Cover of the textbook Outcomes Upper-Intermediate - Workbook

The key answer of exercise 7

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 01 - Entertainment (Part 1) for the textbook Outcomes Upper-Intermediate - Workbook with authors Amanda Maris from National Geographic Learning

Question

Listen to the sentences. Choose the correct symbol for each underlined sound.

Answer

  1. I wish they wouldn't do that! /æ/ I just think that they should be true to the original story. /ə/
  2. People used to go out to have fun. /ə/ People don't socialise like they used to. /u:/
  3. You used to be a really keen theatre-goer. /ə/ Not as much as I'd like to. /u:/
  4. It's the teenagers I feel sorry for. /ɔ:/ I mean, there really isn't much for them to do. /ə/
  5. I'm not asking you, I'm telling you! /u:/ I don't want you to watch any more TV. /ə/