10. DRIVING CHECK YOUR VOCABULARY FOR NATURAL ENGLISH COLLOCATIONS

 

CHECK YOUR VOCABULARY FOR NATURAL ENGLISH COLLOCATIONS 10. DRIVING

 

A. Which of these expressions is not a natural collocation? 1 a reckless/ clever/ careful/ back seat driver 2 go for a drive/ a ride/ a lift 3 heavy/ stuck in/ light/ enormous traffic 4 change gear/ a wheel/ your speed   B. Complete these sentences using go, give or do. 5 He lost licence for speeding. The police say he was ___________ more than 200 kilometres per hour. 6 It’s a lovely day. Do you want to ___________ for a drive? 7 Someone ___________ me directions to get to the station but I think I must have made a mistake. 8 Nice car! How many kilometres does it ___________ to the litre? 9 I’m so annoyed – I’ve just been ___________ a parking ticket and I was only there for five minutes! 10 If you’re going to be driving past the station could you ___________ me a lift?   C. Choose the most natural-sounding answer to complete these sentences. Other collocations are in bold type. 11 The road works/ workings are likely to cause serious/ severe delays on this road, especially in the rush hour. 12 There was a six-mile tailback/ a tailback of six miles on the motorway due to a pile-up earlier in the day. 13 Let’s drive/ pull into a lay-by in a minute and have a picnic. 14 Sorry, I’m so late. We were held/ stuck in traffic coming into town. 15 Don’t use your mobile while you’re driving or you’ll have/ make an accident. 16 Don’t forget to fill up before you go – you don’t want to run out of/ finish the petrol on the back roads. 17 Steve’s quite easy-going most of the time but he’s a maniac when he starts steering/ gets behind the wheel. 18 A warning light will come on if you don’t fasten/ connect your seat belt. 19 Do not distract the driver while the vehicle is in/at motion. 20 It’s a drive of two hours/ a two-hour drive to get to Jo’s house.

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