Cover of the textbook Speakout Pre-Intermediate - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 6

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 5.3 - You can't miss it for the textbook Speakout Pre-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Antonia Clare and J. J. Wilson from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Read and listen to the extracts from the audio script. Are the phrases in bold asking for information (A), explaining directions (E) or showing understanding (U_?
  2. Which phrases mean.
  3. Listen to five questions. Which words are said louder and with a higher voice: words at the beginning (is, can) or near the end of the question? Listen again to check.

Answer

a)

Extract 1

  • Can we walk? (A)
  • it takes about ten minutes (E)

Extract 2

  • Excuse me, can you help me? (A)
  • Is this the right way? (A)
  • keep going (E)
  • OK. (U)
  • you'll see (E)
  • You can't miss it. (E)
  • Can you show me on the map? (A)

Extract 3

  • Is it far? (A)
  • Sol need to (U)

b)

  1. Is this the right way?
  2. Keep going.
  3. You can’t miss it.

c)

Words near the end of the question are said louder and with a higher voice. (They carry the information the speaker is asking for.)