Fluent Level – Unit 7

Vocabulary

Sightseeing

Complete the sentences with the words and phrases below:

alley / ancient / cable car / canal / cruise / facade / heart / hec c / heritage / hideous / high-rise / hop-on
hop-off bus / knock down / landmark / mosque / rough / run-down / site / steer clear / stunning / tram /
under construc on / under maintenance / up-and coming / village

1. A roman c evening on a cruise is a

memorable experience.
2. A yellow tram ran along the centre.
3. By buying in an up-and-coming
neighborhood that has not yet reached
its peak, you set yourself up for rewards
later.
4. Don't worry. A li le shaking won't knock
down the building.
5. Experience the best of the city on this
full day Hop-On Hop-Off bus.
6. Facility under maintenance. No through
traffic allowed.
7. From the village, a 10-minute cable car
ride delivers you to the slopes.
8. I wouldn't care to meet him in a dark
alley!
9. Itaquera is usually described by one
resident as a rough area.
10. Nepal is stunning, with its wild, untamed
landscape.
11. Steer clear of the centre of town at this
me of the evening.
12. The Eiffel Tower is one of the most famous landmark.
13. The facade of the building was a li le weathered.
14. The fund was specified to maintain the ancient buildings.
15. The hotel is currently under construc on.
16. The hotel is situated in the historic heart of the city.
17. The only access to the village is by boat.
18. The statue was removed to another site.
19. The whole district is in a terribly run-down state.
20. These buildings are part of our na onal heritage.
21. They go to the mosque to pray once a week.
22. This city has an amazing hec c pace.
23. Too much traffic clogging the streets, too many high-rise buildings, too li le greenery.
24. We hate those hideous new apartment blocks that they've built on the seafront.
25. We walked along by the side of the canal.
 Vehicles

Complete the sentences with the words and phrases below:

bonnet / boot / bumper / clutch / dashboard / engine fails / exhaust pipe / fender / flat re / gear
s ck / gears / hatchback / honk / hood / horn / hubcap / jack / license plate / overtake / pull over /
reverse / shi ed / skided / slow down / speed up / start the car / steering wheel / s ck shi / stop
the car / SUV / tow truck / transmission / trunk / windscreen / windshield / wipers

1. A typical car transmission is comprised of between five and six gear sets.
2. An impa ent driver behind me sounded his horn.
3. Can you drive s ck shi , or do you prefer automa c?
4. Can you send your tow truck over here? My car has broken down.
5. Don't honk! It's a silent zone!
6. Engage the clutch by stepping on the pedal before selec ng a gear.
7. Fernandez drives a big SUV with the company logo.
8. He kept trying to start the car and the ba ery got fla er and fla er, un l it wouldn't turn
the engine at all.
9. His mountain bike had 18 gears.
10. I accelerated to overtake the bus.
11. I saw a woman pu ng grocery bags into her car trunk.
12. I shi ed the car into the first gear.
13. I twisted my head round to reverse the car.
14. I'll put the luggage in the boot.
15. If the engine fails, keep trying un l it turns on.
16. It is dangerous to drive with a dirty windshield.
17. James usually drives a li le hatchback.
18. Keep both hands on the steering wheel at all mes.
19. Losing a hubcap or two was no big deal since the car con nues working.
20. One shot sha ered a police car windscreen.
21. Push the gear s ck into first.
22. Slow down! You're breaking the speed limit.
23. Stop the car, I want to get out!
24. The bumper absorbs shock on impact.
25. The car's interior is very impressive - wonderful leather seats and a wooden dashboard
with dials and controls in silver.
26. The driver jacked up his car to change the flat re.
27. The impact dented our car's fender.
28. The license plate is mounted on the front and back of the car and bears the car's
registra on number.
29. The lorry skided and crashed into the barrier.
30. The policeman signalled to him to pull over.
31. The tail exhaust pipe of the motor vehicle emi ed poisonous smoke.
32. The windshield wipers swished back and forth monotonously.
33. They didn't have a jack to li the car and change the re.
34. We drove all the way with the hood a bit up, so it was difficult to see.
35. We'll never get there if he doesn't speed up.
36. When I eventually stopped and li ed the bonnet, the noise seemed to be coming from the
alternator.
 Streets and Roads

Complete the sentences with the words and phrases below:

bike lanes / boulevards / court / crosswalk / curb / dead end / detour / dirt road / drive / lane /
overpass / pavement / pedestrian / place / road sign / roundabout / shoulder / sidewalk / terrace /
toll / traffic circle / u-turn / underpass / way / zebra crossing

1. A court is a street that ends in a circle or loop.

2. A place (Pl.) in the US is a road or street that has no throughway — or leads to a dead end.
3. A terrace (Ter.) is a street that follows the top of a slope.
4. And being a dead end, the alley led to nowhere else.
5. Go down the stairs, then go through the underpass un l you come to an ad post.
6. He drove around the traffic circle about five mes.
7. He lived on a drive by the lake.
8. I walked through an overpass over the road.
9. In crosswalk, pedestrians have the right of way.
10. It is illegal to make a U-turn on a motorway.
11. Jesus, the toll is absurdely expensive here.
12. Signs directed traffic to a detour.
13. The address is 112 Lincoln Way.
14. The bike lanes are for ciclists only.
15. The biker collided with a pedestrian.
16. The boy sat on the curb and watched the cars go by.
17. The children squared off the sidewalk to play hopscotch.
18. The dirt road became dusty as it baked under the summer sun.
19. The driver was peering into the distance trying to read the road sign.
20. The young dude helped an old woman at a zebra crossing.
21. There is a broken car pulled into the shoulder.
22. There's so much dog shit on the pavement.
23. They replaced the narrow streets with wide boulevards.
24. This is the slow lane of a motorway.
25. We le the roundabout at the second exit.
 Transit

Complete the sentences with the words and phrases

below:
aircra / breathalyzer / bullet train / carpool /
commute / cruiser / ferry / gap / helicopter / high
speed train / hitchhike / hover / li / pave / peak
hour / pla orm / police car / railroad / ride / run
over / rush hour / scooter / seaport / spacecra / tow
(away) / track / train car / turns le / underground /
vehicle restric on / watercra

1. A man was run over by a truck and got killed immediately.

2. A state police cruiser was involved in a collision with a firetruck.
3. Could you please open the train car window a bit?
4. Do not try to li your bicycle over the turns le.
5. The railroad runs extra trains to Beidaihe Beach during summer vaca ons.
6. He used an electrically driven three wheeled scooter.
7. I saw the helicopter hover in the air.
8. Is this train as fast as the bullet train in Japan?
9. Mind the gap between the train and the pla orm.
10. People are prepared to commute long distances if they are desperate for work.
11. Please blow into the breathalyzer to prove you're not intoxecated with alcohol.
12. She offered him a li home and he accepted.
13. Survivors of the crash were rescued by helicopter.
14. That fast police car must have been chasing someone.
15. The accident occurred on Parama a road during peak hour traffic.
16. The aircra was flying in a northerly direc on.
17. The new high speed train will shave 25 minutes off the journey me.
18. The old sailor was respected because of his experience with watercra .
19. The railway track will have to be cleared of vegeta on if it is to be used again.
20. The seaport was a contribu ng factor in the growth of the city as it allowed trade to
increase.
21. The spacecra disintegrated as it entered the Earth's atmosphere.
22. There is a vehicle restric on in São Paulo to mi gate air pollu on and relieve traffic
conges on.
23. These bricks are to pave the courtyard.
24. They descended to the Underground.
25. They threatened to tow away my car.
26. Traffic is very heavy during the rush hour.
27. We had to hitchhike back to San Francisco.
28. We should encourage more people to carpool.
29. We went for a ride in her new car.
30. What pla orm does the train leave from?
31. You can cross the river by ferry.
 Grammar Review

Verb + Gerund

(avoid, celebrate, consider, contemplate, defer, delay, detest, dislike, dread, enjoy, entail, escape,
excuse, finish, forgive, involve, keep, loathe, mind, miss, pardon, postpone, prevent, resent, resist,
risk, save, stop, acknoledge, admit, an cipate, appreciate, deny, imagine, mean, men on, propose,
recall, recollect, report, suggest, understand)

I can’t stand wai ng in traffic jam.

You should avoid taking that overpass.
I enjoy taking pictures of different façades.

Verb + Infini ve

(afford, agree, aim, appear, arrange, a empt, determine, beg, care, choose, claim, drive, decide,
demand, deserve, expect, fail, happen, help, hesitate, hope, learn, long, manage, mean,
need,neglect, offer, plan, prepare, pretend, proceed, promise, refuse, resolve, seem, stop, swear,
tend, threaten, use, volunteer, vow, want, wish, would like, would prefer, would love, would hate)

I agreed to go to work by scooter.

We a empted to take a u-turn, but we hit the car.
She decided to change the flat re.

Gerund Phrases

Carpooling is a great way of saving money.

I disagree with ra oning cars.
The bumper’s goal is slowing down the drivers.