Car Vocab - Accident

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1 Discuss a car accident.


2 Describe a car problem.
3 Rent a car.
UNIT 4 4 Discuss good and bad driving.

Cars and Driving


PREVIEW
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Eight Habits of Bad Drivers


How many drivers in your city ...
0 speed? 0 weave through traffic?
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Onone Osome Omost Dall 0 none Osome Omost Oall


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@tailgate? 0 don't stop at red lights?


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0 none Osome D most Dall D none D some D most Dall
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8 talk on the phone? @ don't signal when turning?


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Dnone D some D most Dall D none D some D most Dall


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e text while driving? @ pass in a no-passing zone?


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D none Osome D most Dall D none D some D most Oall

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A . .,. 2:19 VOCABULARY• Bad driving habits Read and listen. B PAIR WORK Compare surveys with a partne'
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Then listen again and repeat. Discuss and explain your answers.
speed
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tailgate Some drivers in my city talk on

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talk on the phone the phone while they're driving.
text while driving It's terrible. , ,
weave through traffic
not stop at red lights
not signal when turning Lots of taxi drivers turn without
signaling. I don't like that.
pass in a no-passing zone

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11 • Discuss a car accident

I\ Car parts
• 2,21 Read and listen. Then listen again and repeat.

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@ windshield

@engine

CD headlight
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® turn signal light


@)bumper @ side-view mirror
® emergency brake
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@)seat belt B PAIR WORK Take turns identifying


CD steering wheel the car part for each definition.
1 a light at the back of the car
@horn
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2 a light that indicates a turn
3 a part the driver uses to turn the car
4 a part that cleans the front window
5 a part that makes the car go faster
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6 a part that keeps passengers safe
during an accident
7 a light that helps the driver see the roa'.:
8 a place in the back for carrying thil";
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A The past continuous


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The past continuous describes an activity that continued during a period of
time in the past or at a specific time in the past. Form the past continuous with was
or were and a present participle.
The car was making a funny sound while they were driving. The other driver was speeding.
Were the headlights working? (Yes, they were. I No, they weren't.)
Who was driving your car at 10:00 last night?
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Remember: The simple past tense describes a completed past action. Use when
to combine a continuing past action with a completed action.
past continuous simple past tense GRAMMAR BOOSTER p. 131
It was raining when she had the accident.
• The past continuous: other uses

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GRI\MMt>.R PRt>.C1\CE Comp\ete the paragraph with the past c.ontmuous ano tne simp\e µas\. tense.
I .................................an accident yesterday. I ..................: .............. slowly and I'm
l have 2 drive
sure I ................................. attention. But I .................................for a phone call. When
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the phone ................................., I .................................it. Suddenly, the car in front of me
5 ring 6 answer
................................., and I ................................. it. I certainly .................................
7 stop 8 hit 9 learn
my lesson! Luckily, I ................................. when I ................................. the accident.
10 not speed 11 have

.,_ 2:22 LISTEN TO ACTIVATE VOCABULARY Listen to the conversations about accidents.

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Write the number of each conversation in the box under the picture. Then listen again

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and write the car part or parts that were damaged in each accident.

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CONVERSATION MODEL
.,. 2:23 Read and listen to a conversation about a
car accident.
A: I had an accident.
B: f.rri. �9.�9�rJ.. Are you OK?
A: I'm fine. No one was hurt. � 2:25 Ways to respond
B: !���.� 9�<?�.11���- How did it happen? With concern With relief
A: Well, the other driver was tailgating, f!l} .s?.s.o.rrY.· Thank goodness.
Oh, no! What'a e reli' ti ..
and he hit my car. How awful! That's good.
B: �t1t .r!<?! Was there much damage? I'm sorry to hear that.
That's terrible.
A: No. I'll only have to replace a taillight.

• 2:2 RHYTHM AND INTONATION Listen again and repeat.


Then practice the Conversation Model with a partner.
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I I :il'i'l'rnlJ�m Discuss a car accident


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Write what the driver was doing. Use the past continuous.

CONVERSATION ACTIVATOR With a partner, change the


Conversation Model, using the pictures. Then change roles. TJ,,e driver was-fl't
A: Ihad an accident. : :P.�Y.�0ia.+f.e�f/i0:.::::: �......................
B: .......... Are you OK?
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B: .......... How did it happen? • Ask more questions
A: Well, ......... , and ......... hit my car . about location, other
damage, the other
B: .......... Was there much damage? driver, etc.
A: ......... .

CHANGE PARTNERS Discuss other accidents. ,····························;··


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