Cover of the textbook Outcomes Advanced - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 8

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 2 - Get the impression for the textbook Outcomes Advanced - Student's Book with authors Carol Nuttall and Amanda French from National Geographic Learning

Question

Listen to three conversations about different people. Answer the questions for each conversation.

Answer

Conversation 1

  1. manager (dragging the whole team down / go over his head / blame everyone else especially below him)
  2. incompetent / arrogant / sucks up to boss / maybe bitchy (blames everyone else)

Conversation 2

  1. rock / pop star
  2. decent / principled (other speaker disagrees – fake / cynical – wants to sell more records)

Conversation 3

  1. flatmate (in a student residence / dorm / house) (corridor / lectures / medicine / shared bathroom)
  2. friendly, bright and chatty / a good laugh / annoying (taking over bathroom)