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The key answer of exercise 5

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 8.3 - Time savers for the textbook Speakout Advanced - Students' Book with authors Antonia Clare and J. J. Wilson from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Read audio script 8.5 on page 173. Find expressions for acknowledging an idea or introducing an alternative. Write them in the correct column of the table below.
  2. Work in pairs. Add the expressions in the box to the correct column of the table.

Answer

a)

acknowledging an idea

  • Right. OK.
  • Sure.
  • Definitely.
  • I never thought of that.
  • Yes, it's true.
  • That's a good idea.
  • I know what you mean.

introducing an alternative

  • Having said that, ...
  • But looking at it another way, ...
  • ... but on the other hand ...
  • But I'm looking at ...
  • Alternatively, ...
  • Yes and no.

b)

acknowledging an idea

  • That's true.
  • That's interesting.
  • That makes sense.
  • Exactly.
  • I'm with you there.

introducing an alternative

  • Mind you, ...
  • But you could argue that ...