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

The key answer of exercise 2

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 9.2 - Scam for the textbook Speakout Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Frances Eales and Steve Oakes from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Listen to the conversations. Which two scams from the infographic happened to the people?
  2. Work in pairs and try to complete the statements. Then listen again and check your ideas.

Answer

a)

  • The Tourist Photo
  • The Fake Police Officer

b)

  1. asking her to take a photo of them.
  2. he said he worked for a bank, he let her use his mobile, she was in a panic and grateful for the help.
  3. she could hear sounds of the call centre; the man supposedly worked for the bank and she believed he had phoned the bank.
  4. getting her to key / punch it in on the man's mobile.
  5. a police officer.
  6. paying with counterfeit money.
  7. the necklace, the cash and the woman.
  8. bring the necklace back.