Answer — Exercise 4
1.3·Speakout Advanced - Workbook
Question
- Listen to the conversation. Are the statements true (T) or false (F)?
- Listen again. What exactly do they say? Complete the extracts.
- Find examples of vague language in the sentences above and write them under the headings below.
Answer
a)
- T
- F
- F
b)
- 6-ish / sixish
- couple
- stuff
- like that
- know
- anything
- thing
- stuff
c)
- vague nouns → (3) I've got plenty of stuff to be getting on with here; (7) Oh, there's one thing I was going to ask.
- quantifiers → (2) I need to pick up a couple of things ...
- vague numbers → (1) I'll see you here at about sixish then.
- generalisers → (5) Do you want me to bring anything, you know, ...
- list completers → (4) l've just got to finish some work and sort the kitchen out and stuff like that; (6) any kind of food or anything like that?; (8) Are you OK with spicy food? You know, chilli and stuff?