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

The key answer of exercise 6

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 9 - Starting out for the textbook Outcomes Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley from National Geographic Learning

Question

Find the adjectives and / or verbs that go with these nouns from the text.

Answer

  • see the practical benefits
  • (never) set foot (on the beach) = never go near the beach
  • provide cheap labour
  • have a laugh
  • the novelty (soon) wore off = it was exciting at first, but, soon, it became boring and ordinary
  • achieve a high rank
  • carry trays
  • put in a good word (for me) = say something positive to a person in a position of authority (e.g. I got the promotion because one of my colleagues put in a good word for me with the boss.)