Answer — Exercise 7
8.2 - Fair share·Speakout Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book
Question
- Read the article and choose the best title.
- Underline the correct alternative and give a reason.
- Work in pairs and read the guidelines. Are they true (T) or false (F)? Find examples in the article.
Answer
a)
c) Change the things you can
b)
- student magazine (because it's informal in tone and style)
- give advice (the author offers ideas on how best to behave in different situations)
- beginning
c)
- T → I've often made that mistake and lived to regret it.; That's how I managed to get a promotion recently after a long fight for justice.; For example, once someone bumped into my car and drove away, and I couldn't really do anything about it ...
- T → There are eight examples of you in the first paragraph; you, me, I and my are all used several times throughout the article.
- F → Examples come throughout the text, e.g. it's and you're in the second paragraph; it's, Don't, that'll, I've and That's in the third paragraph.
- T → The tone is generally conversational, e.g. Do you hate it when people treat you unfairly?; I've often made that mistake and lived to regret it.; That's how I managed to ...; For example, once someone bumped into my car and ..., etc.
- T → Examples in the article include First of all, Second and Finally.
- T → Do you hate it when people treat you unfairly?
- F → Examples in the article include miss out on and stand up for.
- F → There are no examples of the passive in the article.