Nightmare hips We asked you to tell us about your nightmare trips Rita from California wrote to us about hers A nightmare trip I remember was three years ago ' I was going to the airport with my friend We were going to Hawaii on vacation and we had to be at Los Angeles airport two hours before the flight We ~ home with plenty of time, ' when we got to the freeway there was a huge traffic jaml The trallic wasn't moving at all We didn't knew what to It was too late to go another way, 3_ _ we just sat in the car getting more and more stressed 4_ _ ten minutes, the traffic started moving slowly We decided to leave the freeway and try to found another way to the airport 5_ _ I wasn't sure of the way and we got completely lost We was sure we were going to miss the flight We finally arrived at the airport just thirty minutes before the plane was going to leave The woman at the check-in counter said we couldn't to check in our luggage ' it was too late, 7_ _ we had to run with all our suitcases to the departure gate my friend felt down and hurt her leg, we managed to get to the gate in time and 9_ _ we caught our flight 8_ _ a Read the story once What happened in the end? Then correct the six grammar mistakes with the verbs (wrong tense or wrong form) b Read the story again and complete with a connecting word or phrase after although because but (x2) in the end so (x2) when c Look at the list of possible travel problems in the Useful language box below Mark them C if they refer to a trip by car and P if they refer to a trip by plane Useful language: travel problems the flight was delayed there was a traffic jam your car broke down you got lost you missed your flight you got a flat tire you forgot your passport your flight was overbooked , -, WRITE about a nightmare trip you've had (or invent one) PLAN what you're going to write using the paragraph summaries below: Use the Useful language box and Vocabulary Bank p.l48 Transportation and travel to help you Paragraph Paragraph Paragraph When was the trip? Where were you going? Who with? Why? What went wrong? What happened? What happened in the end? CHECK the story for mistakes ([grammail, rpunctuation], and [§p_ellingl ) Ell GRAMMAR VOCABULARY a Complete the sentences with one word a Word groups Underline the word that is different Say why coin save exhausted delicious flight bus bike lane A Would you like to watch the movie? B No I've 1_ _ seen it three times A How ' _ _ have you lived here? B ' _ _ 2004 A 4_ _ you read this novel? B No Is it good? A I haven't finished it 5_ _ • check waste terrified wonderful journey van train station bank mortgage hungry great trip helmet speed limit bill owe furious awful travel truck traffic jam b Write words for the definitions It's an adjective It means "very dirty." f _ It's a noun It's money that you pay to the government b Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first t I started to work here three years ago I've here for three years I bought this camera in 2006 I've _ _ this camera _ _ 2006 The train is cheaper than the plane The plane is than the train Women drive more carefully than men women Men don't drive as None of the other sofas is as comfortable as this one This som is comfortable one _ It's a noun It's the time of day when buses and trains are full r h _ It's a verb To give someone money that they must later pay back _ It's a noun It's the place in a train station where you get on or off a train p It's a verb It means to receive money from a relative after their death i _ It's a noun It's the piece of paper you need to get on a plane b p orc _ _ It's an adjective It means "very small." t c Complete the sentences with one word What time did the plane take _ _ ? She got some money _ _ the ATM Who paid _ _ the meal last night? When can you pay me _ _ the money you owe me? Can I pay _ _ credit card? PRONUNCIATION a Underline the word with a different sound ~ afford board card enormous tiny pick up traffic ticket crash station rush charge ~ coin check cyclist car seat earn speed greedy i JY Cf b !l!:\derline the stressed syllable invest security luggage pedestrian terrified What can you do? REVIEW & CHECK Lydia thinks that students today _ _ a are broke all the time b have a lot of money c are not as poor as they think The charity has used the money to _ _ a build a new house for the teachers b adopt more children c build a new residence for children Lydia _ _ a wouldn't mind being rich b wouldn't like to be rich c would like to be a little bit richer CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THIS TEXT? b Look at the highlighted words and phrases Can you guess what they mean? W hen lydia Nash appeared on the 1V show Who Wants 10 be a Miffionaire? and was fortunate enough to win £16,000, she de