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The key answer of exercise 6

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 5.1 - Low tech solutions for the textbook Speakout Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Antonia Clare and J. J. Wilson from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Work in pairs. Put the words / phrases in the box into the correct word web.
  2. Work in pairs. Can you add any more words to each word web?
  3. Look at the words / phrases above and underline the main stress(es). Sometimes there can be more than one per word / phrase.

Answer

a)

  • energy → electricity, nuclear power, solar power
  • machines → motorbikes, washing machine, vacuum cleaner, commercial aeroplanes
  • medicine / science → antibiotics, vaccinations, genetic engineering, space travel
  • IT (information technology) → computer networks, communications satellites

b)

  • energy → wind farms, geothermal energy
  • machines → dishwasher, helicopter
  • medicine / science → cloning, transplants
  • IT (information technology) → wearable technology, smartphones

c)

  1. electricity
  2. nuclear power
  3. antibiotics
  4. vaccinations
  5. computer networks
  6. motorbikes
  7. genetic engineering
  8. washing machine
  9. vacuum cleaner
  10. space travel
  11. commercial aeroplanes
  12. solar power
  13. communications satellites

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