Cover of the textbook Speakout Advanced Plus - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 8

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 6.2 - In other words for the textbook Speakout Advanced Plus - Students' Book with authors Frances Eales and Steve Oakes from Pearson Education

Question

Work in pairs and look at one version of the first paragraph below.

Answer

Q1 → The first sentence is the topic sentence.

Q2 → The writer omitted these points related to motivation:

  • you learn about specialty areas
  • because of growing up with a deaf parent / relative
  • the desire to ensure equal opportunities for the hearing impaired

Note that another writer might prioritise things differently, and there's no single 'right' answer.

Q3

  • Firstly
  • Additionally
  • Furthermore