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

The key answer of exercise 2

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. Read the text above and discuss the questions.
  2. Work in pairs. Predict the correct alternative in sentences 1-5. Then listen to the alternative in sentences 1-5. Then listen to the interview with Larry Smith and check your answers.
  3. Listen again and complete the six-word stories.

Answer

a)

  1. It could be about a baby that didn't survive, or a friendship that broke up before the writer had a chance to give the mother the baby shoes.
  2. Larry Smith is an online magazine editor who is appearing on Today to talk about the six-word stories that people have contributed to his website.
  3. It was a story that someone contributed.

b)

  1. didn't expect
  2. very intense about the challenge
  3. their own life
  4. regret and disappointment
  5. tough

c)

  1. what I was planning
  2. a redhead. Fixed that
  3. true love. Married someone else
  4. should have bought that ring