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The key answer of exercise 5

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 5.3 - What do you think? for the textbook Speakout Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Frances Eales and Steve Oakes from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Work in pairs. Cross (✗) the negative comments and tick (✓) the one that is neutral.
  2. Listen to the phrases and write the missing words / phrases in comments 1-5 above.
  3. Which two phrases you wrote signal a very negative comment?
  4. Listen and pay attention to the intonation. Does each one signal a positive (+) or negative (-) comment?

Answer

a)

  1. ✗
  2. ✗
  3. ✗
  4. ✗
  5. ✓

b)

  1. Actually
  2. To be honest
  3. Frankly
  4. To put it bluntly
  5. I have to say

c)

  • frankly
  • to put it bluntly

d)

  1. Well actually, I think it's ... (+)
  2. Well actually, I think it's ... (-)
  3. I have to say, I feel that ... (-)
  4. I have to say, I feel that ... (+)
  5. To be honest, it's quite ... (-)
  6. To be honest, it's quite ... (+)