Cover of the textbook Outcomes Intermediate - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 2

The key to exercise solutions in chapter Writing 3 - Stories for the textbook Outcomes Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley from National Geographic Learning

Question

The four sentences below are from the story. Check you understand the words in bold. Then work in pairs. Discuss the order you expect to read the sentences in. Explain your ideas.

Answer

  1. c
  2. a
  3. d
  4. b


  • rushing = moving very fast (in this case wind or air)
  • floating = supported on water, air, etc. (usually used of something very light, e.g. a leaf was floating on the water)
  • edge = where something ends (e.g. the edge of a table, the edge of a cliff)
  • cord = a string (especially one that you pull or tie, e.g. on a parachute, to switch on a light, etc.)