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Exercises

Where would you expect to see each of the notices on the opposite page?
Example: 1 on a bus
Match each of the words on the left with their more everyday translations from the list on
the right.
to prosecute a young person under the age of 18
a penalty to get off a bicycle or a horse
a purchase to bring a legal case against
a trespasser not to do something
to refrain to forbid something
to alight from a means of transport
to prohibit a punishment
an auditorium something which has been or is to be bought
to dismount to get off a means of public transport
a minor large place where an audience sits
a vehicle someone who goes on private land without permission

Explain the notices below. Where might you see each of these notices?
1 5
SHOP-LIFTERS WILL Admission to
BE PROSECUTED I ticket holders only I

carried I
French spoken here No vacancies
Dogs must be

3 I
FISHING
STRICTLY
1 1 ->'
PROHIBITED
4 These seats are
appreciated by the
8
old and infirm

What notice would a cafbowner put up if they wanted to:
1 indicate that their cafC was now open for coffee?
2 let people know that the cafC staff can speak Spanish?
3 stop people from smoking in their cafC?
4 let people know that they can buy free-range eggs there too?
5 ask people not to fix notices onto their wall?
6 tell people that they could rent rooms there overnight?

If you are in or go to visit an English-speaking country, make a collection in your vocabulary
book of any notices that you see.

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