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1 Completethetextwithwordsfromthediagram.Someareusedmorethanonce.

Onaront-wheeldrivevehicle,the(1)engineisattherontothecar,betweenthetwowheels.Two(2) drivetherontwheels.

The(3) isattherearothecar,betweentherearwheelsandbelowthepassengerseat.Itholdsuelortheengine.A(4) carriesuelbelowthecartothe(5) attheront.The(6) ontheinstrumentpanelshowsthequantityouelinthe(7) .

Eachwheelothecarisfttedwith(8) .Whentheootbrakeispressed,the(9) slowthemovingcar.Atrest,thehandbrakestopsthecarrommoving.

Thecarsexhaustsystemhasa(10) andan(11) .Theunctionothe(12) istoreducethenoiseromtheengine.The(13) carriesexhaustgasesromtheengineunderthecarbetweenthetworearwheelstotheexitpointattherear.

2 Matchthepartswiththeirfunctions.

1 silencer f)

2 uelgauge

3 engine

4 pipeline

5 brakes

6 driveshats

7 ueltank

8 exhaustpipe

a)slowandstopthewheelsothecar

b)carriesueltotheengineromtheueltank

c)measurestheuelinthetank

d)holdstheuelorthecar

e)carriestheexhaustgasestotherearothecar

f)makesthecarquieter

g)turnsthedriveshat

h)turnthewheelsothecar

3 Writequestionsaboutthepartsin1and2.

1What do the brakes do ?

Theyslowthecar.

2 What ?

Itholdstheuel.3 ?

Theydrivethewheelsothecar.

4 ?

Itcarriesawaytheexhaustgases.

5 ?

Itcarriesuelromtheueltanktotheengine.

6 ?

Itturnsthedriveshats.

MAX

uelgauge

engine

driveshats pipeline exhaustpipesilencer

brake

ueltank

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4 Completethedescriptionsofthefourvehicles.

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front rear1 Theengineisatthe anddrivesthe wheels.

2 Theengineisatthe anddrivesthe wheels.

3 Theengineisatthe anddrivesthe wheels.

4 Theengineisatthe anddrivesthe wheels.

5 Lookatthediagramsin1and4andunderlinethecorrectwords.

1Ona4WD,thedriveshattotherearwheelsisto/inthemiddleothecar.

2Thepipelineortheuelisabove/belowtheloor.

3Theueltankison/atthebackothecar.

4Thechassisisat/tothebottomothecar.

5Thebodyisbelow/abovethechassis.

6Theuelgaugeisin/atthemiddleotheinstrumentpanel.

7IntheUK,thedriversseatison/attheright,lookingorwards.

8IntheUK,thehandbrakeisto/attheletothedriver. 9Theexhaustpipeorexhaustgasesis below/abovetheloor.

10Thedriveshatsconnectthewheelsto/ontheengine.

6 Completethetwodialogueswithwordsfromthebox.Usesomeofthewordsmorethanonce.

dodoesdontdoesnthavehas

1 A: thecarneedanewsilencer?

B:No,it .

A: itneedanewexhaustpipe?

B:Yes,it .

A:Doesit goodbrakes?

B:Yes,it verygoodbrakes.

2 A: youhaveadriveshat?

B:No,I .

A: youhaveasilencer?

B:Yes,I .ImsorryIdontadriveshat.Askinthe

garage.IthinkBoris one.

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3

2

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WordList

7 Writethemeaningsofthesewordsandphrasesinyourownlanguage.

NOUNS

brake

chassis

ootbrake

ront

handbrake

pipeline

quantity

rear

silencer

NOUNPHRASES

driveshat

exhaustpipe

uelgauge

ueltank

instrumentpanel

VERBS

measure

reduce

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