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Answer — Exercise 8

7.1 - Living the dream·Speakout Pre-Intermediate - Students' Book

Question

  1. Read about Ryan's life-changing decision. Put the sentences in the correct order to complete the paragraphs.
  2. In each paragraph find sentences which.

Answer

a)

Paragraph 1

  1. One of the best decisions I ever made was to go back to school.
  2. Before that, I was working for a company, but I didn't enjoy my job.
  3. I've always thought that being a teacher would be really interesting.
  4. So | went back to college and did a teacher training course.

Paragraph 2

  1. Doing the course wasn’t easy.
  2. For example, I had to work to earn money, and find time to do coursework.
  3. So l used to study in the evenings.
  4. Now, I have a teaching qualification, and I'm doing the job l've always wanted to do.

b)

In each paragraph:

  1. Sentence 1 contains the main idea.
  2. Sentences 2 and 3 support the idea.
  3. Sentence 4 finishes / concludes the paragraph.
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