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1 Complete the report with the verbs in brackets. Use the past simple tense.
Vehicle Incident Report
Client:

Date:

Mr R Parker

Insurance Policy Number: BM/724507

10 June 2008

Vehicle: Naxos 304, RA39HDN

The incident (1) happened

(happen) on June 7th. In the morning, I (2)
(leave)
my car in the street near the station. When I (3)
(return) in the evening, the car
wasnt there. The police (4)
(nd) my car the next day. They think that the car thief
(5)
(smash) the front nearside window, then (6)
(drive) the car away.
On the corner of a road, he (7)
(have) an accident. The car (8)
(come)
off the road, (9)
(run) down a hill and (10)
(crash) into a tree. The
car (11)
(land) on its roof. Later a garage truck (12)
(remove) the
vehicle. They (13)
(lift) it up and (14)
(put) it on a trailer. Then they
(15)
(take) it to the garage.
The thief also (16)
He also (17)

(steal) the in-car multimedia system (MP3/Radio/CD player).

(take) my sports bag that was in the boot of the car.

2 Study the pictures. Read the damage report for the vehicle in 1 and underline the correct words.

smashed

dented

worn

nearside

offside

1 Front nearside window chipped/smashed.

6 Nearside panel cracked/scratched.

2 Bonnet of the car badly dented/worn.

7 Drivers seat cover bent/torn.

3 Windscreen torn/cracked.

8 Roof crashed/dented and scratched/smashed.

4 Boot lock crashed/broken.

9 Front nearside and offside lights smashed/torn.

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5 Offside wing mirror torn/lifted off.

10 Car radio antenna burnt/bent.

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3 Read the garage invoice for repairs to the car in 2. What has the garage done? What will the garage
do next time? Write sentences using the words in brackets.

PATON WOOD GARAGE Swindon SN3 4BJ

Customer: Mr R Parker

Vehicle: Naxos 304, RA39HDN

WORK DONE: 8 JULY 08

FURTHER WORK NEEDED

1 Fit 2 new side lights, 2 new headlights

and 1 new wing mirror.
2 Replace front nearside window and windscreen.
3 Fit new boot lock and radio antenna.
4 Repair nearside panel.
5 Service brakes.
6 Road-test car.

7 Replace in-car multimedia system.

8 Fit new seat cover to match.
9 Repair roof.
10 Replace 2 worn rear tyres after 1,000 km.

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1 (fit) They have fitted two new side lights, two new headlights and one wing mirror.
2 (replace)
3 (fit)
4 (repair)
5 (service)
6 (road-test)
7 (replace) They will
8 (fit)
9 (repair)
10 (replace)

4 Complete the text with words from the box.

became / between / came / closed / dried / every / fell / had / in / in / more /

more than / produced / repeated / sold / started with
(1) In 1914, Henry Ford (2)
the first assembly line for car manufacture. A new Model T Ford
(3)
off the assembly line (4)
15 minutes. Each worker (5)
the same
job on the assembly line again and again. Factory work (6)
safer and the number of injuries
(7)
. The slowest section of the assembly line was the paint shop. Paint (8)
slowly, and only black paint dried fast enough. So, Ford (9)
only black cars
(10)
1914 and 1926. (11)
1914, an assembly line worker could buy a Model T
Ford (12)
four months pay.
The assembly line method of production changed everything. Other companies (13)
more
workers and (14)
fewer cars. Between 1914 and 1930, 250 car manufacturers
(15)
. Today the automotive industry is a worldwide industry. In 2006, (16)
than
69 million vehicles were produced. 11.5 million vehicles were made in Japan, 11.3 million in the USA,
and (17)
7 million in China.

5 Write short answers to the questions.

1 When did Ford start its first production line?
2 How many cars did Ford make in an hour?
3 Did a worker at Ford do the same job or different jobs?
4 Why did Ford only produce black cars?
5 Were there more car manufacturers in 1914 or in 1930?
6 Which country produced more cars in 2006, the USA or Japan?

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Word List
6 Write the meanings of these words and phrases in your own language.
NOUNS

NOUN PHRASES

accident

assembly line

antenna

incident report

injury

multimedia system

insurance

policy number

panel

radio antenna

thief

seat cover

trailer

side light

VERBS

wing mirror

crash

PAST PARTICIPLES AS ADJECTIVES

dry

bent

land

broken

remove

burnt

repeat

chipped

sell

cracked

ADJECTIVES

crashed

automotive

dented

nearside

scratched

offside

smashed

worldwide

torn
torn off
worn

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