Answer — Exercise 6
1.3 - Picture perfect·Speakout Advanced - Students' Book
Question
- Correct the mistakes in the sentences.
- Listen to the corrected sentences. Find examples of the following.
- Mark the links between words in the following examples. Try saying the phrases.
Answer
a)
- a couple of things
- at about eight-ish
- stuffs
- got a plenty of
- sort of finished
- forty or so
b)
- I'll be there soon. I just have︶a couple︶of things to do.
- Why don't︶we meet︶at︶about eight-ish?
- I left︶a︶lot of stuff︶at︶the hotel, but︶I can pick︶it︶up later.
- Don't︶worry. We've got︶plenty of time.
- We've sort︶of finished︶the accounts.
- There'll be about︶forty or so people︶attending.
c)
- It looks︶as︶if he's got︶a︶lot︶of work︶to do.
- She looks︶about︶fifty or so.
- It's︶a︶bit dark, isn't︶it?
- I've got︶a couple︶of things to ask.