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

The key answer of exercise 7

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 9.3 - It's an emergency! for the textbook Speakout Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Frances Eales and Steve Oakes from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Look at the extract. Underline two places where the police officer (A) rephrases something to help the caller (B) understand.
  2. Match the meaning of the words in bold in 1-5 with phrases a)-e) below.

Answer

a)

  1. Could you give me the exact time? (= rephrasing of Could you be more precise?)
  2. Tell me exactly where. (= rephrasing of Can you pinpoint the exact location?)

b)

  1. d
  2. e
  3. c
  4. b
  5. a