A B

3 Travelling by car

1 Read the story and put pictures A–D in order.

Last Saturday it was my mum’s 70th birthday so we went on a

family trip to Paris for the weekend. My wife Viv and I – and the
kids, of course – set off early for the airport, with my parents
driving in front in their own car. Soon I realised we were going to
run out of petrol, so I phoned them on their mobile and explained
C D
that we would fill up at the next garage.
When we left the garage, we speeded up to catch up with mum
and dad, but suddenly a police car overtook us and I had to slow
down and pull over. Luckily the police officer only gave me a
warning, so we set off again. By now the traffic was terrible, so we

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decided to take a short cut. Unfortunately, we got lost and didn’t

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know where we were. We stopped a young man to ask the way
and because he was going in the same direction, we gave him a
lift. He was able to map-read so we got to the airport in time, but
there was no sign of my mum and dad. They got stuck in a traffic 3 a  Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the
jam after we lost them, so we all caught a later flight. Although it words/phrases from 2.
was difficult getting to Paris, we still had a great weekend.
1 Have you ever run out of petrol?

2 Do you if someone is driving too

2 Match the words/phrases in bold in the story in
close behind you?
1 to definitions a–l. Write the infinitive form of
the verbs. 3 Do you usually in bad weather?
a take someone where they want to go in a car 4 Do you wait until your car is nearly empty before
give someone a lift you it ?
5 If you were following a friend and he or she was
b put petrol in a car
driving too fast, would you try to
c not be able to move forward or make progress
him/her?
6 Are you good at or do you always
d follow a quicker or shorter way to get somewhere
have to ask for directions?
7 Have you ever stopped to ? Where
e pass another car because it is going more slowly
did he or she want to go?
than you
8 Have you ever in a town that you
f understand a map don’t know very well?
g go faster 9 What do you do if you in a traffic
h go slower jam?

i not know where you are 10 Have you ever been asked to by a
police officer?
j use all of something so there is nothing left
11 If you were in a hurry, would you
if you weren’t sure which way to go?
k reach someone who is in front of you
12 Do other cars often you?

l stop at the side of the road b  Answer the questions for you.

7 give someone a lift  8 got lost  9 get stuck  10 pull over  11 take a short cut  12 overtake
j run out of  k catch up with  l pull over   3   a 2 speed up  3 slow down  4 fill ... up  5 catch up with  6 map-reading 
1   1C  2A  3D  4B   2   b fill up  c get stuck  d take a short cut  e overtake  f map-read  g speed up  h slow down  i get lost 

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