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The key answer of exercise 8

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 8.1 - It's the little things for the textbook Speakout Advanced Plus - Students' Book with authors Frances Eales and Steve Oakes from Pearson Education

Question

  1. -
  2. How many words or phrases in the questionnaire have the stress on the first syllable? Mark the stress. Then listen and check.
  3. Work in pairs and discuss your answers to the questionnaire.

Answer

b)

Thirteen words have the stress on the first syllable (one-syllable words not counted)

1

  1. articulate, garrulous, chatty
  2. determined, headstrong, resolute
  3. proud, self-assured, conceited

2

  1. intelligent, smart, well-dressed
  2. mean, nasty, stingy
  3. gifted, excellent, brilliant

3

  1. meticulous, nit-picking, systematic.
  2. disabled, special needs, handicapped
  3. famous, celebrated, notorious.

c)

  1. a) garrulous b) headstrong c) conceited
  2. a) smart (= well-dressed in UK, intelligent in USA) b) mean (= nasty in USA, stingy in UK) c) brilliant (= gifted in USA, excellent in UK)
  3. a) nit-picking b) handicapped c) notorious

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