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Question		Answer
Look at the photos start learning		What exactly do you think happens in each show?
Would I lie to you? start learning		teams gain a point for correctly guessing whether a statement is true or not
Total Wipeout start learning		During Total Wipeout contestants are put through a series of obstacle courses and challenges. After each challenge a certain number of them are eliminated from the competition.
Masterchef start learning		MasterChef is a television competitive cooking show
Is it an individual or team competition? start learning		team: Would I lie to you?; individual: Total Wipeout
What is the aim? start learning		The aim for the team is to figure out if the storyteller is lying; to go through an obstacle course fastest.
What is the best thing about it? start learning		The humour; when a contestant falls dramatically.
Match the sentences halves to make phrases start learning		for explaining procedures
The first thing they do start learning		is to tell a personal story.
the key thing is start learning		to say something that's so unbelievable that it's hard to imagine it's true.
What happens next is start learning		that the other team interrogates the storyteller.
After they've finished, the team start learning		that asked the questions decide if it was a lie or not.
Basically, the way it works is that start learning		twelve of the contestants stand on podiums over water.
What you have to do is to start learning		jump over the arm when it gets to you.
The point is to start learning		get round the course in the fastest time.
Which phrases start learning		are used
to state the overall goal or aim? start learning		The point is to
to describe the details of the procedure? start learning		the first thing they do; What happens next is; After they've finished, the team; Basically, the way it works is that; What you have to do is to...
to highlight something particularly important? start learning		The key thing is
Complete start learning		the description of a game
My favourite is The Palate Test. Basically, the (1) it works start learning		My favourite is The Palate Test. Basically, the way it works
the way it works (2) that one of the judges cooks a dish for the contestants. start learning		the way it works is that one of the judges cooks a dish for the contestants.
The (3) thing start learning		The first thing
they (4) is to taste it and try to work out what the ingredients are. start learning		they do is to taste it and try to work out what the ingredients are.
(5) happens start learning		What happens
What happens (6) is that they get the ingredients and try to make exactly the same dish. start learning		What happens next is that they get the ingredients and try to make exactly the same dish.
After (7) done that, the two judges taste the dishes and choose the winner. start learning		After they've done that, the two judges taste the dishes and choose the winner.
The (8) is to match the original dish as closely as possible. start learning		The point/goal/aim is to match the original dish as closely as possible.
The (9) thing is to work out the original ingredients - one thing missing and the dish won't taste the same as the original. start learning		The key/main thing is to work out the original ingredients - one thing missing and the dish won't taste the same as the original.
Look at the extracts. start learning		Underline the word A says which B does not understand or does not hear properly.
There are two teams, with three celebs on each team. start learning		Er... Three what? celebs.
So a panellist tells a personal story... start learning		Sorry, who tells a story? a panellist.
... the other team grills the storyteller. start learning		Um, they do what? grills.
... twelve of the contestants stand on podiums over the water... start learning		They stand where? (on) podiums.
Which question words or phrases can replace a noun? start learning		What, who, where
Which question words or phrases can replace a verb? start learning		do what
You have to sauté the potatoes. start learning		You have to do what? When you don't understand part of what someone says, repeat most of what they say but replace the problem word with a question word and use stress and intonation to make it into question.
the first player writes an anagram of the word. start learning		The first player writes what?
You go to the webinar site. a seminar conducted over the Internet. start learning		You go where?
Basically, the aim is to beat the rival team. start learning		The aim is to beat who/what?

4. 3 DESCRIBING PROCEDURES (and MIRROR QUESTIONS)

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