Cover of the textbook Outcomes Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 7

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 2 - A carnival atmosphere for the textbook Outcomes Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley from National Geographic Learning

Question

Decide if these sentences about the email are true (T) or false (F). Then look back at the email and underline the sentences that support your decisions.

Answer

  1. T (I stayed with Nina, who I’m sure you remember from uni.)
  2. F (prices really shoot up – so they’re a lot more expensive)
  3. F (my favourite costume is called the Plague Doctor costume, ... it’s based on real doctors who used to look after the dying when the plague hit Venice.)
  4. F (Traditionally, the carnival took place in the week leading up to Lent, the 40 days before Easter)
  5. T (... Lent, the 40 days before Easter, during which time people fasted.)
  6. T (Mind you, we ended up buying a few cans and joining in ourselves!) 
  7. F (People also set off fireworks all the time, which can give you a real shock)
  8. F (I was going to send more, but I didn’t want to make your computer crash)