Cover of the textbook Speakout Advanced Plus - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 2

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 6.3 - Faux pas for the textbook Speakout Advanced Plus - Students' Book with authors Frances Eales and Steve Oakes from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Work in pairs and check what you know. Write N next to the expressions related to 'normal' and A next to those related to 'abnormal'.
  2. Find one expression in the box above which describes.

Answer

a)

  • atypical A
  • commonplace N
  • customary N
  • expected N
  • inappropriate A
  • out of the ordinary A
  • peculiar to sb / sth N
  • routine N
  • taken for granted N
  • unheard of A

b)

  1. unheard of
  2. peculiar to
  3. atypical
  4. taken for granted (also possible = customary)
  5. inappropriate