Demy Romero : UNIT 4 - CARS AND DRIVING - PAST CONTINUE

Habits of Bad Drivers

Have you ever seen an accident? If you, go to the question 2 if not, go to question 4.

Yes, I have

Where was it?

In the Circunvalar avenue

What was the cause of the accident?

The driver of the car was talking on his cell phone. He didn't see the red light and crashed into another car.

LESSON 1 - DISCUSS A CAR ACCIDENT

VOCABULARY

Steering Wheel – volante
- Don’t grab the steering wheel while I’m driving! That’s very dangerous.
Claxon (UK) / Horn (US) – bocina
- I really don’t like when people use their claxon for everything. Sometimes it is not necessary.
Storage compartment (UK) / Glove compartment (US) – guantera
- I usually leave my wallet in the glove compartment when I go hiking because I don’t think I’ll need it.
Door handle – manilla
- Careful with the door handle. I think one of the screws are loose and it may come off.
Stick shift – palanca de cambios
- I was always used to driving an automatic car in the US, so it took me some time to get used to using a stick shift.
Gas pedal – acelerador
- There’s an expression that goes ‘put the pedal to the medal’. It means that you should step on the gas pedal so hard that it hits the metal of the car and you go as fast as you can.
Brake pedal – pedal de freno
- In the beginning I found it difficult to use my right foot for the brake pedal since I was always used to using my left.
Clutch – embrague
- I found that the hardest part about learning to drive was using the clutch to start the car.
Air bag – airbag
- Most cars today have air bags for both the driver and the passenger as well as for the back seat passengers.
Vent – conducto
- We had the air conditioning on high but nothing was coming out. It was because we had the vents closed!
Indicator (UK) / Turn signal (US) – indicador

In the US we always put our turn signalon before looking to see if I can get over, but in Spain you need to make sure you can get over and then put your turn signal on. This can causes a lot of confusion and angry drivers.

PAST CONTINUOUS

The past continuous is used for actions that were happening at a specific time in the past. Like the present continuous, it is formed with the auxiliary verb “ to be ” and the verb+ing.

Grammatical Rules (Gramatical rules)

Form _

To form the past continuous, the auxiliary verb “to be” and the verb+ing are used. The auxiliary verb “ to be ” is in the past simple, but keep in mind that “ to be ” is an irregular verb.