Cover of the textbook Speakout Advanced Plus - Students' Book

Answer for exercise 7

The solution for exercise 7 in chapter 7.1 - Happy ending? of Speakout Advanced Plus - Students' Book by Frances Eales and Steve Oakes

Question

Listen to an editor giving the writer feedback on the review. Make notes on a) the strengths b) the weaknesses c) what to change.

Answer

the strengths

  • clear sense of film
  • recommendation
  • background information
  • rich language

the weaknesses

  • too long
  • too much info / detail in each paragraph

what to change

  • cut whole sentences
  • e.g. first long sentence
  • cut 'meanwhile' start 'relatively few'
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