It's expensive to ___ a car these days
(Collocations with car)
I think most of the people who read these
one-point lessons are probably car drivers. If you are a car driver,
you probably often talk to your friends about driving. You probably
talk about the price of petrol, road tax, highway charges etc. and how
expensive it is to run a car.
Maybe you like to talk about how ecomical your car is - how many miles
it can do to
the litre.
In this week's lesson, we will take a look at some of the verbs that
collocate with car. Try the exercise in the next section and see how
well you know some of the typical verbs that collocate with car.
Exercise
Fill in the blanks with a suitable verb:
- It's very expensive to ______ a car
these days.
- It's too far too walk. I'll ______
the car.
- He _____ into the car and drove off.
- The kids all ______ into the car
and we ______ off to the seaside.
- This car is very economical. It
______ 55 miles to the gallon.
- The police ______ him over for
speeding. Apparently, he was ______ over 100 kph.
- I've got to ______ the car in for
an oil change next week.
- Did you see that? That driver
_______ out right in front of me without looking.
- What does tailgating mean? - It's
when the car behind you is ______ too close. It can be very dangerous.
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Robert E. Jones, 2006
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