Cover of the textbook Outcomes Intermediate - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 2

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 6 - Time to upgrade for the textbook Outcomes Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley from National Geographic Learning

Question

Look at the chunks in bold in Exercise 1. Work in pairs and think if three ways each chunk could be changed.

Answer

  1. I really want to upgrade to the ePhone5.; I’d like to upgrade to business class.
  2. The pain only lasts a few minutes.; The battery lasts a few days.
  3. It takes great high quality videos.; It takes terrible low quality pictures.; It makes high quality recordings.
  4. You just swipe your finger across the screen to lock it.; You swipe your finger across the screen to move to the next picture.; You just tap the screen to unlock it.
  5. sign a five-year contract; negotiate a five-year contract; sign a temporary contract
  6. Can I plug my laptop in here?; Can I plug my hairdryer in here?; Shall I plug my phone in here?
  7. If you want to turn the voice recognition off, ...; If you want to turn the notifications off, ...; I need to turn the voice recognition on.
  8. It’s really easy to use.; The website’s really easy to navigate your way round.; It’s really difficult to navigate your way round.
  9. It can store up to 1,000 voicemails.; It can store up to 1,000 photos.; It can only store 50 voicemails.
  10. I’m with Vodafone (or other names of utility companies).; He’s with Orange.; I flew with Ryanair / Singapore airlines.