Travelling by car

Driving licence

Your score	Vocabulary	Audio	Example sentence / notes
0/0	to take a driving test	Audio files Please create a Getting Started or Pro account to access this audio file, or log in if you already have an account. Create an account	‘I'm taking my driving test next week.’
0/0	to pass a driving test	Audio files Please create a Getting Started or Pro account to access this audio file, or log in if you already have an account. Create an account	‘I passed my driving test aged 18 but didn't start driving regularly until two years later.’
0/0	to hold a driving licence	Audio files Please create a Getting Started or Pro account to access this audio file, or log in if you already have an account. Create an account	‘I don’t hold a driving licence; I’ve never learnt how to drive.’ American English = ‘a driving license’
0/0	to receive a speeding ticket	Audio files Please create a Getting Started or Pro account to access this audio file, or log in if you already have an account. Create an account	‘I received two speeding tickets in the course of a week.’
0/0	penalty points	Audio files Please create a Getting Started or Pro account to access this audio file, or log in if you already have an account. Create an account	‘I have three penalty points on my licence.’ If you commit a traffic offence, penalty points are given to you. How many depends on the offence.

Your score

Vocabulary, Audio, Example sentence / notes

0/0

to take a driving test

‘I'm taking my driving test next week.’

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to pass a driving test

‘I passed my driving test aged 18 but didn't start driving regularly until two years later.’

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to hold a driving licence

‘I don’t hold a driving licence; I’ve never learnt how to drive.’

American English = ‘a driving license’

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to receive a speeding ticket

‘I received two speeding tickets in the course of a week.’

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penalty points

‘I have three penalty points on my licence.’

If you commit a traffic offence, penalty points are given to you. How many depends on the offence.

Problems

Your score	Vocabulary	Audio	Example sentence / notes
0/0	to break down	Audio files Please create a Getting Started or Pro account to access this audio file, or log in if you already have an account. Create an account	‘One of our delivery vans has broken down.’
0/0	to get lost	Audio files Please create a Getting Started or Pro account to access this audio file, or log in if you already have an account. Create an account	‘The driver got lost, so the delivery arrived later than promised.’
0/0	to have a flat tyre	Audio files Please create a Getting Started or Pro account to access this audio file, or log in if you already have an account. Create an account	‘Sorry, I would have arrived on time, but I had a flat tyre.’
0/0	to have an accident	Audio files Please create a Getting Started or Pro account to access this audio file, or log in if you already have an account. Create an account	‘The delivery driver had an accident on the way to the depot.’
0/0	to be stuck in traffic	Audio files Please create a Getting Started or Pro account to access this audio file, or log in if you already have an account. Create an account	‘We were stuck in traffic for over three hours.’
0/0	a traffic jam	Audio files Please create a Getting Started or Pro account to access this audio file, or log in if you already have an account. Create an account	‘There’s a football match taking place this afternoon, so there are a number of traffic jams near the stadium.’

Your score

Vocabulary, Audio, Example sentence / notes

0/0

to break down

‘One of our delivery vans has broken down.’

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to get lost

‘The driver got lost, so the delivery arrived later than promised.’

0/0

to have a flat tyre

‘Sorry, I would have arrived on time, but I had a flat tyre.’

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to have an accident

‘The delivery driver had an accident on the way to the depot.’

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to be stuck in traffic

‘We were stuck in traffic for over three hours.’

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a traffic jam

‘There’s a football match taking place this afternoon, so there are a number of traffic jams near the stadium.’

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