Answer — Exercise 5
6.1 - New in town·Speakout Advanced Plus - Students' Book
Frage
Rewrite the sentences using fronting to emphasise the underlined words.
Antwort
In each case as or though can be used with no difference in meaning.
- New as / though I may be to a city, it doesn't take me long to master the transport system.
- Keen coffee-drinker as / though I am, I don't like this fashion for really milky coffee.
- Lonely as / though I sometimes feel in a new place, I generally make friends quickly.
- Real fashion victim as / though I am, I draw the line at shaving off all my hair.
- Difficult as / though it can be driving in a new town, I'd rather hire a car than walk.