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

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

  1. 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?
  2. Listen again. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)? Correct the false sentences.
  3. 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)

  1. F → She would like someone who's quite sociable (not antisocial) but not too sociable (give you privacy). A balance.
  2. F → She’s not a morning person.
  3. T
  4. F → She wouldn’t ask a flatmate about their salary.
  5. T
  6. F → He likes doing unplanned things.
  7. F → He works for a web design company.
  8. 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.