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Over to
you
Answer the questions about transport in your country. If possible, compare your
answers with someone else.
1
Are trains more reliable than buses?
2
Are return tickets usually twice the price of a single?
3
Is where you live convenient for public transport? Why? / Why not?
4
How often do you take a taxi? Why, and where do you go to?
5
How often do you ride a bike?
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On the road
A
Roads
traffic lights
(road) junction
a bend in the road
(this road bends
to the right)
no overtaking
[
you can’t pass
another car]
speed limit
road signs
pedestrian crossing
bridge
MOTORWAY
inside/
slow lane
outside/
fast lane
B
Finding your way
Yesterday, I got lost
1
on my way to
2
the airport. I decided to use side roads and go
via
3
the village of Pensford, but I took the wrong turning
4
just before I got there, and
I ended up
5
in a supermarket car park. Fortunately I was able to ask someone the
way
6
, and a very kind woman directed
7
me to the A38, where I could then follow
signs for the airport.
1
didn’t know where I was
2
while I was going to (the airport)
3
go through somewhere to get to a destination
4
corner where one road meets another
5
found myself in a place I didn’t expect to be in
6
ask how to get to a place
7
told me how to get to a place
C