Cover of the textbook Speakout Advanced - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 5

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 7.3 - Free to make mistakes for the textbook Speakout Advanced - Students' Book with authors Antonia Clare and J. J. Wilson from Pearson Education

Question

Listen to the speakers trying to convince the listener of their opinion. How does the speaker try to sound polite?

Answer

Speakers use a slightly higher pitch, keep their voice level and don’t strongly emphasise any particular words.