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2d By road 2 Read 

A. Below are six people’s road experiences.
Read them and decide which statement
a-h is suitable for each paragraph
1 Vocabulary by writing 1-6. There are two extra
statements which you do not need to use.
A. Match the words below with the items in a I had an experience that’s
the pictures. Write the correct number made me change the way I drive.
next to the words.
b I had to change a flat tyre.
airbag horn
c I broke the law.
brake pedal boot
d I crashed into a motorbike.
rear-view mirror windscreen
e I forgot something important.
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gear lever seat belt
f I usually get lost when I travel.
steering wheel bonnet
g I lost control of the car.
flat tyre bumper
h My car broke down.
spare tyre wing mirror
wo years ago my best friend and
2 TI decided to go on a trip to a town
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which is about a day away by car.
3 We planned everything down to the
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last detail and most importantly we
brought a map showing all the routes. 1. Jane
5 We set off early in the morning, and
after driving a few hours we stopped for a rest at
a café. The waiter gave us directions, so we were
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certain that we wouldn’t get lost. We left the café
6 and drove for another half an hour, when suddenly
the car stopped. I got out and opened the bonnet,
but nothing seemed to be wrong. Then my friend
shouted ‘Petrol!’ and I realised what happened. We
9 were concentrating so hard on not getting lost that
8 we forgot to fill up with petrol.

10 t was Saturday night and I was
Idriving home from my friend’s
14 house. Suddenly, I heard a loud noise.
12 It came from the back of the car, so
13 I turned my head to look. When I
looked forward again, I saw a cat right 2. Rob
11 in the middle of the road. I slammed
on the brakes, but the car skidded off the road, hit
B. Read the notes and complete the sentences something and the airbag opened. The next thing I
with a suitable preposition. knew I was in a hospital bed. I was lucky to be alive.
Luckily, I always wear a seat belt. It saved my life.
• travel by car / bus / • get in / out of a car
train / plane / etc. • get off the bus /
• travel in sb’s car train / plane bout two months ago I was driving
Atwenty-five ten-year-olds to a
museum in a town just outside the
1. I saw Julie getting a taxi
city. It was a rainy day, but the children
yesterday morning. Did you know that she goes were very enthusiastic because it was 3. Kara
their first school trip that year. They
to work taxi every day?
were singing and laughing, and it was difficult to
2. The pilot and the crew got the concentrate on the road with all the noise they were
making. I was afraid of losing control of the coach.
plane before all the passengers.
All of a sudden, there was a loud noise and I knew
3. I hate travelling coach. I think it’s exactly what it was so I pulled over. Luckily, I had a
spare, but I got very wet while I was changing it.
very tiring.
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