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The key answer of exercise 5

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 6.3 - Trendsetters for the textbook Speakout Advanced - Students' Book with authors Antonia Clare and J. J. Wilson from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Look at the expressions in the box. When do you think we usually use these expressions? What is their purpose?
  2. Which expressions did the speakers in Exercise 3A use? Check your answers in audio script 6.4 on page 171.

Answer

a)

We usually use these expressions at the end of a long 'turn' or the end of a section of speech. Their purpose is to summarise what has been said.

b)

  • Basically, ...
  • So what I’m really saying is, ...