Answer — Exercise 8
4.2 - Social issues·Speakout Advanced - Students' Book
Question
Work in pairs. Decide if there is a difference in meaning between the pairs of sentences. If so, what is the difference?
Answer
- Sentence a) focuses on the completed action. The speaker finished the book. Sentence b) focuses on the action of reading, but the speaker has not finished the book.
- No difference
- No difference
- Sentence a) links the past to a time before that. So the question is asked in reference to shared news about the topic. Sentence b) could be a conversation opener, with no reference to a shared previous event.
- In sentence a) the action is finished while in sentence b) the action isn't finished.
- Sentence a) links the past to a time before that. The conviction took place earlier than the judge's comment. Sentence b) links the past to the present. The conviction was recent.
- In sentence a) the focus is on the number of immigrants helped while in sentence b) the focus is on the length of time they have been helping.
- In sentence a) the prediction is based on hope while in sentence b) it is stated as a fact.