The key answer of exercise 2
The key to exercise solutions in chapter 1.1 - Time for a chat for the textbook Speakout Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Frances Eales and Steve Oakes from Pearson Education
Question
- Listen to people at the conversation evening. Which two topics from the text above do the speakers discuss? What can you remember from each conversation?
- Listen again. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)? Correct the false sentences.
- Work in pairs and discuss the questions.
Answer
a)
- Conversation 1 → What three questions would you ask a potential flatmate?
- Conversation 2 → Which three adjectives might people use to describe you?
b)
- F → She would like someone who's quite sociable (not antisocial) but not too sociable (give you privacy). A balance.
- F → She’s not a morning person.
- T
- F → She wouldn’t ask a flatmate about their salary.
- T
- F → He likes doing unplanned things.
- F → He works for a web design company.
- T
c)
Conversation 1
- antisocial → She gives the example of someone who goes straight up to their room when they come home and stays there.
- tidy → She gives the example of someone who isn’t tidy: they never do the washing-up, leave their stuff lying around and don’t do their fair share of housework.
- reliable with money → She gives the example of someone who never pays the electricity bill on time - keeps promising to pay it but never does.
Conversation 2
- creative → People say he's good at coming up with new ideas.
- adventurous → He gives the example of going for a midnight swim with friends without planning it in advice.
- non-judgmental → He says he tries not to make up his mind about people until he gets to know them.
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