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The key answer of exercise 5

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 7.4 - Andy Murray for the textbook Speakout Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Antonia Clare and J. J. Wilson from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Listen to someone talking about a recent challenge / achievement. Answer the questions.
  2. Listen again and tick the key phrases you hear.

Answer

a)

  1. To learn how to scuba dive.
  2. It was a really good experience.
  3. The classroom / theoretical training.
  4. The practical stuff: she was very nervous, the water was freezing, she had trouble going under the water and her ears got blocked up.
  5. Yes, she managed to do it eventually.

b)

  • I found it (really easy / quite difficult).
  • It was the ... I had trouble with.
  • (I was / We were) very nervous.
  • I tried to / experimented with ... but it didn't work / I couldn't ...
  • I got very (frustrated / annoyed / tired).
  • I'm [so] glad / Eventually I managed it.
  • It was a [really] difficult challenge / good experience
  • For me, it was quite an achievement.

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