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Exercises

62.1 Cross out the incorrect word in these sentences.
PR You mustn’t ride/drive a motorbike without a crash helmet.
PWN Bus fares/tickets are getting more expensive.
She told him to get in / get on the car and fasten his seat belt.

Trains to the airport travel/run every half hour.
NN The pilot couldn’t drive/fly the plane in such bad weather.
Have a look at the train schedule/timetable to find out when the next one arrives.
CON We were late, so we had to take/catch a taxi.
I left my house a bit late and I lost/missed the bus.
62.2 Write down two different words that can combine with each of the words below.
Example: miss _. the. bys

62.3

Siete

62.4 Fill the gaps with the correct word.
1 Our train leaves from ..............00..... 7.
2 I waited at the 0.0.0.0... for ten minutes, and then two buses arrived.
3 I couldn’t get on the first bus because it was ..........0......0.-5
4 The train was half an hour late. I think the reason for the late ..................... was bad
weather.
5 Buses are not very .............0.00.. . Sometimes they come every five minutes, then other
times you have to wait for forty minutes.
6 When I got to the bus stop there was a long ..................... of people.
7 The flight was fine but we had a terrible .........00.......... from the airport to our hotel.
8 I think the next train is .0000..000.00.. to arrive in about ten minutes.

62.35 Are these statements true or false in your experience?
1 Trains are more reliable than buses.
2 Train fares are more expensive than bus fares.
3 Train journeys are more interesting than bus journeys.
4 Railway stations are nicer places than bus stations.
5 You get to the place you are going faster by taxi than by car.

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