Lesson 6 (vocabulary). Vehicles and transport. (part 2)

5.       Complete each sentence with sail or ship, or a word formed from one of these words.

a)      Jack has been working as a …… sailor…………

b)      We’re all flying home but our furniture is being ……………………………

c)       What time does the ferry set ………………………………….?

d)      We are expecting a ………………………. of coffee from Brazil this week

e)      We have decided to go for a ………………………………….tomorrow afternoon.

f)       When Paul was young, he ……………………………….. round the world.

g)      It’s time you were aboard …………………………. We’re leaving soon.

h)      Do you like ……………………..? Or do you prefer water-skiing?

i)        Graham works in the harbor as a ……………………….. clerk.

j)        The boats on the lake had brightly coloured ………………………….

 

6.       Match the words in the box with a suitable description (a-j)

Chain           gear       parachute           bonnet                cockpit                 handlebars        brakes                  deck      oars       wings

a)      An aeroplane has two of these ………..wings………

b)      Change this in a car to change speed………….

c)       Hold these when you ride a bicycle …………………………

d)      This will save your life if you fall from a plane ………………..

e)      You need these to row a boat …………………………..

f)       This might be on a bicycle or around your neck……………………………..

g)      Put these on if you want to stop………………………………..

h)      Your car engine is usually under this…………………………….

i)        Walk on this when you are on a ship………………………..

j)        The pilot of a plane sits in this ………………………………….

 

7.       Complete each sentence with one suitable word

a)      I’m really ….looking…… forward to sailing in Jean’s new yacht.

b)      In cities, cars and other vehicles ………………………… up most of the space.

c)       We’ll come with the van and …………………… up the rest of the furniture.

d)      When the storm began, the small boat …………………….. for the nearest harbor.

e)      How can you ……………………… up with all those exhaust fumes!

f)       We can’t ………………. Up with that speedboat in this rowing boat!

g)      Jane likes ……………………… off by driving her sports car at 100 miles an hour.

h)      A fire engine arrived and soon ………………………… out the fire.

i)        Little Johnny is in the garden ……………………….. out his new tricycle.

j)        One way of ………………………… with pollution is to use unleaded petrol.

8.       Decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space.

Past, present and future

A hundred years ago, most people travelled (1) …...B……. foot, by train, or on horseback (2)…………………….. had made it possible to travel rapidly over long distances. Bicycles were also becoming (3) ……………after the invention of the air-filled (4) ……………………, which made cycling a lot more comfortable. Buses, trains and (5) …………………. railways had already been invented, and cities all over the world had traffic (6) ……………………… There were few private cars, and city  (7) ………………………… were still full of horses. What a difference a hundred years have (8) ……………………… ! (9) …………………………. We have got (10) ………………….. to the problem of private cars, and some cities are so noisy and (11) …………………….. that in many places (12) …………………… have been banned from the city centre. How will we be travelling in a hundred years’ time? Perhaps (13) ……………. Then there will be only personal helicopters. There may be no need to (14) ………………. To work or school in the future, since everyone will have a computer at home. There might even be more people walking and horse-riding for pleasure and (15) ………………..

1)      A by                      B on                      C with                   D to

2)      A Tracks              B lines                  C ways                 D railways

3)      A popular           B invented         C then                  D handlebars

4)      A boot                 B brake              C tyre                   D engine

5)      A metro              B buried              C underground D submerged

6)      A blocks              B sticks                 C knots                 D jams

7)      A streets            B pavements     C lawns                                D carts

8)      A taken             B done                 C made                                D got

9)      A presently       B Nowadays      C Then                  D Later

10)   A more                               B them                 C motorists        D used

11)   A even                B polluted           C so                       D poisoned

12)   A vehicles          B traffic                               C transport         D trips

13)   A cars                   B by                       C even                 D transport

14)   A have                 B transport         C decide              D commute

15)   A exercise          B keep fit            C energy             D healthy

Correct answers

5.       a)sailor                               b) shipped          c) sail     d) shipment       e) sail    f) sailed                               g) ship  h) sailing               i) shipping           j) sails

6.        a) wings             b) gear                 c) handlebars    d) parachute     e) oars                 f) chain                g) brakes             h) bonnet                i) deck                  j) cockpit

7.       a) looking           b) take/use        c) pick                   d) made/headed            e) put   f) keep/catch    g) showing         h) put                               i) trying                                j) dealing

8.       1) B        2) D        3) A        4) C        5) C        6) D        7) A        8) C        9) B        10) D     11) B      12) A     13) B      14) D     15) A