Cover of the textbook Speakout Advanced - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 13

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 10.2 - Dreams come true? for the textbook Speakout Advanced - Students' Book with authors Antonia Clare and J. J. Wilson from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Which phrases in the table were not used in the essay above?
  2. Add the expressions in the box to the correct column of the table.

Answer

a)

  • While ... is true, it is also true to say ...
  • One of the benefits is ...
  • One of the drawbacks is ...

b)

contrasting arguments

  • In contrast to this, ...
  • We also need to take ... into consideration

pros

  • On the positive side, ...
  • The arguments for ... include
  • One advantage is ...

cons

  • One disadvantage is ...
  • The arguments against ... include ...
  • On the negative side, ...