Cover of the textbook Speakout Advanced - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 6

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 1.3 - Picture perfect for the textbook Speakout Advanced - Students' Book with authors Antonia Clare and J. J. Wilson from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Correct the mistakes in the sentences.
  2. Listen to the corrected sentences. Find examples of the following.
  3. Mark the links between words in the following examples. Try saying the phrases.

Answer

a)

  1. a couple of things
  2. at about eight-ish
  3. stuffs
  4. got a plenty of
  5. sort of finished
  6. forty or so

b)

  1. I'll be there soon. I just have︶a couple︶of things to do.
  2. Why don't︶we meet︶at︶about eight-ish?
  3. I left︶a︶lot of stuff︶at︶the hotel, but︶I can pick︶it︶up later.
  4. Don't︶worry. We've got︶plenty of time.
  5. We've sort︶of finished︶the accounts.
  6. There'll be about︶forty or so people︶attending.

c)

  1. It looks︶as︶if he's got︶a︶lot︶of work︶to do.
  2. She looks︶about︶fifty or so.
  3. It's︶a︶bit dark, isn't︶it?
  4. I've got︶a couple︶of things to ask.