When do people use these expressions?
Multiple-choice exercise
Choose the correct answer for each question.
sentenced to death
- a suicide note
- given the legal punishment of death (i.e., a death sentence)
- a curse
those guys
- another way of saying "those boys"
- another way of saying "those girls"
- an informal way of saying "those people"
Yeah. Tell me about it.
- said in order to say that you already know how bad something is
- said in order to ask somebody to tell you more about something
- said in order to say that you want to know more about something
making ends meet
- meeting the deadline for the assignment
- meeting a friend at the end of the street
- having just enough money to buy what you need
That's not a bad idea. On the other hand, I feel that . . . .
- Making a recommendation
- Giving an opinion
- Acknowledging an opinion and offering a different one
I don' t think that . . . .
- Making a recommendation
- Giving an opinion
- Acknowledging an opinion and offering a different one
People ought to/should be required to . . . .
- Making a recommendation
- Asking for and giving reasons
- Acknowledging an opinion and offering a different one
Why do you say that?
Because I think that . . . .
- Making a recommendation
- Asking for and giving reasons
- Acknowledging an opinion and offering a different one
You may have a point. Nevertheless, I think . . . .
- Making a recommendation
- Asking for and giving reasons
- Acknowledging an opinion and offering a different one
A rule has to be made to . . . .
- Making a recommendation
- Asking for and giving reasons
- Acknowledging an opinion and offering a different one
Don't you? Why not?
Well, because . . . .
- Making a recommendation
- Asking for and giving reasons
- Acknowledging an opinion and offering a different one