Cover of the textbook Speakout Starter - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 1

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 1.4 - Around the world for the textbook Speakout Starter - Students' Book with authors Frances Eales and Steve Oakes from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Work in pairs. Match the nouns in the box with the photos.
  2. Work in pairs. Find three pairs of opposites in the box below.
  3. Work in pairs and take turns. Student A: choose one photo and say one adjective and one noun from the boxes above. Student B: say the place.

Answer

  1. A) Santiago, Chile: a city, a building; B) Finland: the countryside, a mountain; C) Oman: a village, a mountain; D) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: a city, a building; E) Malaysia: a beach, the sea; F) Canada: a mountain, a river, the countryside; Background photo: a beach, the sea / a river, a mountain
  2. old - new; small - big; cold - hot
  3. a beautiful / big mountain: Canada / Finland; a cold / beautiful river: Canada / Finland; an old / beautiful building: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; a new / big building: Santiago, Chile; a big / beautiful / hot beach / sea: Malaysia; a small / hot / old / beautiful village: Oman