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The key answer of exercise 7

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 10 - Under the knife for the textbook Outcomes Advanced - Student's Book with authors Carol Nuttall and Amanda French from National Geographic Learning

Question

With your partner, discuss how and why each of the vague expressions in Exercise 6 is used. Then read the box and check your ideas.

Answer

  1. We use sort of before verbs to show we can’t find the exact word.
  2. We add or something to suggest a non-specific alternative to the thing mentioned.
  3. We use a load of to refer to a large, unspecified amount.
  4. We add and everything to refer vaguely to other associated things.
  5. We use or so with periods of time to show we are not being exact.
  6. We use somehow with verbs to show we do not know exactly how.
  7. We use some kind of before nouns to show we do not know what kind exactly.
  8. We use some kind of before nouns to show we do not know what kind exactly, and we use or anything to suggest an absence of things.