Unit Eighteen A Driving Lesson

'No. Wait for the lights to go green before you go ahead.
No, don't stop now - carry on. It's not a good idea to stop in the middle of the road. Never mind.
Now, I want you to turn left at the next crossroads. Keep both your hands on the wheel. Now you can indicate. Don't run the old man over.

Would you like to try a three-point turn? Not today? O.K. then. You can turn the indicator off now. We don't need it anymore.

All right, you can stop here.
Yes, I think you could do with a few more lessons before you take your test.'

Notes

CARRY ON E You can carry on, or carry on with AD what you are doing.

RUN OVER ABCD You run over a pedestrian or an animal.

TURN OFF ABC You turn off the television or the light.

DO WITH AD On a hot day you could say 'I could do with a cold drink'.

Exercises using verbs from the passage

A Complete these sentences:

1 I think I a rabbit the other night.

2 This room could a thorough cleaning.

3 He shouldn't have writing after the examination had finished.

4 The audience sat in their seats and the play to start.

5 This job is too hard for me. I reckon I could a change.

6 the lights when you leave the school.

7 If the doctor tells you not to smoke, you shouldn't doing it.

8 The Council told him that he could and restore the old house.

B Answer these questions:

1 What could a dusty house do with?

2 What do you do when you have finished watching television?

3 Have you ever been run over?

4 When would you go ahead and do something?

5 How often do you wait for a bus?

6 Name four things you could do with.

7 What is the last thing you do at night?

8 Do you think that people will carry on using petrol till the end of the next century?

C Use the following pairs of verbs in sentences of your own:
1 wait for, carry on.

2 do with, run over.

3 go ahead, turn off.

4 wait for, run over.

A Vb+prep. + NP. B Vb+NP+ prep. C Vb + pron. + prep. D Vb+ prep. + pron. E Intrans.

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