Cover of the textbook Outcomes Intermediate - Workbook

The key answer of exercise 2

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 05 - Working life (Part 2) for the textbook Outcomes Intermediate - Workbook with authors Amanda Maris from National Geographic Learning

Question

Read the list of some of the world's strangest rules. Find and correct a mistake in each example.

Answer

  1. You are not allowed to die in the Houses of Parliament in London.
  2. You aren't supposed to put a stamp showing the British king or queen's head upside-down on an envelope.
  3. In Scotland, if someone knocks on your door and asks to use your toilet, you've to let them come in.
  4. In Ohio, you aren't allowed to get a fish drunk.
  5. In Florida, unmarried women aren't supposed to parachute on a Sunday.
  6. In Vermont, a woman has to get written permission from her husband to wear false teeth.
  7. In Milan, you've to smile at all times, except during funerals or hospital visits.
  8. In France, you're not allowed to name a pig 'Napoleon'.