Answer — Exercise 5
5.3 - What do you think?·Speakout Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book
Question
- Work in pairs. Cross (✗) the negative comments and tick (✓) the one that is neutral.
- Listen to the phrases and write the missing words / phrases in comments 1-5 above.
- Which two phrases you wrote signal a very negative comment?
- Listen and pay attention to the intonation. Does each one signal a positive (+) or negative (-) comment?
Answer
a)
- ✗
- ✗
- ✗
- ✗
- ✓
b)
- Actually
- To be honest
- Frankly
- To put it bluntly
- I have to say
c)
- frankly
- to put it bluntly
d)
- Well actually, I think it's ... (+)
- Well actually, I think it's ... (-)
- I have to say, I feel that ... (-)
- I have to say, I feel that ... (+)
- To be honest, it's quite ... (-)
- To be honest, it's quite ... (+)