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The key answer of exercise 2

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 6.4 - Rush hour for the textbook Speakout Starter - Students' Book with authors Frances Eales and Steve Oakes from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Watch the DVD and check your ideas in Exercise 1B.
  2. Complete the sentences with the adjectives in the box below.
  3. Watch the DVD again and underline the adjectives you hear for each type of transport.
  4. Work in pairs and complete the sentences from the DVD with types of transport. Then watch the DVD again and check your answers.

Answer

a)

People go to work and school by train, bike, rickshaw, motorbike, tuk-tuk and taxi.

b)

  1. popular
  2. noisy
  3. expensive
  4. dangerous
  5. crowded
  6. slow

c)

  1. trains → crowded, popular
  2. bikes → slow
  3. motorbike → fast, dangerous
  4. tuk-tuks → popular, noisy
  5. taxis → fast, safe, expensive

d)

  1. train
  2. bike
  3. motorbikes
  4. tuk-tuks
  5. taxi