Answer — Exercise 3
6.2 - In other words·Speakout Advanced Plus - Students' Book
Question
- Work in pairs. In the summarising verbs in Exercise 2B, underline four examples of a weak /ə/ ('schwa') and circle three examples of 'e' weakened to /ɪ/. Listen and check.
- Work in pairs. Student A: look at page 129. Student B: look at page 132.
Answer
a)
(NB: Underlining shows the schwa sound, bold underlining shows the short /i/ sound.)
- a) call for b) allege c) acknowledge d) reprimand
- a) repudiate b) maintain c) illustrate d) voice
- a) vow b) relate c) plead d) echo
b)
A - Possible stems for the 'summarising' person's sentences:
- You illustrated why ...
- You're calling for ...
- You reprimanded me for ...
- You vowed to / that you would ...
- You echoed your friends' feelings that ...
- You voiced the opinion that ...
B - Possible stems for the 'summarising' person's sentences:
- You pleaded for ...
- You repudiated the idea that ...
- You maintained that ...
- You alleged that your neighbour ...
- You acknowledged that you'd made mistakes ...
- You related a story / experience ...