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The key answer of exercise 4

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 1.1 for the textbook Speakout Intermediate - Workbook with authors Antonia Clare, J. J. Wilson and Stephanie Dimond-Bayir from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Listen to three people answering the questions below. Write their answers.
  2. Listen again and answer the questions.
  3. Read the extracts from the recording. What do you think the words and phrases in bold mean? Match them with meanings a)-f).

Answer

a)

Maria

  • Which? → English
  • How? → In lessons at school

Ahmed

  • Which? → Dutch
  • How? → In evening classes (at college in the Netherlands)

Jessie

  • Which? → Japanese
  • How? → In day-to-day life informally

b)

  1. Thailand
  2. A translator
  3. The Netherlands
  4. He spoke English.
  5. Because English is commonly used and they don’t feel pressure to learn another language.
  6. Japan

c)

  1. d
  2. a
  3. f
  4. c
  5. b
  6. e