Answer — Exercise 3
7.3 - What's in the news?·Speakout Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book
Question
- Work in pairs and look at tabloid headlines A-F above. What do you think the stories are about?
- Listen to the conversations. Which headlines do they talk about?
Answer
a)
- The amazing thing is that the tiger ran off,
- Wow, there's no way I'd do that!
- You're the one who's always telling me to stop.
- That is so wrong!
- That's totally outrageous!
- I do think they should do something about it.
- That is a good idea.
- How on earth did he catch it?
- That's such an amazing thing!
- Absolutely incredible!
b)
- So is followed by adjective / adverb, such is followed by (a / an) + (adjective) + noun.
- Do is not normally used with the present simple affirmative. It is used here to emphasise an opinion.
- Any adverb that can be used with an ungradable / extreme adjective, e.g. really, completely, just, quite. Very can't be used.
- It adds the one who's to emphasise the person.
- on earth, e.g. What / Why / Where / Who on earth …?