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Answer — Exercise 9

5.1 - Bright ideas?·Speakout Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book

Pergunta

  1. Complete the information with examples from the entries in Exercise 8B. More than one answer is sometimes possible.
  2. Listen to seven sentences. Write the compound noun in each sentence in your notebook and underline the stress. Where does the stress usually fall?

Resposta

a)

  1. breakthrough / outlook / drawback / breakdown / outcome / downside
  2. trade-off
  3. breakthrough / trade-off / drawback / breakdown
  4. outlook / outcome

b)

  1. There's been a breakthrough.
  2. It's a trade-off between cost and safety.
  3. The long-term outlook is very good.
  4. The downside is I get paid less.
  5. There's only one drawback.
  6. There's been a breakdown in communications.
  7. What was the outcome of the meeting?
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