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The key answer of exercise 7

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 11.4 - Is TV bad for kids? for the textbook Speakout Pre-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Antonia Clare and J. J. Wilson from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Listen to people talking about essential gadgets. Write them in the correct column.
  2. Listen again and tick the key phrases you hear.

Answer

a)

Speaker 1

  • essential → smart phone, microwave, laptop
  • not essential → television, DVD player, digital camera, tablet

Speaker 2

  • essential → smart phone, TV, DVD player, laptop
  • not essential → tablet, digital camera, microwave

b)

Tick all the phrases except:

  • It's good / important because ...
  • It's very useful.