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

The key answer of exercise 8

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 4.1 - Out of time for the textbook Speakout Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Frances Eales and Steve Oakes from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Look at the essay title. Work in pairs and discuss the questions.
  2. -
  3. Work in pairs. Identify the purpose of each paragraph.
  4. Underline three phrases for giving opinions.

Answer

a)

Possible 'meaningful' activities

  • fitness-related → sports, gym, exercise class, etc.
  • talking to friends
  • reading
  • volunteering
  • performance-related → acting, singing, dancing, etc.

Possible 'meaningless' activities

  • watching TV / DVDs / films
  • playing computer games
  • listening to music
  • texting
  • social networking
  • shopping

c)

  • Paragraph 1 → introduces the topic and gives the writer's point of view
  • Paragraph 2 → develops one side of the argument, giving examples of meaningless activities
  • Paragraph 3 → develops the other side of the argument, giving examples of meaningful activities
  • Paragraph 4 → gives a conclusion or summary and repeats the writer's point of view

d)

  • It seems to me that ...
  • I agree that ...
  • I feel that ...