Cover of the textbook Outcomes Advanced - Workbook

The key answer of exercise 4 and 5

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 07 - Science and research (Part 1) for the textbook Outcomes Advanced - Workbook with authors Carol Nuttall and Amanda French from National Geographic Learning

Question

  • Underline the phrases which express the opinions or attitudes of the speakers.
  • Listen to the pronunciation, paying attention to whether the phrases have a falling tone (➘) or rising tone (➚) at the end. Practise saying the sentences.

Answer

  1. Why on earth do you want to do that? (➚)
  2. Believe me, you’re making a mistake. (➘)
  3. On the whole, it went very well. (➚)
  4. It was a disaster, to say the least. (➘)
  5. What in the world were you thinking of? (➘)
  6. Funnily enough, the experiment was unsuccessful. (➘)