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Answer — Exercise 8

9.2 - In our time·Speakout Intermediate - Students' Book

Question

  1. Read the text and answer the questions.
  2. Read the text again. Find and underline eight phrases with come, give, have and make. The first two have been done for you.
  3. Look at the underlined phrases and add them to the words below.
  4. Look at the words in the box and add them to the word webs above. Then add any other phrases with come, give, have and make you can think of.

Answer

a)

  1. We have trouble believing that time travel is possible.
  2. Because humanity makes progress slowly and 'Stone Age man didn't own TVs for entertainment.'
  3. The people of the future might not know the answers to our problems.

b)

  • have the same dream
  • have trouble
  • come naturally
  • makes progress
  • come back
  • make a mess
  • give us directions
  • give instructions

c) - d)

come

  • naturally
  • back
  • by car
  • first

give

  • instructions
  • a talk
  • me a call
  • directions

have

  • a good time
  • the same dream
  • trouble
  • a break

make

  • a decision
  • a mess
  • progress
  • a profit

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