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

The key answer of exercise 8

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 8 - Caught in the act for the textbook Outcomes Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley from National Geographic Learning

Question

Put the words in order to make comments and questions. Add exclamation and questions marks.

Answer

  1. That’s dreadful. Was anyone killed? (Ask: What’s another word for dreadful? Very bad or awful. What’s the situation, do you think? a bombing, a riot, etc.)
  2. That must’ve been dreadful. Were you OK? (Ask: Are we talking about something happening now or finished? finished – so we say must’ve been)
  3. Oh no! Did they take anything valuable? (Ask: What happened? a robbery, perhaps? What kind of things might be valuable? jewellery, a watch, etc.)
  4. That’s dreadful! What were the parents thinking? (Point out that this can mean we think what they did was stupid and they’re at fault.)
  5. What a shame! Were you insured? (Ask: What happens if you are insured? You get money to replace the thing that was stolen. How does that happen? You make a claim. Who gives you the money? the insurance company)
  6. That’s terrible. Did you report it to the police? (Ask: Did you tell the police? How do you report something to the police? By phone, or you can go to the police station. Why might you not report it? It’s too small, it’s not worth it, you can’t be bothered, it wouldn’t make any difference.)
  7. You’re joking! Do they know who did it? (Point out You’re joking is a way of expressing shock and disbelief. Ask: Who might ‘they’ be? The police.)
  8. It’s awful! What must his family be going through? (going through means ‘experience’ here. Give some examples: go through a lot of pain / a difficult time / go through a divorce. Ask what the situation might be here.)