Vocabulary - Motoring
Vocabolario - Automobilismo
Memorise the words for about 8 minutes.
Impara a memoria le parole per circa 8 minuti.
Motorbike | moto | Lorry | camion | Fire engine
| autopompa | Caravan | roulotte | Van | furgone | Coach | pullman | Trailer | rimorchio | Scooter | motorino | Bicycle (bike)
| bicicletta | Tanker | autocisterna | Convertible | macchina decappottabile
| HGV (Heavy goods vehicle)
| veicolo pesante da trasporto
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Write the correct work next to each picture.
Scrivi la parola giusta accanto ad ogni immagine.
 | Answer/Risposta: lorry
|  | Answer/Risposta: coach
|  | Answer/Risposta: HGV (Heavy Goods Vehicle)
|  | Answer/Risposta: Bicycle (Bike)
|  | Answer/Risposta: scooter
|  | Answer/Risposta: Van
|  | Answer/Risposta: motorbike
|  | Answer/Risposta: caravan
|  | Answer/Risposta: Fire engine
|  | Answer/Risposta: convertible
|  | Answer/Risposta: tanker
|  | Answer/Risposta: trailer
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Motoring verbs...
To slow down
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rallentare |
To overtake
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sorpassare |
To run out of
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esaurirsi |
To come to a standstill
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fermarsi
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To dent
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ammaccare |
To break down
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guastarsi/rompersi |
Put the correct verb (using the correct tense) in the missing spaces.
Scrivi il verbo corretto (usando il tempo corretto) negli spazi vuoti sotto.
We've nearly _________of petrol, if we don't find a service station soon we'll be in trouble.
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Answer/Risposta:
run out
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It wasn't a bad accident, the car was just _______ a bit. It could have been a lot worse.
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Answer/Risposta:
dented
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He hates travelling on the M25 motorway every day as the traffic comes to a _________ most days. It's more like a car park than a motorway!
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Answer/Risposta:
standstill
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I've been having lots of problems recently with my motorbike. I hope I don't _______ on the way to Scotland.
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Answer/Risposta:
break down
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I nearly had an accident when they __________ me on the inside lane. What an idiot!
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Answer/Risposta:
overtook
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You need to give yourself more time to __________ before you get to traffic lights, you drive too quickly!
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Answer/Risposta:
slow down
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More vocabulary:
Più vocabolario:
satellite navigation system (Sat nav) or
(GPS) Global positioning system)
| Answer/Risposta: navigatore satellitare
| speed cameras
| Answer/Risposta: autovelox | speed limit
| Answer/Risposta: limite di velocità
| road works
| Answer/Risposta: lavori stradali
| service station
| Answer/Risposta: stazione di servizio
| spare tyre
| Answer/Risposta: gomma di scorta
| traffic jam
| Answer/Risposta: ingorgo | dent | Answer/Risposta: ammaccatura | hard shoulder
| Answer/Risposta: corsia d'emergenza (autostrade)
| road signs
| Answer/Risposta: segnaletica stradale
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Match the correct definition to the correct word from the list above.
Metti insieme la definizione con la parola dalla lista sopra.

1. If you break down on a motorway you pull over to the left and stop here.
| Answer/Risposta: hard shoulder | 2. Lots of cars that have stopped and are going nowhere!
| Answer/Risposta: traffic jam
| 3. It is the law to carry one of these in your boot in case you get a puncture.
| Answer/Risposta: spare tyre
| 4. If a car knocks into your car, you may be left with one of these in the bodywork of your car.
| Answer/Risposta: dent
| 5. You look at these on the road side while you're driving as they give you information about the road conditions, the speed you should be travelling and any hazards ahead.
| Answer/Risposta: road signs
| 6. If you're not good at directions and can't read a map then one of these would be very useful to you.
| Answer/Risposta: satellite navigation system or global positioning system.
| 7. In the UK this is 70 miles an hour on the motorway.
| Answer/Risposta:
speed limit | 8. These will take a photograph of your car if you are driving over the speed limit. You will then receive a fine in the post.
| Answer/Risposta: speed cameras
| 9. You stop here if you want a drink and snack during a long journey.
| Answer/Risposta: service station
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