Cover of the textbook Speakout Advanced Plus - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 9

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 4.2 - Think this way for the textbook Speakout Advanced Plus - Students' Book with authors Frances Eales and Steve Oakes from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Read the email request. Then look at the notes complied from an informal student questionnaire and discuss the questions.
  2. Read the first part of the report. Which positive effect from the notes is not included?
  3. -
  4. Replace the phrases in italics with the phrases in the box. Three items are not used. Which part of the report could they be used in?

Answer

a)

  1. -
  2. Different people will omit different things, but the important thing is to think about order of importance when looking at data, so that it's easier to make decisions about what to omit when drafting the report.

b)

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d)

  1. This report sets out
  2. It will go on to
  3. to improve the situation
  4. a substantial percentage
  5. answering
  6. commonly cited
  7. a clear consensus
  8. A negligible number

The three phrases not used and where they are most likely to be used:

  • In light of the above → In the conclusion / recommendations section
  • This report will present → In the introduction
  • Significant disagreement regarding → In the body, when commenting on survey results