The key answer of exercise 7
The key to exercise solutions in chapter 1 - A real buzz about the place for the textbook Outcomes Advanced - Student's Book with authors Carol Nuttall and Amanda French from National Geographic Learning
Question
Work in pairs. Do the following.
Answer
Possible answers
1 - intensifying adverbs:
- remarkably
- preposterously
- greatly
- hugely
- absolutely
- terribly
- deeply, etc.
2 - extreme adjectives:
- filthy
- vast
- brilliant
- dreadful
- awful
- incredible
- tiny
- enormous
- fascinating, etc.
2 - extreme verbs:
- devastate
- bombard
- smash
- crush
- soar
- rocket
- plummet, etc.
3
It was like being at a rock concert.
- being at the theatre for a modern play, where the audience stands up and applauds a lot
- being at a conference where a famous speaker gives a plenary
- being at a wildly popular classical music concert
It was like living in a war zone.
- living with very noisy argumentative housemates
- living in an area where there’s lots of crime and maybe gang activity
It’s like Buckingham Palace.
- a lovely big house that someone has bought
- a new office that’s very big and well decorated
It was like the Arctic in there.
- a cold store room in a big store
- a room that has the air conditioning turned up very high
It’s like talking to a brick wall.
- trying to talk to someone who just won’t listen to you
- trying to explain to a bad worker what they’ve done wrong and getting nowhere with the conversation
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