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Top Gear is a British motoring magazine and factual television programme, designed as a relaunched version of the original 1977 show of the same name by Jeremy Clarkson and Andy Wilman for the BBC, and premiered on 20 October 2002. The programme focuses on the examination and reviewing of motor vehicles, primarily cars, though this was expanded upon after the broadcast of its earlier series to incorporate films featuring motoring-based challenges, special races, timed laps of notable cars, and celebrity timed laps on a course specially-designed for the relaunched programme.

Richard Hammond,  Jeremy Clarkson, James May (The Stig is missing)

• Leave sooner, drive slower, live longer.
  
• Never drive faster than your guardian angel can fly.
  
• If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.
  
• If everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough.
  
• I don't drive fast, I fly low.
  
• His driving was reckless. The driver of the other car was not.

• #1. Reading
• #2. Texting
• #3. Driving With Your Knees
• #4. Driving With A Dog Or Child In Your Lap
• #5. Driving With Headphones
• #6. Changing Clothes
• #7. Putting On Makeup
• #8. Grabbing Something Out Of Reach
• #9. Eating
• #10. Road Raging

1. Using your mobile phone as a sat nav in an unfixed position

 2. Flashing your lights to give way

 3. Eating or drinking while driving

 4. Splashing a pedestrian with rain water

 5. Paying with your phone at a drive through restaurant

 6. Driving in the middle lane of the motorway

 7. Having a dirty number plate

 8. Letting pets out the car if you’re broken down on the hard shoulder

 9. Beeping your horn in anger

 10. Sleeping in your car when drunk

 11. Not clearing your windscreen before driving

 12. Undertaking

 13. Taking prescription drugs before driving

 14. Getting out of the car on a single yellow line

 15. Smoking

 16. Crawling (driving too slowly)

 17. Driving with snow on the roof

 18. Leaving a car parked with the engine running

 19. Throwing something out of the window

 20. Using your phone

 21. Leaving a child alone in the car - even in a petrol station

 22. Misusing the hard shoulder

 23. Parking at night

 25. Towing speeds (60 mph)

 26. Picking children up outside school

 27. Car seat weight

 28. Incorrect use of lanes

 29. Going off road

 30. Parking close to junctions

 31. Not telling DVLA about changes to your details

 32. Not telling DVLA about medical conditions

Picture Vocabulary Page «Places in the City»

1. bridge
2. bus stop
3. car park
4. crossroads/intersection
5. curb
6. cycle path
7. flyover
8.  manhole
9. park
10. pedestrian crossing
11. playground
12. railroad track
13.  road sign
14. roundabout
15. sidewalk/pavement
16. street light
17. telephone box
18. traffic jam
19. traffic line
20. underpass

https://de.padlet.com/bernhard_studhalter/xp28w2z5ucx4ojqc

Transportation Word Bank: ABC

• airplane
• bus
• carriage
• dump truck
• electric car
• ferry
• golf cart
• helicopter
• ice breaker
• jet ski
• kayak
• lorry
• motorcycle
• navy ship
• ocean liner
• pick-up truck
• quod
• riverboat
• scooter
• train
• u-boat
• van
• wagon
• x-
• yacht
• zeppelin

https://www.enchantedlearning.com/wordlist/transportation.shtml

Minimal Pairs

http://www.tedpower.co.uk/minimal4323.html

http://www.tedpower.co.uk/minimal4344.html

Tongue Twisters

https://languageavenue.com/teachers/teaching-ideas/english-tongue-twisters/item/sounds-sh-and-s

https://www.dailystep.com/en/blog/word-linking-and-speech-rhythm-better-english-pronunciation

https://www.inyourpocket.com/lucerne/Getting-around

• local train
• bus
• taxi
• rental bike
• rental car
• city train / tour
• segway
• cargobike
• pedal boat
• steam boat
• sailboat
• tuk tuk
• passenger boat / excursion boat
• Uber
• eScooter
• cable car (Gütsch)

Theory

http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/adjectives.htm

http://www.grammar.cl/Intermediate/Comparatives_Superlatives.htm 

http://www.learnenglish.be/gr2_degrees_study.htm

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/adjectives-adverbs/adjectives

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/adjectives-adverbs/adverbs

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/regcom.htm

Great Website

https://agendaweb.org/grammar/comparative-superlative-exercises.html

Comparative

http://www.english-4u.de/comparison_ex1.htm

http://www.english-4u.de/comparison_ex2.htm 

http://www.english-4u.de/comparison_ex3.htm

http://www.english-4u.de/comparison_ex4.htm

http://www.english-4u.de/comparison_ex5.htm

http://www.english-4u.de/comparison_ex6.htm

http://www.better-english.com/grammar/comp2.htm

http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~adelegc/grammar/comparatives/comparatives1.html

http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~adelegc/grammar/comparatives/comparatives2.html

http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~adelegc/grammar/comparatives/comparatives3.html

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/uebungen/adjektive_adverbien/adjektiv_steigerung3.htm

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/uebungen/adjektive_adverbien/adjektive_steigerung_saetze.htm

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/uebungen/adjektive_adverbien/adjektive_steigerung_saetze2.htm

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/adjectives-adverbs/adjectives/exercises

Superlative

http://www.english-4u.de/comparison_ex5.htm

http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~adelegc/grammar/comparatives/superlatives.html

http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~adelegc/grammar/comparatives/superlatives2.html

All three forms

http://www.english-4u.de/comparison_ex4.htm

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/uebungen/adjektive_adverbien/adjektiv_steigerung.htm

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/uebungen/adjektive_adverbien/adjektiv_steigerung2.htm

http://www.english-4u.de/comparison_ex6.htm

http://www.kico4u.de/english/uebungen/adverbundadjective/tabelle.htm

http://www.kico4u.de/english/uebungen/adverbundadjective/steigerung.htm

http://www.stclaresenglish.net/langprac/adcomsup.htm

http://www.kico4u.de/english/uebungen/adverbundadjective/comparing1.htm

Tests

http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/45.html

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/uebungen/adjektive1/index.php

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/uebungen/adjektive2/index.php

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/uebungen/adjektive3/index.php

• two consonants: that_time
• similar consonant sounds: need_to
• consoants to vowels: when_Anna
• two vowels: two_apples

An article for a youth magazine

Write a magazine article about transportation in the city of Lucerne. Describe the four forms of public transport for the city of Lucerne:

• rental bikes
• segways
• city train
• e cargo bikes

Plan what headings you're going to use. Describe every form of public transport with about 50 words in a paragraph. Include specific details about

• pricing
• locations
• possible tours
• advantages
• disadvantage

Add a fifth paragraph and include the form of transport you would use to go sightseeing.

Check your article for mistakes. Finalize it in MS Word. Use Calibri 11, line-spacing: 1.5, and include a footer with your first name, second name, class and date. Count the words and write the number of words on the last line. Your text should have about 200–250 words.

Definitions

• a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing
• a set idea that people have about what someone or something is like, especially an idea that is wrong
• a fixed general image or set of characteristics that a lot of people believe represent a particular type of person or thing

Male stereotypes

• use the same towel for all body parts
• show off their haircut on Facebook
• talk to more than one woman at once
• get angry fast
• pretend to be good drivers
• want to flex with their cars
• can't remember important dates
• feel older than they are
• pretend to be brave
• are too dumb to understand women
• spit on the ground
• act like a baby around the girlfriend
• aren't romantic
• are aggressive drivers
• only want the one thing
• pie in public
• eat so much
• care only about sports
• have a broad stance
• ...

Female sterotypes

• are very emotional
• go shopping with the man's credit card
• watch football to see the athletic bodies
• are stobborn
• are up to successful men with a good salary
• go on toilet together
• need a lot of attention
• are very jealous
• own way too many shoes
• have to talk everything over and over again
• put on too much make up
• are too protective
• ...

• Future
• plans for the weekend
• daily worries
• movies/series
• celebs
• workplace
• dreams
• favourite food
• vacations
• friends
• world news
• sports
• romance
• fears
• ...

Theory

https://www.english-4u.de/en/grammar/articles.htm

https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/determiners-articles.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv349.shtml

Collection

https://agendaweb.org/grammar/articles-definite-indefinite-exercises.html

Exercises

https://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/216.html

https://usefulenglish.ru/grammar/articles-exercise-four

https://usefulenglish.ru/grammar/articles-exercise-five

https://usefulenglish.ru/grammar/articles-exercise-six

https://usefulenglish.ru/grammar/articles-exercise-seven

https://www.englishpage.com/articles/articles_12.htm

https://www.englishpage.com/articles/articles_13.htm

https://www.englishpage.com/articles/articles_14.htm

https://www.english-grammar.at/online_exercises/articles/article3.htm

https://www.english-grammar.at/online_exercises/articles/article2.htm

https://www.english-4u.de/en/grammar-exercises/articles.htm

https://www.english-4u.de/en/grammar-exercises/articles2.htm

https://www.english-4u.de/en/grammar-exercises/articles3.htm

https://www.english-4u.de/en/grammar-exercises/articles4.htm

https://www.english-4u.de/en/grammar-exercises/articles-mixed.htm

https://www.english-4u.de/en/grammar-exercises/articles-exercise.htm

https://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-articles.php

https://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=4378

http://www.focus.olsztyn.pl/en-grammar-articles-test-8.html

The truth about becoming a parent

• Do you like babies?
• Do ever want to become a father or a mother?
• How many kids would you like to have?
• Would you be ready to become a parent now?
• What would change in your life?
• Do you think that women are better than men in looking after small children?
• Do you know men who stay at home and look after their children? How do they get along?
• What are the challenges of being a parent?

– I really do think it's impossible to know how exhausting and challenging a newborn can be unless you've had one yourself. –

– No one tells you what it's going to be like to have a baby. No one is preparing you for that kind of a challenge! –

But there is help! Neil Sinclair wrote a survival guide especially for fathers – Commando Dad.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/apr/28/commando-dad-manual-for-fathers

Babies need many special things made just for them.

Everything is made special, from baby clothes that are their small size to baby shampoo to wash their delicate hair.

A special type of underwear for a baby is called a diaper or a nappy. It holds all of the baby's body wastes until they learn to go to the toilet by themselves. There are two types of them, the disposal ones where you throw them away each time you change the baby, but there are also cloth diapers that you wash after every use.

The ones that you throw away have adhesive, but the cloth nappies are closed with a safety pin. A safety pin is a small needle that goes through the fabric and then closes, so that it never hurts the baby.

A changing table is where the mum or dad changes the diapers of the baby and makes him/her clean.

Baby lotion is rubbed on the baby's skin to keep it soft.

Baby powder is a white powder that is rubbed on the baby's skin to keep the baby dry and many times smell nice.

Ointment is a type of medicine put on a baby's bottom to keep him or her from having a rash.

Baby wipes are like toilet paper for adults, but are thicker and wet so that they clean the baby better.

Cotton swabs are small pieces of cotton on both ends of a type of small stick. They are used to help clean the baby.

Tissues are thin sheets of cotton that you use when you sneeze and wipe your nose.

A bib is what a baby wears when it eats so that the baby doesn't get his/her clothes dirty. Babies eat special food called baby food that is normal food mashed to become soft and easy for the baby to eat.

Before babies can eat baby food they drink milk. Milk can come from their mother or from a special formula. The milk that does not come directly from the mother is put in a baby bottle for the baby to suck on.

A nipple is named for the part of the mother's breast from where the baby drinks the milk. It is also the name of the rubber part of the bottle where the baby drinks. It is sometimes also called the teat.

A mobile is a decoration that hangs over the crib. There are different objects hanging down for the baby to see while he is awake in his crib which is the special small bed for a baby. It normally has a type of fence or wall around the four sides so that the baby does not fall out.

A cradle is a small bed for a newly born baby that rocks, it is also sometimes called a cot.

A bouncer is a great toy for a baby. It has a seat for the baby to sit in and hangs from the ceiling so that the baby can bounce up and down.

A walker is a toy on wheels that a baby can hold on to while it is learning how to walk.

A potty is the name for a small portable toilet for a young child to learn how to use the toilet.

A pacifier is a piece of plastic that is placed in the baby's mouth to keep the baby busy sucking on the object. Mums use the pacifier to keep the baby from crying. Another name for a pacifier is a dummy.

A booster seat or a baby seat is a special chair for a baby that is placed on top of a normal chair. It helps them to be taller so that they can reach the table when then eat. For younger babies they have a special chair called a highchair that has a little table attached to the chair so that the baby can eat and cannot fall out of the chair.

A car seat is a special chair that is placed in a car on top of the normal seat that is made special so that the baby is always safe while riding in the car.

A doll is a special toy for a baby that looks like a person. Often little children carry around their own doll like it is their own baby. Another special type of soft toy is a stuffed animal. It is a soft toy in the shape of an animal. The most famous kind of stuffed animal is the teddy bear.

Other toys for babies include blocks. Blocks are small cubes of wood or plastic. The babies play with the blocks and learn to build different objects by stacking the blocks.

A rattle is a small toy for a baby that has small objects inside of a ball with a handle. The rattle lets the baby shake it and make a noise.

Babies are often in pain when they have new teeth coming in. A teething ring is a special toy that a baby can chew on to help then with the pain of their new teeth.

A toy chest is a box where the parents keep all of the baby's toys.

A baby carrier is a special object that attaches to the dad or mum and allows them to carry the baby without using his or her hands.

A pushchair or stroller is a chair for the baby to sit in that has wheels on the bottom so that the parent can walk and push the baby in the chair at the same time. A pram is similar, but the baby lays down in a bed, rather than sitting up in a chair.

A play pen is a small area with four walls around it so that the baby has a space to play, but cannot get out to the rest of the room. It provides a safe place for the baby to play.

A nightlight is a small light that shines so that it is bright enough that the child can see in the darkness and isn't afraid, but not bright enough to bother the child while he/she sleeps. Some adults who are afraid of the dark still sleep with a nightlight.

https://www.vocabulary.cl/Basic/Baby_Room.htm

Some verbs are usually followed by prepositions before the object of the verb. these are called dependent prepositions and they are followed by a noun or a gerund (‘ing’ form).

• They're waiting for a bus.

For is the dependent preposition for ‘wait’

We can use other prepositions with ‘wait’ – e.g. He waited at the bus stop – but ‘for’ is the dependent preposition.

Here are some other verbs with their dependent prepositions.

Verbs with ‘for’

• He apologised for being late. You can also ‘apologise to someone’
• I applied for the job but I didn’t get it.
• How do you ask for a coffee in Polish?
• She spent many years caring for her aged parents.
• I can’t go out tonight because I have to prepare for my interview tomorrow.

With ‘from’

• This spray should protect you from mosquitoes.
• Has he recovered from his illness yet?
• He won an award because he saved someone from drowning.
• I suffer from hay fever.

With ‘in’

• She believes in ghosts.
• Our company specialises in computer software.
• You have to work hard if you want to succeed in life.

With ‘of’

• I don’t approve of your language, young man.
• Our dog died of old age.
• This shampoo smells of bananas.

With ‘on’

• The film is based on the novel by Boris Pasternak.
• If you make so much noise I can’t concentrate on my work.
• Come on! We’re relying on you!
• We don’t agree on anything but we’re good friends.

With ‘to’

• Can I introduce you to my wife?
• Please refer to the notes at the end for more information.
• Nobody responded to my complaint.

With ‘with’

• I agree with everything you’ve said.
• My secretary will provide you with more information if you need it.

There are many more verb + dependent preposition combinations – make a note of them as you meet them.

Exercises Verb Prepositions

https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/uebungen/strukturen/praepositionen_verben.htmhttps://www.english-4u.de/en/grammar-exercises/prepositional-verbs.htm

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/verbs-and-prepositions-exercise-1.html

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/phrasal-verbs-exercise-1.html

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/phrasal-verbs-exercise-2.html

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/phrasal-verbs-exercise-3.html

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/phrasal-verbs-exercise-4.html

https://www.englishgrammar.org/verb-prepositions-exercise-2/

https://usefulenglish.ru/idioms/phrasal-verbs-exercise-one

https://usefulenglish.ru/idioms/phrasal-verbs-exercise-two

https://usefulenglish.ru/idioms/phrasal-verbs-exercise-three

https://www.test-english.com/grammar-points/b1/verb-preposition/

https://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/verbs-with-prepositions-upper-intermediate-level

Exercises Adjective Prepositions

https://www.english-4u.de/en/grammar-exercises/adjective-preposition.htm

https://www.english-4u.de/en/grammar-exercises/adjective-preposition2.htm

https://www.english-4u.de/en/grammar-exercises/adjective-preposition3.htm

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/adjectives-and-prepositions-exercise-1.html

https://www.english-at-home.com/lessons/grammar-exercise-prepositions-and-adjectives/

https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/adjective-preposition-quiz.php

https://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/adjective-preposition-challenge

https://test-english.com/grammar-points/b1/adjective-preposition/

https://test-english.com/grammar-points/b1/adjective-preposition/2/

https://test-english.com/grammar-points/b1/adjective-preposition/3/