The key answer of exercise 8
The key to exercise solutions in chapter 3.1 - Lonely planet for the textbook Speakout Advanced - Students' Book with authors Antonia Clare and J. J. Wilson from Pearson Education
Question
- What kinds of details did the writer add to improve the sentences below?
- Read the description below. Underline phrases which refer to the senses and identify each sense.
Answer
a)
The writer has added a wider range of vocabulary and details such as colours, shapes, sounds and feelings.
b)
- hear the voices of the market sellers (sound)
- sweet smell of fruit (smell)
- ripened in the hot sun (touch)
- aroma of strong, fresh coffee and petrol fumes (smell)
- small, three-wheeled motorised vans (sight / sound)
- farmers, or 'contadini' (sight)
- mountains of different coloured fruits and vegetables (sight)
- firm red peppers, purple beans, tomatoes of all shapes and sizes (sight / touch)
- liveliness in the air (sound)
- old ladies haggle over the price of the cherries (sight / sound)
- wave their arms in rebuke at the younger workers (sight / sound)
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