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Business: Inside Listening and Speaking 1 Unit 7 Answer Key
Business: Inside Listening and Speaking 1 Unit 7 Answer Key
Business
Listening
VOCABULARY ACTIVITIES
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A. Cross out the word in each group that has a different meaning.
1. failure
2. agreement
3. unusual
4. song
5. different
6. individual
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B. Use the target words, or forms of them, to complete the paragraph.
1. corporate
2. equivalent
3. obvious
4. guarantee
5. conflicts
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C. Work with a partner. Match the pairs that are equivalent.
1. a
2. d
3. e
4. b
5. c
6. f
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D. Work with a partner. Check (✓) the things that are obvious when you first
meet someone. Then, with a partner, discuss other things that might be
obvious when you first meet someone.
✓hair color
✓native language
✓height
favorite book
mother’s name
✓gender
age
birthplace
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E. For each sentence, write V if the word conflict is a verb. Write N if conflict is
a noun. Then read each sentence to a partner. Be sure to pronounce conflict
as con-FLICT if it is used as a verb or CON-flict if it is used as a noun.
1. V
2. N
3. N
4. V
5. V
6. V
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Read the questions about the audio. Work with a partner to ask and answer
these questions.
1. Patents protect inventions.
2. Since the 1300s
3. It has to be a new idea that is not obvious.
4. The first person to apply gets the patent.
5. The person who invented it first.
Speaking
VOCABULARY ACTIVITIES
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A. Use the target words, or forms of them, to complete the Word Form Chart.
Noun: editing, editor, paragraph, quotation, revision, quote
Verb: edit, edited, quote, quoted, revise, revised
Adjective: edited, quotable, revised
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B. Choose the best form of the word to complete the sentences.
edits
quotations
quoted, revisions
revision
editor
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C. Complete the paragraph with the target vocabulary words from the box .
1. paragraph
2. editing
3. revisions
4. quote
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D. Check (✓) the things that describe a paragraph. Explain your ideas to a
partner.
20 sentences or more
✓at least several sentences
✓starts on a new line, but each sentence does not
includes many ideas
✓is about one topic
every sentence is on a new line
every sentence is numbered
uses a lot of abbreviations
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E. The target word edit can have slightly different meanings depending on the
context. Match the dictionary definitions on the left with the example
sentences on the right.
1. b
2. e
3. c
4. d
5. a
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Watch the video again. Work with a partner. Mark each sentence P if it
describes a patent, C if it describes a copyright, or B if it describes both.
1. B
2. P
3. C
4. P
5. C
SPEAKING SKILL
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Apply A. Go online to watch the video again. How does the speaker ask for
clarification? Match each statement with the question that follows it.
1. a
2. d
3. b
4. c
PRONUNCIATION SKILL
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Apply A. Go online to listen to the sentences. Check if you hear can or can’t.
1. can’t
2. can
3. can’t
4. can
5. can
6. can’t