
  8. This is because
  9. To conclude

b)

  1. 3
  2. 4
  3. 2
  4. 1

c)

  • There are a number of advantages to animal testing. - Animal testing has some benefits.
  • On the other hand, using animals in medical research has its drawbacks. - However, there are some disadvantages to animal testing.

d)

  • The writer has used a rhetorical question.
  • There is a saying, "The ends justify the means." Is this argument, enough, though, when it comes to animal testing in medical research?