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The key answer of exercise 4

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 3.1 for the textbook Speakout Advanced - Workbook with authors Antonia Clare, J. J. Wilson and Lindsay White from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Read the travel review and answer the questions.
  2. Underline other examples of detailed descriptions, particularly those involving the senses, that add colour to the writing.

Answer

a)

  1. the Stockholm archipelago
  2. Midsummer is a good time to visit because it is most beautiful then.
  3. radiant green like a fairytale
  4. strawberries, herring, new potatoes and sour cream
  5. by boat
  6. The atmosphere is tranquil and relaxed. He says, 'the pace of life soon slows'. The beautiful scenery and natural landscape (with deer) contribute to the tranquil atmosphere.

b)

  • free and efficient public ferries
  • tiny huts share a few metres of exposed granite with just the wind and seals
  • radiant green landscape of a fairytale
  • fat cows
  • Wild flowers nod
  • rogue moose
  • packed with trolleys
  • flying off the shelves
  • Heavily laden cars
  • luminously clear
  • scoured by sea breezes
  • Roe deer skip out of the path of bicycles