Cover of the textbook Speakout Elementary - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 9.2 - Free ride for the textbook Speakout Elementary - Students' Book with authors Frances Eales and Steve Oakes from Pearson Education

Question

  1. -
  2. Listen to the conversation and answer the questions.
  3. Listen again. Write one good thing and one bad thing about each way of travelling for free.

Answer

b)

  1. by plane, by train, by car, by bike, on foot, by ship
  2. with a Driveaway car (by driving someone's car across the US), by working on a ship

c)

by car

  • good → he was able to stop and visit a few places on the way; he loves driving; he loves cars
  • bad → you can’t choose the date or the place you want to go

by ship

  • good → he learnt a lot; he enjoyed the slow life; he loved watching the sun go down
  • bad → difficult to find a ship; you need time to travel