Cover of the textbook Outcomes Intermediate - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 5

The key to exercise solutions in chapter Writing 1 - Keeping in touch for the textbook Outcomes Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley from National Geographic Learning

Question

Join the pairs of sentences using the words in brackets and making any other necessary changes.

Answer

There are often different ways that the sentences can be joined. In most cases, either of the clauses can come 7 first, depending on the context.

  1. I started a new job last week, and I’m also moving house.
  2. As well as studying a lot, I’m training hard for a marathon.
  3. My brother is living with me at the moment so I’m busy looking after him, too.
  4. Apart from being busy at work, I helped to organise my mum’s 50th birthday party.
  5. As well as going to Germany on holiday, I went to Sweden for a conference recently.
  6. Quite a lot of bad things have happened, but I have some good news, too.