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Exercise 6. Divide the following words or phrases into four groups, those which
describe or belong to a) passenger vehicles; b) vehicles for the carriage of
goods; c) non-road mobile machinery; d) off-road vehicles.
Coach, truck, pickup, omnibus, scraper, gravel surface, flexible suspen-
sion, lorry, excavator,
caterpillar track, grader, bus, motor car, bulky equip-
ment, large tyres, bulldozer, deep open treads.
Exercise 7. Think over the definitions of the words which appear in the texts and
dialogues and then:
a) agree or disagree with the following definitions
1.
Bulky
is too big to be carried or stored easily.
2.
Bulldozer
is a heavy vehicle with a large curved open container at the
front used
for moving earth and stones, destroying buildings, etc.
3.
Coach
is a long comfortable vehicle for carrying a large number of pas-
sengers, especially on long journeys.
4.
Omnibus
is an old word meaning a ‘bus’.
5.
Trailer
is a long container that can be fixed to a vehicle and used for
moving heavy objects or large animals.
b) match each word with its correct definition
scraper, excavator, pickup, ambulance, truck
1. A machine used for removing a layer from a surface.
2. A large road vehicle used for carrying goods.
3. A vehicle for taking people to hospital.
4. A truck with an open back and low sides.
5. A large machine for digging holes in the ground.
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