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

The key answer of exercise 1

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 7.4 - A greek adventure for the textbook Speakout Pre-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Antonia Clare and J. J. Wilson from Pearson Education

Question

Work in pairs. Discuss. Do you ever have problems trying to communicate with people who can’t speak your language? Where? What happens? What can you do to help make yourself understood in situations like this?

Answer

If you can't speak the language, you can use a dictionary / a phrase book, draw a picture of the object you want or mime an action to illustrate it, e.g. brush your teeth to show toothpaste / toothbrush.