Driving Vocabulary Review, Everyday English, ESL,

1. Driving & Traffic
Review
Vocabulary & Conversation

2. When’s the last time you
filled up your gas tank?
* follow-up: Have you ever run out of petrol when you were driving?

3. What do you typically do when you’re
driving, and you start to see dark
clouds and feel heavy wind?
a) Speed up and race to your destination (to “beat” the rain)
b) Take cover under a bridge or inside a nearby building
c) Drive as usual – if it rains… it rains…
d) Pull over, put on your raincoat, then continue driving

4. Can you name 6 parts on a
motorbike?

5. Motorbike parts
Body/Frame
front wheel
Back wheel
Exhaust pipe
Headlight
Seat
Trunk
Steering Wheel
Mirrors
Signal light
Tires
Accelerator
Break

6. Do you have a favorite street
to drive on? Why?
Nguyen Van Binh Street

7. Do you have a street you
always try to avoid if you
can?

8. Look at the following road signs
and explain their meaning.

14. Watch out / Warning

16. This means “Yield” or wait…

18. No Parking
&
Children Crossing

25. Look at the following images and
explain what is wrong in each
photo.

27. This SUV is too large to parallel park here.

29. This bus is making a left turn, and it’s causing a traffic jam.

31. This truck is overloaded with bricks

33. The blue car is driving on the shoulder (which is
illegal… and impatient!)

35. The truck rear-ended the woman’s car.
hit the back of

37. These cars have stopped
in the crosswalk

38. Road Rules

39. T_____P________are often found at busy
i__________ where accidents frequently occur.

40. Traffic police are often found at busy intersections
where accidents frequently occur.

41. A Vietnamese d l is required to operate any
motorcycle greater than 50cc.
Likewise, i__________coverage is also required to drive
should you ever get in an accident and require medical care.

42. A Vietnamese driver’s license is required to operate any
motorcycle greater than 50cc.
Likewise, insurance coverage is also required to drive
should you ever get in an accident and require medical
care.

43. Drivers are required to o_______ road signs. When there’s
construction, drivers are usually instructed to take a
d________
by posted road signs.

44. Drivers are required to obey road signs. When there’s
construction, drivers are usually instructed to take a detour
by posted road signs.

45. When p__________ another vehicle, driver’s should remember
to use their s____________ to indicate a lane change.

46. When passing another vehicle, driver’s should remember
to use their signal to indicate a lane change.

47. If you get a f______ t_______ while driving, you should
p_____o_______ to the sh________ of the road. You
can look for a nearby m________ to help you patch it u
or get a new tube.

48. If you get a flat tire while driving, you should
pull over to the shoulder of the road. You
can look for a nearby mechanic to help you patch it up
or get a new tube.

49. You should go to a p________ s________ to f_____-up
your tank if your gas gauge is almost on e________.

50. You should go to a petrol station to fill-up
your tank if your gas gauge is almost on empty.