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The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 7.3 - What's in the news? for the textbook Speakout Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Frances Eales and Steve Oakes from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Work in pairs and look at tabloid headlines A-F above. What do you think the stories are about?
  2. Listen to the conversations. Which headlines do they talk about?

Answer

a)

  1. The amazing thing is that the tiger ran off,
  2. Wow, there's no way I'd do that!
  3. You're the one who's always telling me to stop.
  4. That is so wrong!
  5. That's totally outrageous!
  6. I do think they should do something about it.
  7. That is a good idea.
  8. How on earth did he catch it?
  9. That's such an amazing thing!
  10. Absolutely incredible!

b)

  1. So is followed by adjective / adverb, such is followed by (a / an) + (adjective) + noun.
  2. Do is not normally used with the present simple affirmative. It is used here to emphasise an opinion.
  3. Any adverb that can be used with an ungradable / extreme adjective, e.g. really, completely, just, quite. Very can't be used.
  4. It adds the one who's to emphasise the person.
  5. on earth, e.g. What / Why / Where / Who on earth …?