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The key answer of exercise 5

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 2.2 - A risky business for the textbook Speakout Pre-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Antonia Clare and J. J. Wilson from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Look at sentences 1-9. Put the words in bold in the correct place on the line.
  2. Read your text again. Underline all the adverbs or expressions of frequency. Look at the other texts to find more examples.

Answer

a)

  • never
  • hardly ever
  • rarely
  • occasionally / once in a while
  • sometimes
  • often
  • usually
  • always

b)

Text A

  • they sometimes get angry with the people they rescue
  • Climbers always risk their lives
  • they usually fly in much worse weather conditions
  • often, the people they rescue are frightened
  • occasionally, they get a surprise
  • The people they rescue ... hardly ever say thank you

Text B

  • The motoboys usually earn just $450
  • they often work under time pressure
  • Once in a while, they try to change the traffic laws

Text C

  • it is sometimes easy to forget
  • Life as a jockey is rarely safe and it usually involves a few broken bones
  • Once in a while jockeys even die
  • he never worries