Test 7

car	bus	petrol
plane	airport	train
taxi	ferry	bike
lorry	/	/

1. Identifying the key word

1. [bus / train] - run for, get on, get off, miss

2. [bike] - fall off, get on, hire, ride

3. [ferry] - board, sail, take

4. [car] - get into, get out of, hire, park

5. [lorry] - drive, load, carry (things)

6. [train] - express, catch, change, get on, miss

7. [taxi] - call, drive, hail, share

8. [airport] - be stuck at, circle, close

9. [plane] - board, catch, crash, fly

10. [petrol] - fill up with, run on, price of

2. The correct collocation

1. I was sixteen before I learned to drive / ride a bike.

2. Don't get off / get out of the bus while it is moving.

3. Quite a few people got off at the station but no one boarded / got into the train.

4. Let me know when you're leaving and I'lI call / ring you a taxi.

5. There's a taxi station / rank just outside the hotel.

3. Key word quiz

1. I can't use my bike. It's got a puncture.

2. There's no bridge or air link to the island, so you'll have to cross by ferry.

3. There's a bus stop just outside my house.

4. There's no direct rail link. You'll have to change trains at Oxford.

5. Has anyone seen my car keys!

6. It took us nearly an hour to unload the crates of milk from the lorry.

7. This is the first time l've flown in such a huge plane.

8. I saved money by sharing a taxi from the airport with two other tourists.

9. The waiting room at the railway station was very crowded.

4. Prepositions

1. I think he's gone out for a ride in / on his bike.

2. The island can only be reached by / with ferry.

3. I had to brake suddenly when a bus pulled away / out in front of me.

4. A heavy lorry ran into / up the back of the bus.

5. Their plane lands at / on Heathrow in about half an hour.

6. I waited nearly an hour before a taxi came along / in.

7. Her train's due in / on at 2.30 this afternoon.

8. I can drop you at / to the station on my way to work.