Cover of the textbook Speakout Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 8

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 8.2 - Fair share for the textbook Speakout Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Frances Eales and Steve Oakes from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Work in pairs. Look at the linkers of purpose in bold in the article and answer the questions.
  2. Rewrite the sentences replacing the underlined linkers with the ones in brackets.

Answer

a)

  1. a) so as to, in order to, to b) so that, because c) for
  2. so as to, in order to
  3. in order not to, so as not to

b)

  1. A good leader treats everyone equally so that everyone feels valued.
  2. When I'm upset I usually phone my sister for a chat.
  3. It's important to check everyone in a team reaches a decision together so as not to leave anyone / someone behind.
  4. In a good relationship, it's important to sit down together from time to time to make sure everything is OK.
  5. Sleep on it because your brain will continue working overnight and you'll wake up knowing what to do.
  6. In a family, it's good to have a list of tasks for each person in order not to give anyone the feeling they are doing more than their fair share.