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

The key answer of exercise 1

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 3.2 - A life in six words for the textbook Speakout Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Frances Eales and Steve Oakes from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Work in pairs and discuss. Which sentences probably come from a conversation and which from a written text?
  2. Underline the adjective in each sentence in Exercise 1A. Then match the adjectives with the meanings below.

Answer

a)

  • a conversation → sentences 1, 3, 4 and 7
  • a written text → sentences 2, 5, 6 and 8 (2 possibly a website of jokes and stories or a book blurb; 5 possibly a website caption for a news or video story; 6 possibly a film advert; 8 possibly a website caption for a news or video story or a book blurb)

b)

  1. incredible
  2. inspiring
  3. hilarious
  4. dramatic
  5. remarkable
  6. moving, poignant
  7. intense